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2005-02-26 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@novell.com>
* doc/mc.1.in: Replace M-char with Alt-char everywhere, which is
simpler to understand.
2005-01-29 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@novell.com>
* configure.ac: Check for getgrouplist API call.
2005-02-07 Roland Illig <roland.illig@gmx.de>
* NEWS: Added the changes between mc-4.6.1-pre3 and now.

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@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ use the following abbreviations:
means hold the Control key while typing the character <chr>.
Thus C-f would be: hold the Control key and type f.
.TP
.B M-<chr>
.B Alt-<chr>
means hold the Meta or Alt key down while typing <chr>.
If there is no Meta or Alt key, type
.IR ESC ,
@ -317,20 +317,20 @@ add directory to hotlist
.\"Hotlist"
command.
.TP
.B M-!
.B Alt-!
executes the Filtered view command, described in the
.\"LINK2"
view command\&.
.\"Internal File Viewer"
.TP
.B M-?
.B Alt-?
executes the
.\"LINK2"
Find file
.\"Find File"
command.
.TP
.B M-c
.B Alt-c
pops up the
.\"LINK2"
quick cd
@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ to tag files you may use the Insert key (the kich1 terminfo sequence)
or the C-t (Control-t) sequence. To untag files, just retag a tagged
file.
.TP
.B M-g, M-r, M-j
.B Alt-g, Alt-r, Alt-j
used to select the top file in a panel, the middle file and the bottom one,
respectively.
.TP
.B C-s, M-s
.B C-s, Alt-s
start a filename search in the directory listing. When the search is
active, the user input will be added to the search string instead of
the command line. If the
@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ or
keys can be used to correct typing mistakes. If C-s is pressed
again, the next match is searched for.
.TP
.B M-t
.B Alt-t
toggle the current display listing to show the next display listing
mode. With this it is possible to quickly switch from long listing
to regular listing and the user defined listing mode.
@ -424,19 +424,23 @@ move the selection bar to the previous entry in the panel.
.B down-key, C-n
move the selection bar to the next entry in the panel.
.TP
.B home, a1, M-<
.B home, a1, Alt-<
move the selection bar to the first entry in the panel.
.TP
.B end, c1, M->
.B end, c1, Alt->
move the selection bar to the last entry in the panel.
.TP
.B next-page, C-v
move the selection bar one page down.
.TP
.B prev-page, M-v
.B prev-page, Alt-v
move the selection bar one page up.
.TP
.B M-o
.B Alt-o
If the currently selected file is a directory, load that directory on
the other panel and moves the selection to the next file.
.TP
.B Alt-i
make the current directory of the current panel also the current
directory of the other panel. Put the other panel to the listing mode
if needed. If the current panel is panelized, the other panel doesn't
@ -446,18 +450,18 @@ become panelized.
only when supported by the terminal: change to ".." and to the currently
selected directory respectively.
.TP
.B M-y
.B Alt-y
moves to the previous directory in the history, equivalent to clicking
the
.I <
with the mouse.
.TP
.B M-u
.B Alt-u
moves to the next directory in the history, equivalent to clicking the
.I >
with the mouse.
.TP
.B M-S-h, M-H
.B Alt-Shift-h, Alt-H
displays the directory history, equivalent to depressing the 'v' with
the mouse.
.\"NODE " Shell Command Line"
@ -465,17 +469,17 @@ the mouse.
This section lists keys which are useful to avoid excessive typing when
entering shell commands.
.TP
.B M-Enter
.B Alt-Enter
copy the currently selected file name to the command line.
.TP
.B C-Enter
same a M-Enter. May not work on remote systems and some terminals.
same a Alt-Enter. May not work on remote systems and some terminals.
.TP
.B C-S-Enter
.B C-Shift-Enter
copy the full path name of the currently selected file to the command
line. May not work on remote systems and some terminals.
.TP
.B M-Tab
.B Alt-Tab
does the filename, command, variable, username and hostname
.\"LINK2"
completion
@ -496,11 +500,11 @@ the command line.
the quote command can be used to insert characters that are otherwise
interpreted by the Midnight Commander (like the '+' symbol)
.TP
.B M-p, M-n
use these keys to browse through the command history. M-p takes you
to the last entry, M-n takes you to the next one.
.B Alt-p, Alt-n
use these keys to browse through the command history. Alt-p takes you
to the last entry, Alt-n takes you to the next one.
.TP
.B M-h
.B Alt-h
displays the history for the current input line.
.\"NODE " General Movement Keys"
.SH " General Movement Keys"
@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ moves one line backward.
.B Down, C-n
moves one line forward.
.TP
.B Prev Page, Page Up, M-v
.B Prev Page, Page Up, Alt-v
moves one page up.
.TP
.B Next Page, Page Down, C-v
@ -563,10 +567,10 @@ move the cursor one position left.
.B C-f, move-right
move the cursor one position right.
.TP
.B M-f
.B Alt-f
moves one word forward.
.TP
.B M-b
.B Alt-b
moves one word backward.
.TP
.B C-h, backspace
@ -582,7 +586,7 @@ sets the mark for cutting.
copies the text between the cursor and the mark to a kill buffer and
removes the text from the input line.
.TP
.B M-w
.B Alt-w
copies the text between the cursor and the mark to a kill buffer.
.TP
.B C-y
@ -591,14 +595,14 @@ yanks back the contents of the kill buffer.
.B C-k
kills the text from the cursor to the end of the line.
.TP
.B M-p, M-n
Use these keys to browse through the command history. M-p takes you
to the last entry, M-n takes you to the next one.
.B Alt-p, Alt-n
Use these keys to browse through the command history. Alt-p takes you
to the last entry, Alt-n takes you to the next one.
.TP
.B M-C-h, M-Backspace
.B Alt-C-h, Alt-Backspace
delete one word backward.
.TP
.B M-Tab
.B Alt-Tab
does the filename, command, variable, username and hostname
.\"LINK2"
completion
@ -888,7 +892,7 @@ is undefined, the "view" command is invoked. If you use Shift-F3
instead, the viewer will be invoked without doing any formatting or
preprocessing to the file.
.PP
.B Filtered View (M-!)
.B Filtered View (Alt-!)
.PP
This command prompts for a command
and its arguments (the argument defaults to the currently selected
@ -922,7 +926,7 @@ Mask copy/rename\&.
.\"Mask Copy/Rename"
.PP
On some systems, it is possible to do the copy in the background by
clicking on the background button (or pressing M-b in the dialog
clicking on the background button (or pressing Alt-b in the dialog
box). The
.\"LINK2"
Background Jobs
@ -968,7 +972,7 @@ can press C-c or ESC to abort the operation. For more details look at Copy
operation above, most of the things are quite similar.
.PP
On some systems, it is possible to do the copy in the background by
clicking on the background button (or pressing M-b in the dialog
clicking on the background button (or pressing Alt-b in the dialog
box). The
.\"LINK2"
Background Jobs
@ -985,7 +989,7 @@ Delete the currently selected file or the tagged files in the
currently selected panel. During the process, you can press C-c or
ESC to abort the operation.
.PP
.B Quick cd (M-c)
.B Quick cd (Alt-c)
Use the
.\"LINK2"
quick cd
@ -1062,7 +1066,7 @@ contents or the date times, it just checks the file size.
.PP
The Command history command shows a list of typed commands. The
selected command is copied to the command line. The command history
can also be accessed by typing M-p or M-n.
can also be accessed by typing Alt-p or Alt-n.
.PP
The
.\"LINK2"
@ -1152,7 +1156,7 @@ Make a new directory below this directory.
.B F8 (Delete).
Delete this directory from the file system.
.PP
.B C-s, M-s.
.B C-s, Alt-s.
Search the next directory matching the search string. If there is
no such directory these keys will move one line down.
.PP
@ -1694,11 +1698,11 @@ By default the Midnight Commander pops up all possible
completions
.\"Completion"
if the completion is ambiguous only when you press
.B M-Tab
.B Alt-Tab
for the second time. For the first time, it just completes as much as
possible and beeps in the case of ambiguity. Enable this option if you
want to see all possible completions even after pressing
.B M-Tab
.B Alt-Tab
the first time.
.PP
.I Rotating dash.
@ -2429,7 +2433,7 @@ Exit the internal file viewer.
.B next-page, space, C-v.
Scroll one page forward.
.PP
.B prev-page, M-v, C-b, backspace.
.B prev-page, Alt-v, C-b, backspace.
Scroll one page backward.
.PP
.B down-key
@ -2459,7 +2463,7 @@ Jump to the next file.
.B C-b
Jump to the previous file.
.PP
.B M-r
.B Alt-r
Toggle the ruler.
.PP
It's possible to instruct the file viewer how to display a file, look
@ -2602,7 +2606,7 @@ the current position and you can select with the arrow keys and
the correct entry. You can also type the first letters in which the
possibilities differ to move to a subset of all possibilities and
complete as much as possible. If you press
.B M-Tab
.B Alt-Tab
again, only the subset will be shown in the listbox, otherwise the first
item which matches all the previous characters will be highlighted. As
soon as there is no ambiguity, dialog disappears, but you can hide it by
@ -2614,7 +2618,7 @@ and left and right arrow keys. If
Complete: show all
.\"Configuration"
is disabled, the dialog pops up only if you press
.B M-Tab
.B Alt-Tab
for the second time, for the first time MC just beeps.
.\"NODE "Virtual File System"
.SH "Virtual File System"
@ -3221,7 +3225,7 @@ insert=\\e[Op
The
.I complete
key symbol represents the escape sequences used to invoke the completion
process, this is invoked with M-tab, but you can define other keys to do
process, this is invoked with Alt-tab, but you can define other keys to do
the same work (on those keyboard with tons of nice and unused keys
everywhere).
.SH ""