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Midnight Commander Changelog

What's new in Midnight Commander 4.8.14

Mar 23, 2015
  • Core:
  • Minimal version of GLib is 2.14.0
  • Add new panel binding "SelectExt" to select/unselect files with the same extension as the current file (#3228)
  • Speed up of directory size calculation (#3247)
  • Support of italic text (#3065)
  • VFS
  • Editor:
  • New syntax highlighting support: puppet (#3266)
  • Viewer:
  • Use VIEW_SELECTED_COLOR in plain mode (#3405)
  • In QuickView panel, don't pass any chars to command line to avoid unexpected command execution (#3253)
  • Rewrite mcview's rendering and scrolling (#3250, #3256):
  • no more partial lines at the top and failure to scroll when Up or Down is pressed;
  • better handling of CJK characters;
  • handle combining accents;
  • improved nroff support;
  • more conventional scrolling behavior at the end of the file.
  • DIFF VIEWER:
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#3265, #3262)
  • Bind poedit to Edit action for .po files (#3287)
  • Better grammar mcedit user menu (#3246)
  • Fixes:
  • Fail to build against musl libc (#3267)
  • Error compiling with glib 2.20.3 (#3333)
  • Overwrite of the PROMPT_COMMAND bash variable (#2027)
  • contrib/*.?sh are not recreated after rerun of configure (#3181)
  • File rename handles zero-length substitutions incorrectly (#2952)
  • Lose files on "Skip" when "Cannot preallocate space for target file" (#3297)
  • Info panel can't obtain file system statistics on Solaris (#3277)
  • "Shell patterns" broken beyond repair (#2309)
  • File selection by patterns uses bytes instead of unicode characters (#2743)
  • Copy files dosn't work as expected, when copying to a directory with the special symbol in its name (#3235)
  • Wrong order of old_colors table items (#3404)
  • Input line: Alt+Backspace on one-letter word erases too much (#3390)
  • "Directory scanning" window is too narrow (#3162)
  • No Help for User Menu (#3409)
  • mcedit: paste from clipboard does not work (#3339)
  • mcviewer: hang when viewing broken man page (#2966)
  • mcview hex: incorrect highlight when search string not found (#3263)
  • mcview hex edit: UTF-8 chars are not updated (#3259)
  • mcview hex edit: can't enter certain UTF-8 characters (#3260)
  • mcview hex edit: CJK overflow (#3261)
  • mcedit: status line doesn't show full path to file (#3285)
  • Freeze when copying from one FTP location to another (#358)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.13 (Sep 5, 2014)

  • CORE:
  • New engine of user-friendly interruption of long-time operations (#2136)
  • VFS:
  • Editor:
  • Improvements of syntax highlighting:
  • CMake (#3216)
  • PHP (#3230)
  • Translate language names in the spelling assistant dialogue (#3233)
  • Viewer:
  • Add separate normal(default) colour pair for viewer (#3204)
  • Dealing with utf-8 man pages in view/open (#1539)
  • "Goto line" is 1-based now (#3245)
  • DIFF VIEWER:
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#3189, #3223, #3242)
  • Add new skins: gray-green-purple256 and gray-orange-blue256 (#3190)
  • Fixes:
  • First Backspace/Delete? is ignored after mouse click in an input widget (#3225)
  • Recursive find file doesn't work on Samba share (#3097)
  • Recursive find file doesn't work on Windows NFS share (#3202)
  • Incorrect file counter in move operation (#3196, #3209)
  • "Directory scanning" window is too narrow (#3162)
  • Colon is not recognized inside escape seq in prompt (#3241)
  • Quick view doesn't grab focus on mouse click (#3251)
  • fish subshell: overridden prompt (#3232, #3237)
  • mcviewer: broken switch between raw and parse modes (#3219)
  • mcviewer: incorrect percentage in mcview hex mode (#3258)
  • RAR VFS incorrectly recognizes UnRAR version (#3240)
  • viewbold and viewselected are missing from some skins (#3244)
  • Incorrect enconding name for manual page (#3239)
  • "User menu -> View manual page" doesn't do coloring (#3243)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.12 (Apr 1, 2014)

  • Core:
  • Speed up of file find (#2290)
  • If cwd is a symlink it is kept at startup (#3093)
  • Improve support of Zsh (#3121, #3124, #3125, #3177)
  • Launch external editor/viewer without passing line number (#3117)
  • Exit without confirmation by default (#3132)
  • Simple user-friendly skin selector (#2165, #3178)
  • Use Joliet and RockRidge? in ISO9660 image view action (#3187)
  • VFS:
  • Use .zip extension as preferred way to recognize ZIP archives (#2857)
  • Editor:
  • Configurable selection reset on CK_Store (#3111)
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#3113, #3151)
  • Adjust script permissions to installed ones (#2274)
  • Fix name of FSF in add source files (#3167)
  • Skin cleanups (#3180, #3184)
  • Do not consider "String not found" message as error (#3179)
  • Fixes:
  • Broken build with NCurses (#3114)
  • Incorrect tilde expansion in copy/rename/move dialog (#3131)
  • Advanced chown: Escape on user list accepts value (#3150)
  • Toggling hidden files using mouse doesn't update the other panel (#3156)
  • Question mark in delete confirmation is on its own line (#3123)
  • Popup dialogs wander upwards upon resize (#3173)
  • Keypad '*' doesn't work with numlock off (#3133)
  • Some inconsistencies in "Learn keys" UI (#3134)
  • Unconventional behavior of "Display bits" dialog (#3152)
  • Shift-Fn keys don't work in 256-color mode of tmux (#2978)
  • mcedit: format paragraph produces inconsistent wrapping (#3119)
  • mcedit: file out-of-date check on saving is botched (#3142)
  • mcedit: 1st line is shifted after paragraph format (#1666)
  • mcedit: trailing newline check applied too early when exiting (#3140)
  • Inconsistency of the arrow's direction in the panel header line across skins (#3157)
  • Possible segfault while passing messages to widgets (#3116)
  • Possible segfault when freeing a VFS (#3116)
  • Segfault in cpio VFS while reading corrupted RPM (#3116)
  • Segfault in sftpfs VFS when trying to view a file (#3176)
  • Incorrect handling of filenames with unrar v5 (#3073)
  • FISH VFS: remote panel confused by filenames with '%' (#2983)
  • iso9660: xorriso shows only one depth (#3122)
  • Nicedark skin looks bad on black-on-white terminals (#3154)
  • Incorrect definition of "topmiddle" and "bottommiddle" characters (#3183)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.11 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Core:
  • Print warnings about unknown '--with-' / '--enable-' configure options (#3029)
  • Live update of panels size when editing layout (#3060)
  • Support "Compute totals" option in move file operation (#2075)
  • VFS:
  • rpm extfs
  • show dependency version (#2812)
  • support tar payload (#3064)
  • improve support for EPOCH tag (#1588)
  • add support for PREINPROG/POSTINPROG/PREUNPROG/POSTUNPROG, VERIFYSCRIPTPROG and TRIGGERSCRIPTS/TRIGGERSCRIPTPROG tags (#1588)
  • Editor:
  • Support "bracketed paste mode" of xterm (#2661)
  • Clarify Java syntax highlighting (#3057)
  • Viewer:
  • Diff viewer:
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup and refactoring (#3051, #3066)
  • Fixes:
  • FTBFS on GNU Hurd (#3053, #3071)
  • Segfault while moving files (#3059, #3105)
  • Broken handling of mc command line arguments (#3047)
  • Copy/move doesn't work if num_history_items_recorded=0 (#3076)
  • No subdir path completion in current dir, if stub is not starting with './' (#3018)
  • Deprecated "find -perm +xxx" syntax is used (#3089)
  • Home, End, Shift-Fn keys don't work in tmux (#2978)
  • Improper [en|dis]abling of layout dialog split adjustment buttons (#3061)
  • Bogus strings in 'Confirmation' config dialog (#2271)
  • "Configure options" first entry not highlighted (#3084)
  • "Setup saved to ~/.config/mc/ini" message is misleading (#3096)
  • F3 doesn't work on .so files in FreeBSD 9.x (#3101)
  • Typo in mc.lib: "less=%filename +%linenog" instead of "+%lineno" (part of #3044)
  • Wrong order of filename and line number for external editor (part of #3044)
  • mcedit: tabs are lost when text is pasted (#1797 as part of #2661)
  • mcedit: question on large file treats Escape as Yes (#3107)
  • Broken case-sensitive search in editor/viewer/diffviewer (#3069)
  • Changes to files in nested .zip archives are lost (#3070)
  • Incorrect handling of filenames with spaces with unrar v5 (#3073)
  • iso9660 VFS: filenames truncating in ISO file listing (#3091)
  • vfs_path_from_str_flags() doesn't support VPF_STRIP_HOME (#3098)
  • Bright colors are used as background colors in 16-color skins (#3050)
  • Various defects in documentation (#3052, #3092)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.10 (Aug 5, 2013)

  • Core:
  • Do not link GModule if it is not required (save space on embedded systems) (#2995)
  • Behavior of the 'Right' key in the 'Directory hotlist' was changed: now 'Right' key is used only to enter into the group (#3045)
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#3035)
  • Fixes:
  • Build failure on Cygwin (#3041)
  • Broken NCurses detection (#3043)
  • Broken handling of mc command line arguments (#3047)
  • Cannot enter into zip archive in tar one (#3034)
  • Cannot open some jar files
  • mcedit: file descriptor leak (#3040)
  • mcedit: paragraph format doesn't respect multibyte characters (#2713)
  • Crash after entering a wrong SFTP password (#3036)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.9 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • Core:
  • VFS:
  • extfs: support unrar-5 (#3015)
  • extfs: use xorriso (if exists) for writing into ISO images (#3027)
  • Editor:
  • Support unlimited file size (#1743)
  • Viewer:
  • Diff viewer:
  • Misc:
  • Lot of code cleanups (#2990, #2071, #2164, #2998, #3003, #3005, #3022)
  • Display additional info while viewing (by F3) *.iso files (#2006)
  • New skins: modarin256: set of 256-color skins from Oliver Lange (#2737)
  • Fixes:
  • Fail to link if system lib does not contain strverscmp (#2992)
  • Segfault when mc's temporary directory doesn't belong to the correct user (#3021)
  • Race condition when creating temporary directory (#3025)
  • Mouse doesn't work in screen and tmux (#3011)
  • Incorrect file size in copy/move overwrite query dialog (#3000)
  • Garbage in subshell prompt (#3001)
  • Incorrect WLabel redraw after text change (#2991)
  • Find File: "All charsets" options don't work (#3026)
  • When an unknown key is pressed, it is interpreted as garbage (#2988)
  • Segfault on creating new file in external editor (#3020)
  • Rotating dash is not removed when mc finishes reading the directory (#2163)
  • mcedit: word completion failed if word to be completed is begun from begin of file (#2245)
  • mcview: broken switch between raw and parse modes (#2968)
  • Hex viewer: continue search doesn't work (#2706)
  • sftpfs: broken SSH aliases (#2923)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.8 (Apr 3, 2013)

  • Core:
  • Make copy/move progress dialog window wider up to 2/3 of screen width (#2076)
  • Ask file name before create new file in editor (#2585)
  • Support newer extended mouse protocol SGR-1006 instead of URXVT-1015 (#2956)
  • Allow skip directory scanning before file operation. Print directory count and size in addition to directory name (#2101)
  • Add jump support to target line in some external editors and viewers (#2206)
  • Editor:
  • Update syntax highlighting:
  • Jal programming language (#2855)
  • gplink configuration files (.lkr extension) (#2855)
  • Makefile with .mak extension (#2896)
  • ZSH configuration files (#2950)
  • Fortran (#2962)
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#2944, #2954)
  • Report real compiler in MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG instead of 'gcc'
  • Hints files now translated via Transifex (#2980)
  • Fixes:
  • Segfault in file operation due to unhandled regexp error (#2493)
  • Tab completion vs. spaces and escaping (#55)\
  • Special chars are not escaped in autocompletion of filenames (#2626)
  • Buttons in the 'Directory hotlist' window are placed incorrectly (#2958)
  • Mouse doesn't select text in subshell in native console (#2964)
  • Mouse click below non-droppeddown menubar activates menu box (#2971)
  • Insufficient quoting and wrong message in user menu (#2947)
  • mcedit: floating point exception (division by zero) (#2953)
  • mcedit: broken autocompletion (#2957)
  • mcview: broken magic mode (#2976)
  • Broken opening of .war archives (#2974)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.7 (Jan 4, 2013)

  • Core:
  • Minimal GLib version is 2.12.0
  • Implementation of suspend/resume in copy/move file operations (#2111)
  • Start of widget subsystem reimplementation (#2919)
  • VFS:
  • uc1541 extfs plug-in updated up to version 2.5 (#2935)
  • Editor:
  • Reset selection after text paste (only in non-persistent selection mode) (#2660)
  • Don't indent blank lines (#303).
  • Add .psgi as Perl syntax highlighting (#2912)
  • Place cursor after inserted chars (#319)
  • Add option in ini file to save spelling language (spell_language=NONE for disable aspell support) (#2914)
  • Viewer:
  • Diff viewer:
  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#2888, #1950)
  • Minimal "check" utility version is 0.9.8
  • Remove the empty contrib/dist/debian/ since it maintained separately in Debian (#2871)
  • mc.ext updates:
  • add support of SVG images (#2895)
  • add support of .asm file extension (#2892)
  • add support of .hh file extension (#2892)
  • all file extension for source files now are case insensitive (#2892)
  • add support of JNG and MNG images (#2893)
  • add support of Gnumeric's spreadsheets (#2894)
  • add support of .war archives (#2891)
  • make a choice between arj and unarj archivers (#2890)
  • make a choice between 7z and 7za archivers (#2890)
  • add support of ape, aac and wvm4a media formats (#2767)
  • add support of cbr and cbz comic books (#2739)
  • add support of epub e-book format (#2739)
  • add support of PAR archives (#2739)
  • use libreoffice instead of ooffice, if found, to open ODT files (#2723)
  • use dvicat if dvi2tty not found to view DVI files (#1686)
  • use 'see' utility as default pdf viewer, if found (#1686)
  • use 'see' utility to view images in console (#1686)
  • Highlight OGV files as media (#2934)
  • Added new translations:
  • Persian (fa)
  • Croatian (hr)
  • Fixes:
  • Build failure on Cygwin (#2917)
  • Fail to check ncurses library if --with-ncurses-inc and --with-ncurses-libs options are used (#2926)
  • Crash on Solaris while trying to copy a file (#2906)
  • CVE-2012-4463: Does not sanitize MC_EXT_SELECTED variable properly (#2913)
  • Attributes of existing directories are never preserved when copying (#2924)
  • Broken path completion on paths starting with ~/ (#2898)
  • Terminal settings are not changed when window is resized (#2198)
  • Enter into symlink to compressed patch shows empty patch (#2910)
  • Test failure on Cygwin due to incorrect linkage flag (#2918)
  • Non-portable test (#2883)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.6 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • Fixes:
  • mcedit: two-columns extra offset of cursor after tab character (#2881)
  • diffviewer: cannot open file if name contains '$' (#2873)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.5 (Sep 11, 2012)

  • Core:
  • Implemented case-insensitive patterns in mc.ext bindings (#2250)
  • Editor:
  • Code refactoring and cleanup (#1977)
  • Diff viewer:
  • Bidirectional merge (F5 merge left-to-right, F15 - merge right-to-left) (#2863)
  • Misc:
  • Syntax highlighting news and updates:
  • update assembler.syntax: x86 AMD64 registers highlighting (#2542)
  • new cmake.syntax: preliminary and incomplete syntax file for CMakeLists.txt files (#2084)
  • new dlink.syntax: syntax highlighting for D-Link switches command set (#2649)
  • update properties.syntax: more nice look-and-feel (#1869)
  • mc.ext enhancement (#2103):
  • use chm_http text-mode handler for CHM files
  • play sounds only from videos in text mode
  • use pdftotext -layout -nopgbrk switches
  • try to use elinks before links for HTML
  • soffice2html text-mode handler for SXW files
  • wvHtml text-mode handler for doc files
  • xlhtml text-mode handler for XLS files
  • ppthtml text-mode handler for PPT/PPS files
  • open=view+pager fallback (noX) for PostScript, PDF, OD[PST] and DVI
  • standarized $DISPLAY checks
  • File extension support:
  • SQLite database files (#2103)
  • compiled Java files (*.class) (#2103)
  • m4a for MP4 containers with audio data in the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) or its own Apple Lossless (ALE, ALAC) formats (#2869)
  • .ogm extension was deprecated in favor of .ogv (#2664)
  • Fixes:
  • Bad EXTHELPERSDIR substitution if --prefix is not set (#2849)
  • Partially broken loading of user-defined keymap file (#2848)
  • Enter on directory named '~' goes to the home one (#2874)
  • Cannot Copy/Move files with filename encoding change (#2791)
  • Cannot view compressed files named like log.1.gz (with digit in name) (#2852)
  • Panel is not refreshed if panel history is called using mouse (#2854)
  • Duplicate entities in panel with 'tree view' mode (#2835)
  • Broken synchronization with filelist and tree panels (#2862)
  • Standalone mcedit doesn't load saved file position (#2853)
  • mcedit segfaults when aspell (en) dictionary is not installed (#2856)
  • mcedit segfaults after "Back from declaration" call (#2859)
  • mcedit: unable to save changes in "Safe save" mode(#2832)
  • Segfault when viewing HTML files with "mc -v" (#2858)
  • Broken 'Enter' action on a rpm file containing space character in filename (#2838)
  • extfs: uc1541 broken handling (#2864)
  • mc.ext: OGV format handled as audio (#2869)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.4 (Jul 19, 2012)

  • Core:
  • Use xdg-open by default in mc.ext.in if present to open files, fallback on current scheme otherwise (#2118)
  • Improve of mouse event handling in dialogs (#2817)
  • Show extended info about compiled-in paths for internal/external macros in the "mc -F" output (2495)
  • VFS:
  • Added SFTP support (#1535)
  • Editor:
  • Multieditor: allow edit many files in one mcedit window (#2261, #2839)
  • Aspell support for spell check (#2788)
  • Viewer:
  • Handle CK_FileNext/CK_FilePrev actions inside mcviewer (#2814)
  • Misc:
  • Tweak and cleanup of code in case of --disable-charset option usage (#2827)
  • File extension support:
  • gem rubygems (#2797)
  • cpio.xz compressed cpio archives (#2798)
  • webm WebM video (#2746)
  • lib gputils artifacts (#2751)
  • Fixes:
  • Build failure on FreeBSD 6 (#2808)
  • src/filemanager/filegui.c does not compile on Solaris due to missing macros (#2825)
  • Loss of data on copy to full partition (#2829)
  • Crash at Chown command (#2784)
  • Crash when creating relative symlink (#2787)
  • Misinterpretation of dirs as command line arguments (#2783, #2805)
  • Number of panelized files was limited to 127 (#2813)
  • CK_History removes CK_HistoryNext entries (#2313)
  • URL with port was stored wrong in history (#2833)
  • Can't find 00 (zeroes) in patterns in hex search (#2795)
  • Hotkey conflicts in 'Search' dialog (#2843)
  • Error message when entering into compressed tar and cpio archives (#2785)
  • Garbage directory listing in ftpfs (#2800)
  • Incomplete sand256 skin (#2807)
  • mcedit scripts are installed as data files (#1437)
  • Fails to build from source with --enable-tests (#2786)
  • Tests failure on PowerPC,S390,S390x (#2804)
  • Fail to compile if --without-vfs configure option specified (#2834)
  • do_panel_cd: FTBFS with --enable-tests on [kfreebsd-i386,kfreebsd-amd64,ia64,armhf] (#2803)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.3 (Apr 23, 2012)

  • Misc:
  • Code cleanup (#2780)
  • Fixes:
  • Broken support of XDG_* shell variables (#1851)
  • Segmentation fault while background copying (#2663)
  • MC ignores second directory argument (#2762)
  • Interpretation of LANG variable needs to be case insensitive (#2386)
  • Cannot copy zero-length files with "Preallocate space" option (#2755)
  • Problem in the Copy operation with unchecked the "Preserve attributes" option (#2278)
  • Cursor position reset after update when panel is panelized, but doesn't (#2766)
  • File selection reset after exit from the archive in the root (#2776)
  • Hotlist: broken newly added entries if old-style path is present (#2753)
  • Can't rebind Fx keys in the file manager (#2384)
  • "justified" menu alignment (#2756)
  • The last (or single) word of hyperlinks in the interactive help don't act on mouse clicks (#2763)
  • 'cd' command is not working in shell link (#2758)
  • mc hangs on switching screens (#2608)
  • Case sensitive search with SEARCH_TYPE_PCRE is broken (#2764)
  • mcedit can't run w/o file as parameter (#2754)
  • mcedit can't record input char (#2757)
  • mcedit: save file on top of existing directory changes dir's permissions (#2761)
  • Unable to edit gzipped files (#2759)
  • mcedit hangs up on replace with regexp contains '^' or '$' (#1868)
  • Segfault after open incorrect archive (#2775)
  • mcdiff crashes if one panel is not in the listing mode (#2769)
  • The password for vfs sessions remains in input history (#2760)
  • Showing directory sizes is broken in VFS'es (#2765)
  • Stale symlinks in vfs (#2777)
  • Active VFS directories list contain incorrect current path (#2779)
  • Date not set properly in manpage (#2692)
  • Empty texinfo rule in mc.ext (#2774)

New in Midnight Commander 4.8.1 (Mar 28, 2012)

  • Core:
  • Added new flag -X (--no-x11) to allow dont't use X11 to get the state of modifiers Alt, Ctrl, Shift (#86)
  • Support of '~' as home dir in 'Start at:' field in 'Find File' dialog (#2694)
  • Support of '~' as home dir in hotlists (#2747)
  • Learning of 'Back Tab' now is possible from 'Learn keys' dialog (#2628)
  • Optional '0x' prefix for hexadecimal search (#2705)
  • VFS:
  • Editor:
  • Added as.syntax (#2708)
  • Viewer:
  • Added action bindings for backward search (#2105)
  • Diff viewer:
  • Misc:
  • Added hotkeys for all radio/check-buttons in search/replace dialogs (#2704)
  • New file bindings:
  • .m4v, .ts - video (#2702)
  • djv - DjVu?? (#2645)
  • Simplify mc.menu - remove LZMA|LZ and change p7 to 7z (#2703)
  • Updated list of known browsers: gnome-moz-remote mozilla firefox konqueror opera (#2725)
  • Added MC_HOME environment variable to set up home directory of MC (as part of #2738)
  • Fixes:
  • Compile failure of 4.8.1 on xBSD because "Undefined symbols: _posix_fallocate" (#2689)
  • MC deletes the wrong file because of forced panel reload before file operation (#2736)
  • Cannot chdir to directory if directory name contains the dollar sign (#2451)
  • Incorrect panel size after change panel split type (#2521)
  • Wrong total bytes counter for subdirs in copy/move dialog (#2503)
  • Display corruption in panels after window shrink (#2684)
  • Command line is unaccessible from tree panel (#2714)
  • Extra confirmation before delete an empty hotlist group (#1576)
  • Can't open an edit zero-length file from VFS in mcedit (#2710)
  • mcedit crashes when ~/.config is a file (#2738)
  • mcedit: reset selection after END/HOME/PgDn/PgUp (#2726)
  • 'make check' fails on arm and alpha (-z muldefs) (#2732)