Midnight Commander 4.8.1

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Major changes since 4.8.0

Core

• Use posix_fallocate64() when copying files/moving to a new mount point (#2610)
• Faster startup (#2637)

VFS

• Added exit point ("..") at the top of file list (after external panelization) (#275, #278)

Editor

• Lex/Flex sources (extension .l) handled by yxx.syntax file. Yacc/Bison syntax completed with all symbols (#1647)
• Updated syntax files:
  • lua

Viewer

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Misc

• Updated skins:
  • sand256 (#2640)
  • xoria256 (#2641)

Fixes

• Doesn't compile when using --disable-nls (#2639)
• Сan't compile on OpenIndiana (Solaris) (#2643)
• Free space on filesystems >2TB is not displayed properly (#2338)
• Not all errors are skipped after "Ignore all" choose (#71)
• Input field in password mode is fully masked with asterisks (#2653)
• In "Copy File" dialog the "preserve Attributes" checkbox is always unchecked for filesystems mounted with FUSE (#2254)
• Editor sometimes shows two dots instead of letter (#2372)
• Viewer sometimes shows two dots instead of letter (#1730)
• Editor: word completion should ignore the current word (#2614)
• Сannot navigate over spftp servers (#2634)
• mc adds spaces at the beginning of all files/dirs on ftp servers (#2635)
• VFS: broken SMB (#2652)