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Contents
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Introduction
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Dependencies
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Features
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Mini-documentation
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Where to get more information
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Reporting problems
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Introduction
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GNU Midnight Commander (also referred to as MC) is a user shell with
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text-mode full-screen interface. It can be run on the OS console,
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in xterm and other terminal emulators.
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GNU Midnight Commander allows you to manage files while making the most of
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your screen and giving you a clear representation of the filesystem, yet
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it's simple enough to be run over a telnet or ssh session.
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GNU Midnight Commander is released under the GNU General Public
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License version 3 or any later version. A copy of the file is
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included with this distribution package.
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Dependencies
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Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions
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and full list of dependencies.
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Features
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GNU Midnight Commander was conceived as a free clone of John Socha's
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Norton Commander (TM). It also takes the best from more recent software
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with similar interfaces. GNU Midnight Commander comes with mouse support
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on xterm and optionally on the Linux console.
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Some features are specific to the POSIX environment MC runs on, some are
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familiar to the users of similar software for other operating systems.
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The features include:
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* Built in Virtual File System: manipulate remote file systems
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through the FTP and SFTP protocols or over secure shell, browse
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contents of tar, ar, rpm, zip, cpio, lha and rar archives just
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like local files.
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* Almost all operations work with the virtual file system,
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enabling you to do complex tasks, like viewing files in
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archives on an FTP server.
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* Mouse support on most terminal emulators for X Window System
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as well as on the Linux console.
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* Learn Keys: GNU Midnight Commander may be configured at run
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time to support any kind of input keys for a given terminal,
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making its operation possible even on most weird terminals.
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* Text and hex editors are available for you to use (hex editor
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is a part of the viewer).
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* Hotlist allows you to keep a list of common visited locations,
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including remote sites and directories inside archives.
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* Command completion: By pressing Alt-Tab in any place where a
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filename or an executable are expected, GNU Midnight Commander
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will complete the name for you. If you press Alt-Tab for the
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second time, you get a list box with all possible completions.
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* Subshell support: Run your commands by a real shell
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interpreter. GNU Midnight Commander interacts with bash,
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tcsh and zsh to provide you with all of the facilities
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available in your preferred shell.
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* Find file command can search for the file contents.
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* Background operations allow you to copy or move files from
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any virtual file system while you do other tasks (i.e., you
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can do background FTP copies).
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* FTP proxy is supported.
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* Linux file recovery: If you are using Linux, you can recover
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deleted files from an ext2 or ext3 partition with the undelete
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file system. This is a low level file recovery function that
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can recover files deleted by any program on Linux.
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* External panelization: You can run any arbitrary external
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command and GNU Midnight Commander will display the output
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generated as a file listing that can be manipulated as a
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regular directory.
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* Emacs-like key bindings are used in all widgets.
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* Context dependent actions (open, view, edit) are available.
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* The built-in file viewer, together with the context dependent
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actions is used to format man pages on the fly, coloring mail
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messages and more.
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* The built-in editor supports syntax highlighting and external
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actions, such as spell checking and formatting.
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Mini-documentation
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These are hints for the text mode edition:
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* Use the F-Keys for invoking the commands in the function key bar.
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If your terminal doesn't support F-keys, you can use the <ESC digit>
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sequence to invoke the corresponding F-digit key.
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* Tab changes the current panel.
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* All input lines have emacs-like key-bindings (command history is
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accessed through the M-p and M-n keys).
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* The panels accept C-n, C-p for browsing the panel (like in Emacs).
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* M-Enter copies the currently selected file name to the input line.
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* M-Tab completes the current word (or tries to).
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* The Virtual File System is a cute addition to the project, you may
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browse in tar and compressed tar files as well as browsing remote
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machines with the fish file system.
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* Please read the manual page.
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You can access the whole documentation online with the F1 key,
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although it's not as nice as the groff printed manual page :-)
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Where to get more information
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-----------------------------
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There is a webpage for GNU Midnight Commander at
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https://www.midnight-commander.org/
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This page also has current information about mailing lists and some
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useful advices how to report bugs.
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You can download the latest version of GNU Midnight Commander from
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https://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads/
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Reporting problems
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You can report bug on our site, please read
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https://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/doc/reportDefects
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Also you can use mc mailing lists to discuss problems.
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There are two mailing lists, mc@gnome.org and mc-devel@gnome.org. Use
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mc-devel@gnome.org if you are prepared for a more technical discussion
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with the developers of the package, otherwise use mc@gnome.org.
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Please don't sent HTML e-mail to either of those mailing lists.
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Include the output of "mc --version", the operating system and the
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distribution (if applicable) you are using, the compiler and the
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configure flags used to compile the program (if you know them).
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If the program crashed and produced a core dump, please provide a
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stack trace of the program.
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You can do this by running gdb like this:
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gdb mc core
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(gdb) where
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