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@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
You need a POSIX (Unix compatible) operating system. If you are
running Windows, use Cygwin.
To compile any edition you need to have glib 2.x installed.
It's available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
To compile any edition you need to have glib >= 2.30 installed.
It's available at https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/.
If you want to use mouse on the Linux console you need the gpm daemon
from ftp://ftp.systemy.it/pub/develop/. You need nothing extra to
use mouse on xterm.
from https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/. You need nothing
extra to use mouse on xterm.
If you do not want to use the S-Lang library you could try using
ncurses version 4.1 and above.
@ -294,10 +294,11 @@ f2 Keyboard
2.8 How do I change the key bindings?
There is no generic way to reconfigure the key bindings. You can use
the "Learn Keys" dialog to assign keys to some actions listed in that
dialog. However, most actions cannot be redefined to use different
keys.
Key binding con be reconfigure via keymap files: /etc/mc/mc.keymap
and ~/.config/mc/mc.keymap.
You can use the "Learn Keys" dialog to assign keys to some actions
listed in that dialog.
3 Mouse
@ -314,11 +315,6 @@ f2 Keyboard
Hold down shift key while using mouse to cut and paste.
3.3 How do I get the extension dependent pop-up menu to pop up?
It was developed for the GNOME edition. The text-mode edition
doesn't support this feature yet.
4 Display
@ -340,9 +336,8 @@ f2 Keyboard
4.2 Why don't line drawing characters work?
Since version 4.0.13 there's the command line option -a to force use
of charaters +, |, - for line drawing (only available when compiled
with S-Lang). Use the -a option if any of the suggestions below
doesn't help.
of charaters +, |, - for line drawing. Use the -a option if any
of the suggestions below doesn't help.
In general, there are three cases:
* Lines are shown as ASCII characters like this
@ -421,8 +416,6 @@ f2 Keyboard
4.4 I have problems with entering/viewing national characters!
Upgrade to version 4.0.12 or newer.
From the Options - Display Bits dialog select Full 8 bits or ISO
8859-1. In addition, select 8 bit input from the same dialog.
@ -514,7 +507,7 @@ f2 Keyboard
Thomas Dickey maintains his more advanced version of xterm at
ftp://dickey.his.com/xterm/
rxvt has its own site http://www.rxvt.org/ - get the latest version
rxvt has its own site http://www.rxvt.net/ - get the latest version
there.
4.8 I got colors working with MC but the other programs don't work at
@ -613,6 +606,36 @@ MC?
Only few terminals support screen saving. It's xterm, rxvt and other
xterm-like terminals and virtual terminals on Linux and FreeBSD.
6.8 Why I see lot of strange 'cd "printf ' lines into my .history file?
Add
export HISTCONTROL="ignoreboth"
into your ~/.profile file (.bash_profile) for avoid this.
6.9 I have a problem with Screen which makes using Midnight Commander
problematic. I use Ctrl-O to disable panels. Output of previous commands,
just a clear, screen is blanked.
Update GNU Screen to the last version. This bug was fixed in
commit ad56f746c6243d45124485d198d577bdbb78071c
Author: Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <sadrul@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun Nov 29 23:34:25 2009 -0500
Fix using alternate screen buffers in some cases.
Screen would reset the 'main' screen buffer if an app tries to
switch to an alternate buffer while it is already using one (in
other words, sends multiple 'smcup' without an 'rmcup'). This should
fix debian #558724
(see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558724)
or do not rewrite TERM (mustbe TERM=screen) andrun mc as follow:
echo -e '\e[?1000h' && mc -x
7 Virtual file systems
@ -622,7 +645,7 @@ MC?
press enter. If you use mouse just double-click on the tar file.
The recognized suffixes for tar archives are .tar, .tar.gz and .tgz.
You can also enter a tar archive by typing "cd filename#utar" where
You can also enter a tar archive by typing "cd filename/utar://" where
filename is the name of the archive. In this case, the suffix is not
important.
@ -773,7 +796,7 @@ indenting increases with each line!
http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/McDevelopers
This page lists everbody who has provided a patch or
has written code for the midnight-commander in the past:
has written code for the Midnight Commander in the past:
http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/McContributors
10.2 Do I dare to use a development version?
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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.
If this is not the case, feel free to add a ticket in our ticket-system,
If this is not the case, feel free to add a ticket in our ticket system,
which is located here: http://www.midnight-commander.org/newticket
If you want to send an email instead write your report to mc-devel@gnome.org