diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 69be81213..1af95d9f4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2001-08-24 Pavel Roskin + * 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". diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index a4988d4d4..9dc7fba85 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Questions and Answers 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 @@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ Questions and Answers 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 @@ -154,9 +152,6 @@ Questions and Answers 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). @@ -169,11 +164,11 @@ Questions and Answers 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? @@ -211,7 +206,7 @@ Questions and Answers 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 @@ -261,9 +256,6 @@ Questions and Answers 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. @@ -304,12 +296,9 @@ Questions and Answers 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 @@ -460,7 +449,7 @@ Questions and Answers 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. @@ -547,14 +536,7 @@ enough? 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 @@ -807,10 +789,10 @@ into drive D:"? 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. @@ -840,7 +822,7 @@ into drive D:"? 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. @@ -864,7 +846,7 @@ answer? 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/ @@ -894,7 +876,7 @@ answer? 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 @@ -903,5 +885,5 @@ answer? 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. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4c4fa425d..0c9cd8aa8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +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 @@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ This is a list of people that put their effort into making the 3.1 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. diff --git a/README b/README index 6ab34d8e9..092e09356 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,23 +1,21 @@ 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 ------------ @@ -25,38 +23,30 @@ Requirements 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. @@ -67,17 +57,16 @@ It is feature packed: 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 @@ -90,13 +79,8 @@ It is feature packed: 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. @@ -108,10 +92,6 @@ It is feature packed: 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: ------------------------------ @@ -121,15 +101,15 @@ directions and announcements; if you want to subscribe, visit 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. @@ -176,10 +156,10 @@ You can access the whole documentation online with the F1 key, 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/ @@ -192,8 +172,8 @@ mc-devel@gnome.org. 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. @@ -202,14 +182,3 @@ You can do this by running dbx or gdb like this: 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.