Midnight Commander 4.7.0-pre4

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Changelog

Major changes since 4.7.0-pre3

Core

• Added feature of sort files by mouse click on column header
• Added keybindings to change files sort type via shortcuts (PanelSelectSortOrder, PanelToggleSortOrderPrev, PanelToggleSortOrderNext, PanelReverseSort, PanelSortOrderByName, PanelSortOrderByExt, PanelSortOrderBySize, PanelSortOrderByMTime)
• Now the letter of sort type and sort direction is always drawn in panel header (direction of sort is drown near the current sort column in long file list mode only)
• Skin-files: added new parameters 'sort-sign-up' and 'sort-sign-down' in the section '[widget-common]' to draw sign of sort direction
• Added option 'extensions_case' in 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
• Added support of *.djvu files
• Fix segfaults in various cases while browsing various VFSs (#1712)
• Fixed warnings when file copy inside archive. (#1729)

Editor

Viewer

• Fix tabs alignment (#1664)

Misc

• Refactoring: now all filename constants are placed 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)