MC-4.6.1 UTF-8 patch is now good enough

[alexander@…]

Finally, Debian managed to knock a large percentage of bugs out of the UTF-8 patch for MC. The new instructions are available at the MC Wiki page: ​http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/MC

The patched MC works acceptably well (but not perfectly) in both UTF-8 and traditional 8-bit locales. However, it is better to play safe and include a new page about the patched MC, instead of adding the patch and changed instructions on the existing page. So that there are pages in the book with the titles "MC-4.6.1" and "MC-4.6.1 with Debian UTF-8 patches".

[Randy McMurchy]

I would much rather see something like:

For non UTF-8 installations, use these instructions:

... ... ...

For UTF-8 installations, use these instructions:

... ... ...

And, perhaps a better explanation in both sentences where it says "UTF-8 installations".

I think a second page is overkill.

[alexander@…]

Indeed, it is possible to push everything in one page. However, I think this would be better structured as:

• Introduction to MC
  • Package Information
  • Additional Downloads
  • Do I Need the Patch?
  • Vanilla MC Dependencies
  • Dependencies of MC with Debian Patch
• Installation of Vanilla MC
• Command Explanations for Vanilla MC
• Installation of MC with Debian Patch
• Command Explanations for Patched MC
• Contents

Is this OK?

[Randy McMurchy]

Sounds great to me, Alexander. Thanks for picking up the ticket.

[alexander@…]

I changed my mind and added instructions without the separate "with the patch" and "without the patch" sections.

Fixed (together with bash-3.2 incompatibility reported in the Wiki) in r6433.