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9. mc-3.2.1

Midnight Commander is a text based file manager, and one of the best reasons for (not) buting Linux. It can look inside .tgz file. I found it on sunsite.

9.1 Install and Run

        ./configure
        make install
        man mc
        mc      # [ -b ] /home/ftp ftp://gps@trix/home/ftp
mc is gpm mouse aware and xterm aware. It uses SLANG instead of curses, but should work with ncurses. tk and X versions are mentioned in passing, with C callbacks for widgets. They are not compiled (by default).

9.2 Configure

9.3 Useful keys

OK, just so that you know Raven is written on-line, whilst transferrring this, I found the following:

9.4 Annoying Bug - xterm resize when command active

When you resize an xterm (eg clicking on the title), you lost access to the application (via CTRL-O). I had to quit mc, (and xterm) to clear it.


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