Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 01:17:34 PST From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien) To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Midnight Commander 3.1 Message-ID: <9601240917.AA27323@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu>
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Sorry for the totaly broadcast... But just passing on that this has been
updated (and thus so will the FBSD port). BTW, there was no maintainer
listed in the port's Makefile. :-(
-- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)
In article <cola-liw-821833927-15227-1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi> you wrote:
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: Announcing...
:
: THE MIDNIGHT COMMANDER V3.1
:
:
: What's new on 3.1
:
: * Added undelete feature on Linux based GNU systems: now you may recover
: deleted files on ext2 file systems with the Undelete file system feature.
: * Enhanced the ftp file system:
: + Displays progress bars on ftp transfers.
: + Supports Windows NT servers.
: + Better support for symlinked files.
: + Handles those funny looking file names on warez sites.
: + Increased the directory cache tiemout.
: + Directory cache flushing (press C-r).
: + If you append a /~ to the directory you chdir into, you will log into
: your home directory (this is done by default if you use the menus to
: make your connection).
: + More robust.
: * Subshell fixes (it should not hang any longer).
: + Fixes prompt hanlding for zsh ans tchs users.
: + Fixes variable expansion for tcsh (now you may edit files, there was a
: bug in previous versions that wouldn't let you invoke an editor if you
: were using tcsh).
: + Rewrote the sync code between the parent and child.
: * Keypad handling enhanced.
: + Special key treatment for +, -, \ and now may be configure to only take
: place if you do not have a command typed in.
: + Now the + and \ bindings when ran on the Linux console work may use the
: keypad and M-+ and M-\ and leave the + and \ keys free.
: * Better handling of the line drawing chars on OSF/1
: * Enhanced tar/compressed file systems.
: * Global kill ring.
: * Symlink commands (for symlink lovers).
: * Better command completion.
: * New macros:
: + %b and %B return the basename of the selected filename.
: + %var{ENVVAR} expands to the contents of the ENV-VAR variable.
: * Now MC may be invoked as a file viewer (using -v flag).
: * Added Unicode support on Linux consoles (run with mc -N).
: * Tons of bug fixes.
: * Allow a vfs pathname to be passed as a startup directory (you may now invoke
: mc like this: mc ftp://sunsite.unc.edu).
:
: Briefly
:
:
:
: The Midnight Commander is a Unix file manager and shell, useful to novice and
: guru alikes. It is available by FTP from the following sites:
: * ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx: /linux/local/mc-3.1.2.tar.gz (the official site)
: * sunsite.unc.edu and mirrors: Linux/utils/file/managers/mc-3.1.2.tar.gz
: * prep.ai.mit.edu and mirrors: /pub/gnu/mc-3.1.2.tar.gz
:
: MD5 checksum:
:
: 09b81166c49009613f72ba683f92e493 b mc-3.1.2.tar.gz
:
: Binaries for various architectures are available in:
: * ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx in: /linux/local/bin-dist.
:
: Longly
:
:
:
: The Midnight Commander (previous name: Mouseless Commander) is a user-friendly
: yet powerful file manager and visual shell for Unix systems. For the Unix
: neophyte it provides a clear, user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to
: the complexities of a Unix system. For the expert user, it can make many
: frequent operations more efficient: shifting large groups of files around and
: many other common file managing tasks. It works with any text terminal, supports
: also color terminals and looks very nice (see sample screen shots).
:
: The Commander's current features include:
: * General features
: + Full mouse support on xterm and the Linux console.
: + Virtual File System: you now can browse tar, compressed tar, network
: file systems and FTP directories.
: + A built-in file viewer with ASCII and hex modes, regexp string
: searching, optional automatic file decompression, horizontal scrolling,
: goto-line, attributes, growing buffers, piped input, etc.
: + Hypertext online context-sensitive help.
: + General user interface improvements: more keys do what you might expect
: them to do (C-c to cancel things, C-g for emacs users, etc.)
: * Command execution features
: + Emacs-like command line editing.
: + A history of entered shell commands.
: + An extensible, flexible user-defined menu system.
: + User-defined default actions on files, according to their name or
: contents, (for example, you can bind xv %f to gif files).
: + If you use bash, tcsh or zsh, the Commander will run with a concurrent
: shell process and feed all your shell commands to it, instead of
: spawning a new shell to run every command you type. Apart from the gain
: in speed, this means that you can use all your usual aliases and shell
: functions, as well as job control, command history, variable
: substitution, background processes and so on. You can switch the
: Commander's display on and off at any time with a single keystroke, and
: when it is off you appear to be in your usual login shell.
: * File management features
: + Mask copying/renaming of files (as in: "rename s.*.tar.gz
: source.*.tgz").
: + Secure recursive file deleting, copying and moving operations.
: + A "directory hotlist" to let you move to directories you frequently use
: with very few keystrokes.
: + Incremental and wrap-around searching for file and directory names.
: + Directory compare feature.
: + Quick-view mode: automatically display the currently selected file in
: the other panel. Uncompression is performed automatically, and only as
: needed, so you never have to wait.
: + A visual "tree" display of directory structures, which allows you to
: navigate rapidly through your file system (you can copy, remove, and
: move directories within this mode). The tree is built as you use it,
: so, again, you needn't sit there twiddling your thumbs while you wait
: for the tree to be built (but you can if you want to ;-)
: + Re-written, vastly improved find-file feature. File searches can be
: interrupted and resumed, and the resulting list of files can be
: manipulated usefully within the Commander.
: + New external panelize feature. This is somehow generalized version of
: find-file, which fills your panel with output of any command producing
: newline separated filenames (find, awk, etc.). You can save often used
: commands into an database under certain names (like 'SetUID and SetGID
: files in cwd').
: + Info view mode: detailed information in the other panel about the
: currently selected file and current file system.
: + File and directory management operations: tag, delete, copy, rename,
: move, create links (hard and symbolic), chmod, chown, etc. Detailed
: information and control is available during these operations:
: percentage-done figures are displayed (only in verbose mode), and you
: can stop the operation at any time, skip files, decide what to do about
: files which are about to be overwritten (you can overwrite all, none,
: do an update - copy newer files, single file you can skip, overwrite or
: append to the destination).
: * And it's configurable, too
: + User-definable file listing formats: you can specify which data fields
: are to be displayed, their size and alignment, etc.
: + Screen layout control: the file panels are resizable, and can appear
: side by side or one above the other. The keybar at the bottom as well
: as the menu and the message bars can be removed to save screen space.
: + On Linux based GNU systems, you can specify a certain number of lines
: at the bottom of the screen to be used as a command output area; the
: Commander will leave output from your shell commands undisturbed in
: this area, so you don't have to use C-o to see it.
: + Message bar: if you are new to the Midnight Commander, on this line you
: will see hints about how to use the program. You can turn this line
: off, if you get tired of them.
: + Configurable colors: you can define a default color scheme, and
: alternative schemes which are selected according to the terminal you
: are using.
: + 8-bit clean support, for viewing national characters and symbols.
: + You can teach the Midnight Commander the key definitions for your
: terminal, you don't require root privileges or to be nice with your
: sysadmin.
: * And there's a lot more.
:
: Requirements
:
:
:
: The Midnight Commander currently runs (at least) on Linux 1.0, through 1.3,
: NetBSD 1.0, SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.3, Irix 5.2, Ultrix 4.3, Aix 3.2.5, A/UX, HP-UX
: 7, HP-UX 9, UnixWare. And since it is configured with GNU autoconf, it should be
: straightforward to port it to other systems.
:
: If you are using a Linux based GNU system, you may be interested in getting the
: gpm mouse server (to get mouse support on the Linux console) or you may want to
: get ncurses for managing your screen instead of the default Slang screen
: manager. All of the auxilary packages are available in ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx, so
: that you can download them at the same time as the Commander if you wish. They
: are:
:
:
: * ncurses (optional).
: + ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx in /linux/local
: + ftp.netcom.com in /pub/zm/zmbenhal
: + Notes:
:
: Don't get ncurses 1.8.6; it's buggy. If ncurses hasn't been ported to
: your system you can try to build the Commander with the native curses
: library on your system. This works well on System V flavored systems,
: but it may not be very pretty or even usable on BSD systems.
: * gpm-1.06
: + ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx in /linux/local
: + iride.unipv.it in /pub/gpm
: + Notes:
:
: This is the excellent Linux "General Purpose Mouse" server; needed if
: you want mouse support in Linux virtual consoles.
: * rxvt 2.14
: + ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx in /linux/local/rxvt
: + Notes:
:
: This is a fast and small color terminal emulator for X, the Midnight
: Commander will autodetect color on this version of the rxvt program.
:
: More Information
:
:
:
: WWW page: there is a Midnight Commander page on the World Wide Web containing
: screen snapshots of the program, links to some relevant FTP sites, archives of
: the mailing lists, etc. The URL is:
: * http://stekt.oulu.fi/~jtklehto/mc/
:
:
:
: Please send bug reports to: mc-bugs@nuclecu.unam.mx
:
: Mailing lists: the following Commander-related lists are available:
: mc
: General discussion of the Midnight Commander
: mc-digest
: The mc list, in digest format
: mc-announce
: Major announcements about the Commander
: mc-patch
: The latest Commander patches (4-8 per week)
: mc-devel
: Technical development discussion (open to all comers)
:
:
:
: To subscribe, send e-mail to majordomo@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx with the
: following line in the body of the message:
: * subscribe <list-name> [optional-address]
:
: The MC Development Team
:
: * Radek Doulik (rodo@earn.cvut.cz)
: * Ching Hui (u811563@Oz.nthu.edu.tw)
: * Miguel de Icaza (miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx)
: * Jakub Jelinek (jj@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
: * Janne Kukonlehto (jtklehto@paju.oulu.fi)
: * Fred Leeflang (fredl@nebula.ow.nl)
: * Mauricio Plaza (mok@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx)
: * Dugan O. Porter (dugan@b011.eunet.es)
:
: Other contributors:
:
: * John Davis (davis@space.mit.edu)
: * Torben Fjerdingstad (tfj@olivia.ping.dk)
: * Massimo Fontanelli (mc8737@mclink.it)
: * Steven Hirsch (hirsch@emba.uvm.edu)
: * Jean-Daniel Luiset (luiset@cih.hcuge.ch)
: * Thanh Ma
: * Mark Olesen (olesen@weber.me.queensu.ca)
: * Wim Osterholt (wim@djo.wtm.tudelft.nl)
: * Thomas Pundt (pundtt@math.uni-muenster.de)
: * Hugh Redelmeier (hugh@mimosa.com)
: * Alessandro Rubini (rubini@iride.unipv.it)
: * Vadim Sinolitis (vvs@nsrd.npi.msu.su)
: * Jon Stevens (root@dolphin.csudh.edu)
: * Michael Schmidt (mschmidt@koblenz.fh-rpl.de)
: * Marcelo Roccasalva and Juan Jose Ciarlante (jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar)
: * Sergey Ya. Korshunoff (root@seyko.msk.su)
: * Gerd Knorr (kraxel@cs.tu-berlin.de)
: * Adam Tla/lka (atlka@sunrise.pg.gda.pl)
: * Antonio Palama (palama@posso.dm.unipi.it)
: * Ilya Rybkin (rybkin@rouge.phys.lsu.edu)
: * Juan Grigera (grigera@isis.unlp.edu.ar)
: * Perry Francis Nguyen (pfnguyen@netcom.com)
: * Sergey Ya Korshunoff (root@seyko.msk.su)
:
: We would like to thank all of the beta testers from the mc and mc-devel mailing
: lists, without their help, this release will not be possible.
:
: Linux Software Map Entry
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: This is a standard Linux Software Map entry.
:
: Begin3
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: Title: Midnight Commander
: Version: 3.1
: Entered-date: 8JAN96
:
: Description: File manager and visual shell. [More!]
:
: Keywords: file directory manager shell browser utility curses mouse menu
: visual user-friendly color vfs tar ftp gzip undelete
:
: Author: rodo@earn.cvut.cz (Radek Doulik)
: u811563@Oz.nthu.edu.tw (Ching Hui)
: miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx (Miguel de Icaza)
: jj@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Jakub Jelinek)
: jtklehto@paju.oulu.fi (Janne Kukonlehto)
: fredl@nebula.ow.nl (Fred Leeflang)
: mok@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx (Mauricio Plaza)
: dugan@b011.eunet.es (Dugan Orlando Porter)
:
: Maintained-by: miguel@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx (Miguel de Icaza)
:
: Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/utils/file/managers
: 806k mc-3.1.2.tar.gz
:
: Alternate-site: ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx /linux/local
: 806k mc-3.1.2.tar.gz
:
: Platforms: i386-linux-linux1.[0123],
: mips-dec-ultrix4.3, mips-sgi-irix5.2,
: rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5, sparc-sun-sunos4.1,
: sparc-sun-netbsd1.0, sparc-sun-solaris2.3,
: hppa-hp-hpux9, hppa-hp-hpux7, m68k-apple-aux,
: unixware-????, dgux, sco,
:
: If mouse support is required on the Linux
: console, then the GPM mouse server
: (available at iride.unipv.it:/pub/gpm)
: (ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx:/linux/local)
:
: Copying-policy: GPL
:
: End
:
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