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