Midnight Commander 4.7.0-pre3

Released at 2009 oct 02.

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Major changes since 4.7.0-pre2

Core

• removed own popt stuff (command line options parser). Now used glib parser
• added feature for filenames highlighting in panels
• Copy/Move? overwrite query dialog is more friendly for long file names
• at first run find file dialog now contain latest item from history
• charset support enabled by default (--enable-charset option)
• added support of skins
• added support of key bindings

VFS

• fixed recognize of tar.xz archives
• added recognize of lzma archives by extention

Editor

• 'Save as' dialog enhancement: select line break type: Windows/UNIX/Mac (CR LF/LF/CR)
• syntax hightlighting updated: VerilogHDL, Shell script
• Added syntax highlighting for *.repo files of yum
• Added syntax highlighting of pacman's PKGBUILD and .install files

Viewer

• Fixed showing Windows/Mac? (CR LF/CR) line terminator (#1595)

Misc

• hotlist: support for environment variables ($HOME, ~username, etc.)
• hotlist: support for completion in path input
• all list widgets: support for fast navigation by number keys (i.e. 1 - first list item, 2 - second)

Fixes

• segfault on incorrect color pair in [Color] section
• incorrect position of panel codeset dialog
• limit of 9 digits for of file size display
• lines drawing in -a stickchars mode (#1497)
• segfault when you try to use non-anonymous FTP
• Ctrl-O handling under GNU Screen in altscreen mode
• support of CP866 (IBM866) locale
• configure.ac: checking for minimal version of glib and exit if version less than 2.6
• segfault by mouse wheel action in history list and menu (#1564)
• Fixed behvior with Meta+PgDn? in editor (#1598)
• Fixed behvior with cursor movement by Ctrl+arrows when cursor besides EOL (#1599)
• Fixed editor autocompleting
• Fixed Copy/Move? dialogs steal Kill Word shortcut
• Fixed autoconf issue when configure with --with-gpm-mouse option (#1419)