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* FAQ: Remove information about GNOME edition. Minor fixes. 

* README: Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention removing the GNOME edition.
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2001-08-24 Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
* FAQ: Remove information about GNOME edition. Minor fixes.
* README: Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention removing the GNOME edition.
* acinclude.m4: Include all used macros from the macros
directory.
* autogen.sh: Remove all references to "macros".

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1.1 What is Midnight Commander?
The Midnight Commander is a user-friendly yet powerful file manager
GNU Midnight Commander is a user-friendly yet powerful file manager
and visual shell, useful to novice and guru alike. It provides a
clear, user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix
system while making many frequent file operations more efficient and
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your terminal works with vi, emacs, elm or pine it will work with
Midnight Commander.
The GNOME edition requires an X terminal.
1.4 What else do I need to run MC?
You need an Unix compatible operating system. Support for Windows 95/NT
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from ftp://ftp.systemy.it/pub/develop/. You need nothing extra to use
mouse on xterm.
To compile the GNOME edition you need GNOME libraries as well as the
libraries they depend on. See http://www.gnome.org/ for details.
If you do not want to use the S-Lang library you could try using
ncurses (we recommend only version 4.1 and above).
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that you may freely copy, change and distribute it, but that you may
not impose any restrictions on further distribution, and that you must
make the source code available. This is not the same as Public Domain.
For details, the GNU license is included in the Midnight Commander
For details, the GNU license is included in GNU Midnight Commander
source distribution (the COPYING file).
Midnight Commander is nowadays officially a part of GNU project. All
the authors of the Midnight Commander have given all their rights on
the authors of GNU Midnight Commander have given all their rights on
the program to the Free Software Foundation.
1.6 Where can I get Midnight Commander?
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for function keys. Type "mc -V" to see what terminal database is being
used. If the result is "using the S-Lang library with terminfo
database" you should install one of the enhanced terminfo databases
included in the Midnight Commander source distribution. For example,
included in GNU Midnight Commander source distribution. For example,
if you are using xterm type "tic xterm.ti".
If the result is "using the S-Lang library with termcap database" you
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the ESC key cancels. There is no way to make ESC cancel immediately
(if we want to be able to use arrows keys and function keys).
X terminals allow more control over keyboard, so these ESC limitations
does not concern the GNOME edition of the Midnight Commander.
2.5 How can I add the plus sign (+) on the command line?
Press C-q first, then press the + sign.
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3.3 How do I get the extension dependent pop-up menu to pop up?
You need a GNOME edition. Normal MC (text-mode edition) doesn't
It was developed for the GNOME edition. The text-mode edition doesn't
support this feature yet.
In the GNOME edition you can access the extension dependent
pop-up menu by pressing the right mouse button.
4 Display
4.1 Why do I keep getting "Terminal not powerful enough for SLang" or
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Third, if you use ncurses library, check that your terminfo database
supports color. If not you should install one of the enhanced terminfo
databases included in the Midnight Commander source distribution.
databases included in GNU Midnight Commander source distribution.
Fourth, you might want to set the TERM environment variable so that
you use the correct terminfo database or termcap entry.
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5.1 Xview, Tk and Gnome editions?
Xview and Tk editions have been removed from the sources.
GNOME edition will compile by default if the necessary libraries are
present on the system. If it's not desired, give the "--without-gnome"
option to the configure script and otherwise compile as usual.
The GNOME edition is work in progress. It may lack some functionality
of the text edition.
Xview and Tk and GNOME editions have been removed from the sources.
6 Command line problems
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You might first want to get the newest development version to see if
the bug is fixed or the feature is added already.
Send your report/request to mc-devel@gnome.org or
mc@gnome.org. These mailing lists are the most certain
way to contact the developers. Remember to mention if you are not on
the mailing list to make sure that you will receive a copy of replies.
Send your report/request to mc-devel@gnome.org or mc@gnome.org. These
mailing lists are the most certain way to contact the
developers. Remember to mention if you are not on the mailing list
to make sure that you will receive a copy of replies.
Give as much details as possible. A too long message is a lot better
than a too short message.
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Before you start coding check the latest development version. It might
be that your feature has already been implemented.
Note that the authors of the Midnight Commander have given all their
Note that the authors of GNU Midnight Commander have given all their
rights on the program to the Free Software Foundation. You will have
to do the same if you contribute non-trivial patches. Otherwise we
have to reject your patches in order to avoid copyright problems.
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Following mailing lists discuss about Midnight Commander:
mc@gnome.org
General discussion of the Midnight Commander
General discussion of GNU Midnight Commander
To subscribe visit
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc/
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11.2 Feedback is invited
Send your comments about this document and the Midnight Commander to
Send your comments about this document and GNU Midnight Commander to
mc@gnome.org
11.3 Disclaimer and copyright
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not warranted to be correct; you use it at your own risk.
You can use Questions and Answers according to GNU Public License (see
the COPYING file in the Midnight Commander source distribution).
the COPYING file in GNU Midnight Commander source distribution).
Questions and Answers is not public domain.

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Yet to be released version 4.6.
- GNOME edition has been removed.
Version 4.5.55
- Mostly bugfixes and portability fixes. Making things work as they
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release:
Adam Tla/lka, Antonio Palama, Carl Thompson, Ching Hui, Dugan Porter, Gerd
Knorr, Ilya Rybkin, Jakub Jelinek, Janne Kikonlehto, Juan Grigera, Juan Jose
Knorr, Ilya Rybkin, Jakub Jelinek, Janne Kukonlehto, Juan Grigera, Juan Jose
Ciarlante, John Davis, Marcelo Fabian Roccasalva, Perry Francis Nguyen,
Sergey Ya Korshunoff Steven Hirsch, Thanh Ma and Torben Fjerdingstad.

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Contents:
---------
Requirements
GNOME edition requirements
Features
Midnight Commander editions
Where to get more information
The Midnight Commander
GNU Midnight Commander
Mini-docs
Obtaining the Midnight Commander
Obtaining GNU Midnight Commander
Reporting problems.
This version of the Midnight Commander comes with two interfaces: a
graphical one for the GNOME desktop (http://www.gnome.org/) and a text
mode interface (the same old user interface we have had for a long
time).
GNU Midnight Commander (also referred to as MC) is a user shell with
text-mode full-screen interface. It can be run on the OS console,
in xterm and other terminal emulators.
GNU Midnight Commander allows you to manage files while making most of
you screen and giving you a clear representation of the filesystem, yet
it's simple enough to be run over a telnet or ssh session.
Most of the engine is shared between both versions, but they come with
radically different interfaces: the GNOME version is aimed to be a
simple to use tool for novice users.
Requirements
------------
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To compile the GNU Midnight Commander you need at least to have a copy
of the GLib library, available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
GNOME edition requirements
--------------------------
Optionally, if you want to compile the GNOME edition, you need to
install the GNOME libraries and its dependencies.
The GNOME libraries are available at
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-libs/
Features
--------
This is version 4 of the Midnight Commander, a free Norton Commander
clone with many useful features. The Midnight Commander comes with
mouse support on xterms and optionally on the Linux console.
GNU Midnight Commander was conceived as a free close of John Socha's
Norton Commander (TM). It also takes the best from more recent software
with similar interfaces. GNU Midnight Commander comes with mouse support
on xterm and optionally on the Linux console.
The Midnight Commander is a directory browsing tool which bears a
certain remote resemblance to John Socha's Norton Commander for DOS.
It is feature packed:
Some features are specific to the POSIX environment MC runs on, some are
familiar to the users of similar software for other operating system.
The features include:
o Built in Virtual File System: manipulate remote file systems
through the FTP protocol or Midnight Commander's own mcfs
protocol. Browse tar, compressed tar, RPM, zip, cpio, lha and
rar files with a single click.
through the FTP and SMB protocols or over secure shell, browse
tar, compressed tar, RPM, zip, cpio, lha and rar archives with
a single click.
o All of the Midnight Commander operations work with the
o All of GNU Midnight Commander operations work with the
virtual file system, enabling you to do complex tasks.
o Mouse support on the Linux console and under X11's xterms.
o Mouse support on the Linux console and under xterm and rxvt.
o Learn Keys: The Midnight Commander may be configured at run
o Learn Keys: GNU Midnight Commander may be configured at run
time to support any kind of input keys for a given terminal,
making its operation even on the most weird terminals a
breeze.
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locations (including FTP sites).
o Command completion: By pressing Alt-Tab in any place where a
filename or an executable are expected, the Midnight
Commander will complete for you the name. If you quickly
press Alt-Tab twice you can get a list box with the possible
completions available.
filename or an executable are expected, GNU Midnight Commander
will complete the name for you. If you press Alt-Tab the second
time you can get a list box with all possible completions.
o Subshell support: Run your commands by a real shell
interpreter. The Midnight Commander interacts with bash,
interpreter. GNU Midnight Commander interacts with bash,
tcsh and zsh to provide you with all of the facilities
available in your shell.
available in your preferred shell.
o Find file command can now search for the file contents.
o Find file command can search for the file contents.
o Background operations allows you to copy or move files from
any virtual file system while you do other tasks (i.e., you
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system. This is a low level file recovery function that will
recover files deleted by any program on Linux.
Please note that the undelete file system can only recover
12 file system blocks if the file was deleted with a kernel
in the 2.0.x series. The 2.1.x series have fixed this and
you can recover all of the file contents there.
o External panelization: You can run any arbitrary external
command and the Midnight Commander will display the output
command and GNU Midnight Commander will display the output
generated as a file listing that can be manipulated as a
regular directory.
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with the context dependent actions is used to format man
pages on the fly, coloring mail messages and more.
This list of features pertains to the terminal edition of the Midnight
Commander. The GNOME edition's feature set is slightly different, for
example, it does not include subshell support.
Where to get more information:
------------------------------
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http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc/
There is a WWW page for the Midnight Commander at
There is a WWW page for GNU Midnight Commander at
http://www.gnome.org/mc/
http://www.gnome.org/projects/mc/
The Midnight Commander:
GNU Midnight Commander:
-----------------------
The Midnight Commander is released under the GNU General Public
GNU Midnight Commander is released under the GNU General Public
License version 2.0 or any later version. A copy of the file is
included with this distribution package.
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although it's not as nice as the groff printed manual page :-)
Where you may obtain the Midnight Commander
Where you may obtain GNU Midnight Commander
-------------------------------------------
You can download the latest version of the Midnight Commander at
You can download the latest version of GNU Midnight Commander at
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/mc/
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Include the version of the program, the operating system that you are
using, the compiler and compiler flags used to compile the program (if
you know them), what kind of distribution you are using (if a
GNU/Linux system).
you know them), what kind of distribution you are using (if a GNU/Linux
system).
If the program crashed and produces a core dump, please provide a
stack trace of the program.
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gdb mc core
(gdb) where
Addendum
--------
No new features are being added to the GNOME edition of the Midnight
Commander anymore. It is just in maintenance and bug fixing stage.
The reason for this is that the current design of the Midnight
Commander is not suited well at all for a graphical version with
multiple windows and asynchronous file operations. A new file manager
is being written for the GNOME project.