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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[2dd3436a] | 7 | <!ENTITY mc-download-http "http://ftp.midnight-commander.org/mc-&mc-version;.tar.xz">
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[4ad93b6] | 8 | <!ENTITY mc-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/midnightcommander/mc-&mc-version;.tar.xz">
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[d60cd837] | 9 | <!ENTITY mc-md5sum "62bba2bfccadf08eb554321899f475bc">
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[1b092b6] | 10 | <!ENTITY mc-size "2.4 MB">
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[d60cd837] | 11 | <!ENTITY mc-buildsize "206 MB (with tests)">
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[bd78fad2] | 12 | <!ENTITY mc-time "0.6 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests)">
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[52d29f7] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[880c568] | 15 | <sect1 id="mc" xreflabel="MC-&mc-version;">
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[2571cae1] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="mc.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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[880c568] | 23 | <title>MC-&mc-version;</title>
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[2571cae1] | 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="mc">
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[880c568] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-MC">MC</primary>
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[2571cae1] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to MC</title>
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| 31 |
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[539ace5] | 32 | <para><application>MC</application> (Midnight Commander) is a text-mode
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[3cd5c69] | 33 | full-screen file manager and visual shell. It provides a clear,
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| 34 | user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix system while
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| 35 | making many frequent file operations more efficient and preserving the
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| 36 | full power of the command prompt.</para>
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| 37 |
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[43b1dad3] | 38 | &lfs83_checked;
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[ee122615] | 39 |
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[4ad93b6] | 40 | <!--<note><para>The download site uses a self-signed security certificate.
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| 41 | You will need to accept it as valid to get the source code.</para></note>-->
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[ee122615] | 42 |
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[2571cae1] | 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mc-download-http;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mc-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mc-md5sum;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download size: &mc-size;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mc-buildsize;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Estimated build time: &mc-time;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | </itemizedlist>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MC Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[476618b] | 68 | <para role="required">
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| 69 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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| 70 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>
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[ee122615] | 71 | </para>
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[2571cae1] | 72 |
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[2dd3436a] | 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <para role="recommended">
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[d2bd92f] | 75 | <xref linkend="slang"/>
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[2dd3436a] | 76 | </para>
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| 77 |
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[2571cae1] | 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[ee122615] | 79 | <para role="optional">
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[3e63f22a] | 80 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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[ee122615] | 81 | <xref linkend="gpm"/>,
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[45f56ac] | 82 | <xref linkend="samba"/>,
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[3e63f22a] | 83 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>,
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| 84 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>, and
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| 85 | <xref linkend="zip"/>
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[ee122615] | 86 | </para>
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[2571cae1] | 87 |
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[1039de3] | 88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[6c42d4e] | 89 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/MC"/></para>
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[1039de3] | 90 |
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[2571cae1] | 91 | </sect2>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 94 | <title>Installation of MC</title>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <para>Install <application>MC</application> by
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| 97 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 98 |
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[2dd3436a] | 99 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[ab0209e] | 100 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[2dd3436a] | 101 | --enable-charset &&
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[f0801a2d] | 102 | make</userinput></screen>
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[3a575ab5] | 103 |
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[724c103] | 104 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 105 | One test concerning rpm files fails.</para>
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[bccbdaea] | 106 |
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[7f78b6f] | 107 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 108 |
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[ab0209e] | 109 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 110 | cp -v doc/keybind-migration.txt /usr/share/mc</userinput></screen>
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[3a575ab5] | 111 |
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 115 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[29f80ebc] | 116 |
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[2dd3436a] | 117 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This switch places the
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[ab0209e] | 118 | global configureation directory in <filename
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| 119 | class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 120 |
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[2dd3436a] | 121 | <para><parameter>--enable-charset</parameter>: This switch adds support
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| 122 | to <command>mcedit</command> for editing files in encodings different
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| 123 | from the one implied by the current locale.</para>
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| 124 | <!-- currently broken
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| 125 | <para><parameter>- -with-screen=ncurses</parameter>: This switch
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| 126 | selects the screen library used by <application>MC</application>. It is only
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| 127 | required if the optional <xref linkend="slang"/> package is not installed
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| 128 | which is the default if found.</para>
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| 129 | -->
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[2571cae1] | 130 | </sect2>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 133 | <title>Configuring MC</title>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <sect3 id="mc-config">
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| 136 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 137 |
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[52f9553c] | 138 | <para><filename>~/.config/mc/*</filename></para>
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[2571cae1] | 139 |
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| 140 | <indexterm zone="mc mc-config">
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[52f9553c] | 141 | <primary sortas="e-AA.config/.mc/*">~/.config/.mc/*</primary>
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[2571cae1] | 142 | </indexterm>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | </sect3>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <sect3>
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| 147 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 148 |
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[52f9553c] | 149 | <para>The <filename class="directory">~/.config/mc</filename> directory and
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[2571cae1] | 150 | its contents are created when you start <command>mc</command> for the
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[52f9553c] | 151 | first time. Then you can edit the main <filename>~/.config/mc/ini</filename>
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[0619e6d] | 152 | configuration file manually or through the <application>MC</application>
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[2571cae1] | 153 | shell. Consult the mc(1) man page for details.</para>
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| 154 |
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[ab0209e] | 155 | <note><para> On 8.x versions of <application>mc</application>,
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| 156 | keybind names used in mc.keymap.* files are changed. This is
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| 157 | described in <filename>keybind-migration.txt</filename>.</para></note>
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| 158 |
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[2571cae1] | 159 | </sect3>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | </sect2>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 164 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <segmentedlist>
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| 167 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 168 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 169 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <seglistitem>
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[b01e2d2] | 172 | <seg>mc and the symlinks mcdiff, mcedit and mcview</seg>
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[2571cae1] | 173 | <seg>None</seg>
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[05ec61e9] | 174 | <seg>/etc/mc and /usr/{libexec,share}/mc</seg>
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[2571cae1] | 175 | </seglistitem>
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| 176 | </segmentedlist>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <variablelist>
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| 179 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 180 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 181 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 182 |
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[3a575ab5] | 183 | <varlistentry id="conssaver">
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| 184 | <term><command>cons.saver</command></term>
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| 185 | <listitem>
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| 186 | <para>is used internally by <command>mc</command> for saving and
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[f0801a2d] | 187 | restoring the text behind the panels on Linux text console.</para>
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[3a575ab5] | 188 | <indexterm zone="mc conssaver">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-conssaver">cons.saver</primary>
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| 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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[2571cae1] | 194 | <varlistentry id="mc-prog">
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| 195 | <term><command>mc</command></term>
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para>is a visual shell.</para>
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| 198 | <indexterm zone="mc mc-prog">
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| 199 | <primary sortas="b-mc">mc</primary>
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| 200 | </indexterm>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 |
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[ee122615] | 204 | <varlistentry id="mcdiff">
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| 205 | <term><command>mcdiff</command></term>
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[3a575ab5] | 206 | <listitem>
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[ee122615] | 207 | <para>is an internal visual diff tool.</para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="mc mcdiff">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-mcdiff">mcdiff</primary>
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[3a575ab5] | 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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[af5248e2] | 214 | <varlistentry id="mcedit">
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| 215 | <term><command>mcedit</command></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>is an internal file editor.</para>
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| 218 | <indexterm zone="mc mcedit">
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| 219 | <primary sortas="b-mcedit">mcedit</primary>
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| 220 | </indexterm>
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| 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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[2571cae1] | 224 | <varlistentry id="mcview">
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| 225 | <term><command>mcview</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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| 227 | <para>is an internal file viewer.</para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="mc mcview">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-mcview">mcview</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | </variablelist>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | </sect2>
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[2082ebf6] | 237 |
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| 238 | </sect1>
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