Midnight Commander 4.7.0-pre4

It's preliminary version for to be ready for release any day. ​view all closed tickets for this release

Changelog

Major changes since 4.7.0-pre3

Core

• Added feature of sort files by mouse click on column header
• Added keybindings for change sort type of files via hotkeys (PanelSelectSortOrder, PanelToggleSortOrderPrev, PanelToggleSortOrderNext, PanelReverseSort, PanelSortOrderByName, PanelSortOrderByExt, PanelSortOrderBySize, PanelSortOrderByMTime)
• Now in panel header always draw letter of sort type and direction of sort (in long view mode only draw direction of sort near current sort column)
• Skin-files: Added new parameters 'sort-sign-up' and 'sort-sign-down' into section '[widget-common]' for draw sign of sort direction
• added parameter 'extensions_case' into filehighlight.ini file.

VFS

• Fixed view *.tar files with a colon in name
• Allow 'exit' command on non-local filesystems
• Added partial support of Microsoft CAB-archives
• Added support of ico files
• Fix segfaults in various cases while browsing various VFSs (#1712)

Editor

Viewer

• fix tabs alignment (#1664)

Misc

• refactoring: now all filenames constant plase in src/fileloc.h file
• testing&development: added ability for change user config dir. For example, type make CFLAGS='-DMC_USERCONF_DIR=\".mc2\"'
• Changed Alt+Backspace behavior in command line (#256)

Fixes

• autoindent regression (#1669)
• hex editor regression (#1675)
• fixed ownership of config files (#1617)
• configure.ac: fix broken check of option '--disable-vfs-undelfs' (#1607)
• Learn keys: fixed incorrect save of keys configuration (#1532)
• fixed bug with 'The shell is already running a command' (#213)