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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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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY mc-download-http "http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/mc-&mc-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY mc-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/util/shell/mc-&mc-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY mc-md5sum "18b20db6e40480a53bac2870c56fc3c4">
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10 | <!ENTITY mc-size "3.8 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY mc-buildsize "29 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY mc-time "0.4 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="mc" xreflabel="MC-&mc-version;">
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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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23 | <title>MC-&mc-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="mc">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-MC">MC</primary>
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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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32 | <para><application>MC</application> (Midnight Commander) is a text-mode
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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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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mc-download-http;"/></para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mc-download-ftp;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mc-md5sum;</para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download size: &mc-size;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mc-buildsize;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated build time: &mc-time;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist>
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59 |
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60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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61 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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64 | url="&patch-root;/mc-&mc-version;-bash32-1.patch"/></para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
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68 | url="&patch-root;/mc-&mc-version;-debian_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Do I Need the Debian Patch?</bridgehead>
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73 | <para>Midnight Commander without the Debian patch is completely unusable
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74 | in multibyte locales because it assumes that characters and
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75 | bytes are the same thing. The issue manifests itself as massive screen
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76 | content corruption similar to what is depicted in
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77 | <ulink url="&files-anduin;/mc-bad.png">this screenshot</ulink>
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78 | (taken in the ru_RU.UTF-8 locale). For a general discussion of this type
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79 | of issue, see the <xref linkend="locale-wrong-multibyte-characters"/>
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80 | section of the <xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page. The Debian patch
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81 | mostly fixes this issue, and adds support for recoding remote FTP
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82 | filenames. Debian also fixed 64-bit issues, rare segfaults in
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83 | <command>mcedit</command>, and improved syntax highlighting.</para>
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84 |
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85 | <para>If you do not use a multibyte locale and do not need any of the new
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86 | features or fixes, the patch is still supposed to be harmless.
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87 | However, the patch changes the dependencies and build instructions, and
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88 | in the past it caused unacceptable regressions for non-UTF-8 locale users.
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89 | Thus, failsafe instructions without the patch are left in the book just
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90 | in case. Due to the size and unofficial nature of the patch, please
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91 | do not report bugs in the patched <application>MC</application> to the
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92 | original <application>MC</application> developers.</para>
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93 |
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94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MC Dependencies</bridgehead>
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95 |
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96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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97 | <para role="required"><!-- <xref linkend="GLib"/> (untested with Debian patch) or -->
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98 | <xref linkend="glib2"/></para>
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99 |
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100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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101 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gpm"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="samba3"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="slang"/> (required when building with Debian patch),
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105 | <xref linkend="zip"/>,
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106 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>, and
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107 | <!-- <xref linkend="gnome-libs"/> -->
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108 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/gnome-libs/1.4/">GNOME
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109 | Libraries-1.4</ulink></para>
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110 |
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111 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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112 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/MC"/></para>
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113 |
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114 | </sect2>
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115 |
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116 | <sect2 role="installation">
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117 | <title>Installation of MC</title>
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118 |
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119 | <para>Fix incompatibility of <application>MC</application>-&mc-version;
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120 | with <application>Bash</application>-3.2:</para>
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121 |
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122 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mc-&mc-version;-bash32-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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123 |
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124 | <para>If desired, apply Debian fixes:</para>
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125 |
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126 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mc-&mc-version;-debian_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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127 |
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128 | <para>Install <application>MC</application> by
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129 | running the following commands:</para>
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130 |
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131 | <screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS="-DUTF8" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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132 | --enable-charset &&
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133 | make</userinput></screen>
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134 |
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135 | <para><application>MC</application> with Debian patches expects its
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136 | documentation to be stored in UTF-8 encoding on disk, and automatically
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137 | converts it to the locale encoding when displaying on the terminal. This
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138 | is different from the expectations of the unpatched
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139 | <application>MC</application>, so the documentation files have to be
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140 | converted if (and only if) the Debian patch has been applied:</para>
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141 |
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142 | <!-- The proposed (untested) fix...somebody who uses MC please verify -->
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143 | <screen><userinput>for file in lib/mc.hint{,.es,.it,.nl} doc/{es,it}/mc.hlp.*
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144 | do
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145 | iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 ${file} > ${file}.utf8 &&
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146 | mv ${file}.utf8 ${file}
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147 | done &&
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148 | for file in lib/mc.hint{.cs,.hu,.pl} doc/{hu,pl}/mc.hlp.*
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149 | do
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150 | iconv -f ISO-8859-2 -t UTF-8 ${file} > ${file}.utf8 &&
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151 | mv ${file}.utf8 ${file}
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152 | done &&
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153 | for file in lib/mc.hint.sr doc/sr/mc.hlp.sr
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154 | do
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155 | iconv -f ISO-8859-5 -t UTF-8 ${file} > ${file}.utf8 &&
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156 | mv ${file}.utf8 ${file}
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157 | done &&
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158 | for file in doc/ru/mc.hlp.ru lib/mc.hint.ru
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159 | do
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160 | iconv -f KOI8-R -t UTF-8 ${file} > ${file}.utf8 &&
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161 | mv ${file}.utf8 ${file}
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162 | done &&
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163 | iconv -f KOI8-U -t UTF-8 lib/mc.hint.uk > lib/mc.hint.uk.utf8 &&
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164 | mv lib/mc.hint.uk.utf8 lib/mc.hint.uk &&
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165 | iconv -f BIG5 -t UTF-8 lib/mc.hint.zh > lib/mc.hint.zh.utf8 &&
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166 | mv lib/mc.hint.zh.utf8 lib/mc.hint.zh</userinput></screen>
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167 |
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168 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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169 |
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170 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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171 |
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172 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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173 | chmod 1755 /usr/lib/mc/cons.saver</userinput></screen>
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174 |
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175 | </sect2>
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176 |
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177 | <sect2 role="commands">
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178 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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179 |
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180 | <para><parameter>CPPFLAGS="-DUTF8"</parameter>: This parameter activates
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181 | UTF-8 support in the Debian patch and has no effect without this
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182 | patch.</para>
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183 |
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184 | <para><parameter>--enable-charset</parameter>: This option adds support
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185 | to <command>mcedit</command> for editing files in encodings different
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186 | from the one implied by the current locale. This feature works in
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187 | non-UTF-8 locales only, even with the Debian patch.</para>
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188 |
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189 | <para><parameter>--with-screen=(slang|mcslang|ncurses)</parameter>: This
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190 | parameter selects the screen library used by <application>MC</application>.
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191 | <application>NCurses</application> support is
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192 | currently buggy (MC does not handle mouse events in xterm correctly).
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193 | UTF-8 support in the Debian patch is functional
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194 | only when external <xref linkend="slang"/> is used as a screen library
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195 | (this is the default).</para>
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196 |
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197 | <para><parameter>--with-codepagedir=DIR</parameter>: This parameter was
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198 | useful only with <application>SAMBA</application>-2.x. New versions of
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199 | <application>SAMBA</application> do not have codepage files.</para>
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200 |
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201 | <para><command>chmod 1755 /usr/lib/mc/cons.saver</command>: The
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202 | <command>cons.saver</command> program has to be installed setuid
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203 | root, because on LFS regular users have no access to
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204 | <filename>/dev/vcsa*</filename> devices. This step is optional if
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205 | <application>MC</application> is going to be started from X terminal
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206 | emulators or <command>ssh</command> sessions only (thus rendering the
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207 | <command>cons.saver</command> binary completely unneeded).</para>
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208 |
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209 | <!-- Other distributions make the devices owned by the vcsa group
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210 | and make the cons.saver program setgid vcsa instead -->
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211 |
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212 | </sect2>
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213 |
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214 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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215 | <title>Configuring MC</title>
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216 |
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217 | <sect3 id="mc-config">
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218 | <title>Config Files</title>
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219 |
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220 | <para><filename>~/.mc/*</filename></para>
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221 |
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222 | <indexterm zone="mc mc-config">
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223 | <primary sortas="e-AA..mc/*">~/..mc/*</primary>
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224 | </indexterm>
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225 |
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226 | </sect3>
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227 |
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228 | <sect3>
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229 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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230 |
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231 | <para>The <filename class="directory">~/.mc</filename> directory and
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232 | its contents are created when you start <command>mc</command> for the
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233 | first time. Then you can edit the main <filename>~/.mc/ini</filename>
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234 | configuration file manually or through the <application>MC</application>
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235 | shell. Consult the mc(1) man page for details.</para>
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236 |
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237 | </sect3>
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238 |
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239 | </sect2>
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240 |
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241 | <sect2 role="content">
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242 | <title>Contents</title>
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243 |
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244 | <segmentedlist>
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245 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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246 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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247 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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248 |
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249 | <seglistitem>
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250 | <seg>cons.saver, mc, mcedit, mcmfmt, and mcview</seg>
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251 | <seg>None</seg>
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252 | <seg>/usr/share/mc and /usr/lib/mc</seg>
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253 | </seglistitem>
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254 | </segmentedlist>
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255 |
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256 | <variablelist>
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257 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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258 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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259 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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260 |
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261 | <varlistentry id="conssaver">
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262 | <term><command>cons.saver</command></term>
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263 | <listitem>
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264 | <para>is used internally by <command>mc</command> for saving and
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265 | restoring the text behind the panels on Linux text console.</para>
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266 | <indexterm zone="mc conssaver">
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267 | <primary sortas="b-conssaver">cons.saver</primary>
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268 | </indexterm>
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269 | </listitem>
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270 | </varlistentry>
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271 |
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272 | <varlistentry id="mc-prog">
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273 | <term><command>mc</command></term>
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274 | <listitem>
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275 | <para>is a visual shell.</para>
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276 | <indexterm zone="mc mc-prog">
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277 | <primary sortas="b-mc">mc</primary>
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278 | </indexterm>
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279 | </listitem>
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280 | </varlistentry>
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281 |
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282 | <varlistentry id="mcedit">
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283 | <term><command>mcedit</command></term>
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <para>is an internal file editor.</para>
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286 | <indexterm zone="mc mcedit">
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287 | <primary sortas="b-mcedit">mcedit</primary>
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288 | </indexterm>
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289 | </listitem>
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290 | </varlistentry>
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291 |
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292 | <varlistentry id="mcmfmt">
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293 | <term><command>mcmfmt</command></term>
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294 | <listitem>
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295 | <para>is used internally by <command>mcview</command> when viewing
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296 | mailbox files.</para>
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297 | <indexterm zone="mc mcmfmt">
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298 | <primary sortas="b-mcmfmt">mcmfmt</primary>
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299 | </indexterm>
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300 | </listitem>
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301 | </varlistentry>
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302 |
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303 | <varlistentry id="mcview">
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304 | <term><command>mcview</command></term>
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305 | <listitem>
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306 | <para>is an internal file viewer.</para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="mc mcview">
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308 | <primary sortas="b-mcview">mcview</primary>
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309 | </indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | </variablelist>
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314 |
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315 | </sect2>
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316 |
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317 | </sect1>
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