6 GNOME edition requirments
8 Midnight Commander editions
9 Where to get more information
10 The Midnight Commander
12 Obtaining the Midnight Commander
15 This version of the Midnight Commander comes with two interfaces: a
16 graphical one for the GNOME desktop (http://www.gnome.org) and a text
17 mode interface (the same old user interface we have had for a long
20 Most of the engine is shared between both versions, but they come with
21 radically different interfaces: the GNOME version is aimed to be a
22 simple to use tool for novice users.
27 To compile the GNU Midnight Commander you need at least to have a copy
28 of the glib library, this library is available in ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk.
30 GNOME edition requirements
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33 Optionally, if you want to compile the GNOME edition, you need to
34 install the GNOME libraries and its dependencies.
36 The GNOME libraries are available in:
38 ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-libs
44 This is version 4 of the Midnight Commander, a free Norton Commander
45 Clone with many useful features. The Midnight Commander comes with
46 mouse support on xterms and optionally on the Linux console.
48 The Midnight Commander is a directory browsing tool which bears a
49 certain remote resemblance to John Socha's Norton Commander for DOS.
52 o Built in Virtual File System: manipulate remote files
53 systems through the ftp protocol or Midnight Commander's own
54 mcfs protocol. Browse tar, compressed tar files, rpm, zip,
55 cpio, lha and rar files with a single click.
57 o All of the Midnight Commander operations work with the virtual
58 file system, enabling you to do complex tasks.
60 o Mouse support on the Linux console and under X11's xterms.
62 o Learn Keys: The Midnight Commander may be configured at run
63 time to support any kind of input keys for a given terminal,
64 making its operation even on the most wierd terminals a
67 o Text and hex editors are available for you to use.
69 o Hotlist allows you to keep a list of common visited
70 locations (including ftp sites).
72 o Command completion: By pressing Alt-Tab in any place where a
73 filename or an executable are expected, the Midnight Commander
74 will complete for you the name. If you quickly press Alt-Tab
75 twice you can get a listbox with the possible completions
78 o Subshell support: Run your commands by a real shell
79 interpreter. The Midnight Commander interacts with bash, tcsh
80 and zsh to provide you with all of the facilities available in
83 o Find file command can now search inside the contents of
86 o Background operations allows you to copy or move files from
87 any virtual file system while you do other tasks (ie, you can
88 do background ftp copies).
90 o Proxy support with our ftpfs.
92 o Linux file recovery: If you are using Linux system, you can
93 recover deleted files from an ext2fs partition with the
94 undelete file system. This is a low level file recovery
95 function that will recover files deleted by any program in
98 Please note that the undelete file system can only recover
99 12 file system blocks if the file was deleted with a kernel
100 in the 2.0.x series. The 2.1.x series have fixed this and you
101 can recover all of the file contents there.
103 o External panelization: You can run any arbitrary external
104 command and the Midnight Commander will display the output
105 generated as a file listing that can be manipulated as a
108 o Emacs like key bindings in all of our widgets.
110 o Powerfull context dependant actions are available.
112 o Powerfull built-in file viewer: The file viewer, together
113 with the context dependant actions is used to format man pages
114 on the fly, coloring mail messages and more.
117 Where to get more information:
118 ------------------------------
120 There is a mailing list for discussion on enhancing the program, future
121 directions and announcements; if you want to subscribe, send mail to:
123 majordomo@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx
125 There is a WWW page for the Midnight Commander with the URL:
126 <http://mc.blackdown.org/mc/>.
129 The Midnight Commander:
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132 The Midnight Commander is released under the GNU General Public License
133 version 2.0 or any later version. A copy of the file is included with
134 this distribution package.
136 If you have comments, you can send them to me:
138 miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx
140 or if it would benefit more people, to the mailing list:
142 mc@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx
144 Help develop and enhance free software.
150 These are hints for the text mode edition:
152 o Use the F-Keys for invoking the commands in the function key bar.
153 If your terminal doesn't support F-keys, you can use the <ESC digit>
154 sequence to invoke the corresponding F-digit key.
156 o Tab changes the current panel.
158 o All input lines have emacs-like key-bindings (command history is
159 accessed through the M-p and M-n keys).
161 o The panels accept C-n, C-p for browsing the panel (like in emacs).
163 o M-Enter copies the currently selected file name to the input line.
165 o M-Tab completes the current word (or tries to).
167 o The Virtual File System is a cute addition to the project, you may
168 browse in tar and compressed tar files as well as browsing remote
169 machines with the mcfs file system.
171 o Please read the manual page.
173 o Read the file src/TODO for the current projects.
175 You can access the whole documentation online with the F1 key,
176 although it's not as nice as the groff printed manual page :-)
179 Where you may obtain the Midnight Commander
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182 The software should be available by anonymous ftp at sunsite.unc.edu
183 in the directory /pub/Linux/utils/file and at ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx
184 in the directory /linux/local.
186 The last alpha versions are available at ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx in the
187 directory /linux/local/devel.
189 European mirrors of both version 3.1 and alpha versions are available
190 at sunsite.mff.cuni.cz in the directory /GNU/mc and at ftp.teuto.de
191 in the directory /lmb/mc.
197 Please, send a detailed description of your problem to the
198 mc-bugs@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx address.
200 Include the version of the program, the operating system that you are
201 using, the compiler and compiler flags used to compile the program (if
202 you know them), what kind of distribution you are using (if a
205 If the program crashed and produces a core dump, please provide a
206 stack trace of the program.
208 You can do this by running dbx or gdb like this: