
Midnight Commander 4.7.0-pre3 released
Today, after a month since the previous version was released, a wonderful file manager for Linux (and not only :)), the news about the release of mc 4.7.0-pre3 was published.
In addition to correcting the errors found and adding new ones :) (and how without it?) The following important changes took place in it:
Now you can assign almost any combination to replace existing ones, and make it either similar to VIM or FAR ...
Upd: Download here www.midnight-commander.org/downloads
In addition to correcting the errors found and adding new ones :) (and how without it?) The following important changes took place in it:
- There is a mechanism for changing the design (skins)
- There is a mechanism for changing predefined keyboard shortcuts
Now you can assign almost any combination to replace existing ones, and make it either similar to VIM or FAR ...
List of major changes regarding version 4.7.0-pre2
General
- GLib is used to process command line parameters instead of its own implementation
- implemented file highlighting by type and extension in panels
- display of the file name is optimized in the warning dialog when copying / transferring files
- the first time you start a file search, the input fields are filled with values from the history
- now support for multiple encodings (--enable-charset), enabled by default
- The mechanism of "skins" (frames, color schemes) is implemented
- Key remapping mechanism implemented (panels, command line, editor, viewer)
Vfs
- fixed work with tar.xz files
- recognition of lzma archives by extension is added
Editor
- in the Save As dialog for saving files, you can now choose the type of end of line: Windows / UNIX / Mac (CR LF / LF / CR)
- updated syntax highlighting for VerilogHDL, Shell script (shell scripts)
- added syntax highlighting for .repo (yum), PKGBUILD, .install
Viewer
- fixed problem with displaying files with Windows- and Mac-line endings (CR LF / CR)
Miscellaneous
- support for environment variables ($ HOME, ~ username, etc.) has been added to the hotlist element
- auto-completion support added to the hotlist element
- quick navigation through lists using the numeric keys (“4” - selects the 5th item, etc.)
Error correction
- fixed mc crash when parsing invalid color palette line
- Fixed incorrect positioning of the panel encoding selection dialog when the panels are horizontally positioned
- 9 digit restriction on displaying file exchanges in raneli has been removed
- fixed display of lines in stickchars mode (option -a)
- fixed mc crash on non-anonymous FTP login
- fixed mc behavior in the “Screen” terminal when pressing Ctrl-O
- CP866 locale support (IBM866)
- verification of the glib version in the configure.ac configuration file has been improved (GLib 2.6 and higher is required)
- fixed mc crash when scrolling with the mouse wheel in the menu and history list
- fixed text marking with Meta + PgDn (Alt + PgDn)
- fixed cursor behavior when using Ctrl + arrows in the case when, the cursor is outside the end of the line
- fixed autocompletion in the editor
- fixed Meta-d (Alt-d) behavior in file copy / move dialogs
- fixed build issue with --with-gpm-mouse option
Upd: Download here www.midnight-commander.org/downloads