diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 2c368edd1..0a17db0a6 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-08-12 Pavel Roskin + + * README: Changes from Frederic L. W. Meunier <0@pervalidus.net> + 2001-08-10 Pavel Roskin * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove BUGS. diff --git a/README b/README index 3879e87ef..6ab34d8e9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ --*-Text-*- - Contents: --------- Requirements @@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ Contents: Reporting problems. This version of the Midnight Commander comes with two interfaces: a -graphical one for the GNOME desktop (http://www.gnome.org) and a text +graphical one for the GNOME desktop (http://www.gnome.org/) and a text mode interface (the same old user interface we have had for a long time). @@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ Requirements ------------ To compile the GNU Midnight Commander you need at least to have a copy -of the glib library, this library is available in ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk. +of the GLib library, available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. GNOME edition requirements -------------------------- @@ -33,26 +31,25 @@ GNOME edition requirements Optionally, if you want to compile the GNOME edition, you need to install the GNOME libraries and its dependencies. -The GNOME libraries are available in: - - ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-libs +The GNOME libraries are available at +ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/gnome-libs/ Features -------- This is version 4 of the Midnight Commander, a free Norton Commander -Clone with many useful features. The Midnight Commander comes with +clone with many useful features. The Midnight Commander comes with mouse support on xterms and optionally on the Linux console. The Midnight Commander is a directory browsing tool which bears a certain remote resemblance to John Socha's Norton Commander for DOS. It is feature packed: - o Built in Virtual File System: manipulate remote files - systems through the FTP protocol or Midnight Commander's own - mcfs protocol. Browse tar, compressed tar files, RPM, zip, - cpio, lha and rar files with a single click. + o Built in Virtual File System: manipulate remote file systems + through the FTP protocol or Midnight Commander's own mcfs + protocol. Browse tar, compressed tar, RPM, zip, cpio, lha and + rar files with a single click. o All of the Midnight Commander operations work with the virtual file system, enabling you to do complex tasks. @@ -80,8 +77,7 @@ It is feature packed: tcsh and zsh to provide you with all of the facilities available in your shell. - o Find file command can now search inside the contents of - files. + o Find file command can now search for the file contents. o Background operations allows you to copy or move files from any virtual file system while you do other tasks (i.e., you @@ -89,11 +85,10 @@ It is feature packed: o Proxy support with our ftpfs. - o Linux file recovery: If you are using Linux system, you can - recover deleted files from an ext2fs partition with the - undelete file system. This is a low level file recovery - function that will recover files deleted by any program in - Linux. + o Linux file recovery: If you are using Linux, you can recover + deleted files from an ext2fs partition with the undelete file + system. This is a low level file recovery function that will + recover files deleted by any program on Linux. Please note that the undelete file system can only recover 12 file system blocks if the file was deleted with a kernel @@ -163,7 +158,7 @@ o Tab changes the current panel. o All input lines have emacs-like key-bindings (command history is accessed through the M-p and M-n keys). -o The panels accept C-n, C-p for browsing the panel (like in emacs). +o The panels accept C-n, C-p for browsing the panel (like in Emacs). o M-Enter copies the currently selected file name to the input line. @@ -184,20 +179,16 @@ although it's not as nice as the groff printed manual page :-) Where you may obtain the Midnight Commander ------------------------------------------- -You can download the latest version of the Midnight Commander by -anonymous FTP at ftp.gnome.org in the directory /pub/GNOME/sources/mc. -Please note that this is a very busy site; use a mirror if possible. +You can download the latest version of the Midnight Commander at -European mirrors of both version 3.1 and alpha versions are available -at sunsite.mff.cuni.cz in the directory /GNU/mc and at ftp.teuto.de in -the directory /lmb/mc. +ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/mc/ Reporting problems ------------------ -Please, send a detailed description of your problem to the -mc-devel@gnome.org address. +Please, send a detailed description of your problem to +mc-devel@gnome.org. Include the version of the program, the operating system that you are using, the compiler and compiler flags used to compile the program (if