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GNU Midnight Commander
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Questions and Answers
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The newest version of this document is available at
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http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/mc/FAQ?raw=1
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+ 1.4 What else do I need to run MC?
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+ 1.5 Is GNU Midnight Commander Public Domain? Copyrighted?
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+ 1.6 Where can I get GNU Midnight Commander?
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+ 1.7 I don't have FTP access. Where can I get MC?
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+ 1.7 I don't have FTP access. Where can I get MC?
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+ 1.8 I cannot compile MC. What should I do?
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* 2 Keyboard
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+ 2.1 What does documentation mean with the C-?, M-? and F?
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keys?
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@ -23,11 +25,13 @@ Questions and Answers
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+ 2.7 What 'keys' are the "a1" and "c1" keys mentioned in the
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manual?
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+ 2.8 How do I change the key bindings?
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* 3 Mouse
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+ 3.1 How do I enable mouse support?
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+ 3.2 How do I cut and paste text with mouse?
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+ 3.3 How do I get the extension dependent pop-up menu to
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pop up?
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* 4 Display
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+ 4.1 Why do I keep getting "Terminal not powerful enough for
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SLang" or "Terminal not powerful enough for SLsmg"?
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@ -40,20 +44,24 @@ Questions and Answers
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+ 4.7 Where can I get xterm or rxvt?
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+ 4.8 I got colors working with MC but the other programs don't
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work at all anymore!
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+ 4.9 Why are there both terminfo and termcap? Wouldn't one
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+ 4.9 Why are there both terminfo and termcap? Wouldn't one
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database be enough?
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* 5 Graphical user interface
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+ 5.1 Xview, Tk and Gnome editions?
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+ 5.2 Why is MC linked with X libraries?
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* 6 Command line problems
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+ 6.1 How do I stay in the last directory when I exit Midnight
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Commander?
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+ 6.2 How can I access command line history?
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+ 6.3 How can I complete commands, file names, variable names
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and so on?
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+ 6.4 I am using ksh. Can I use functions defined in the .kshrc
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within MC?
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+ 6.4 I am using ksh. Can I use functions defined in the
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.kshrc within MC?
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+ 6.5 Is there any way to include additional options or hot
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keys to MC?
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* 7 Virtual file systems
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+ 7.1 How can I see the contents of a tar archive?
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+ 7.2 How do I get out of a tar archive?
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@ -62,28 +70,35 @@ Questions and Answers
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+ 7.5 How do I close an ftp connection?
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+ 7.6 Why aren't the contents of ftp panel updated?
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+ 7.7 What kind of proxy server works with Midnight Commander?
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* 8 Other common problems
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+ 8.1 How do I get the internal editor to work?
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+ 8.2 Is there any way to 'bookmark' favorite ftp-fs links?
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+ 8.3 Why I keep getting: "There is no disk in the drive.
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Please insert a disk into drive D:"?
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+ 8.4 When I start Midnight Commander, nothing happens!
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+ 8.5 When I try pasting to the internal editor, it indents
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the amount of indenting increases with each line!
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* 9 Development
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+ 9.1 Who has written Midnight Commander?
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+ 9.2 Do I dare to use a development version?
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+ 9.3 How can I report a bug/request for a feature?
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+ 9.4 How can I join the development?
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* 10 More information
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+ 10.1 This document didn't answer my question. Where else can
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I look for an answer?
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+ 10.2 What mailing lists are there for Midnight Commander?
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+ 10.3 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for MC stuff?
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+ 10.4 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
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* 11 Legal issues
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+ 11.1 Authorship
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+ 11.2 Feedback is invited
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+ 11.3 Disclaimer and copyright
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1 Getting started
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1.1 What is Midnight Commander?
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@ -100,13 +115,15 @@ Questions and Answers
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1.2 Does it run on my machine?
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Yes, Midnight Commander can run on almost any machine, including Unix
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clones, Windows 95/NT and OS/2. Midnight Commander does not run on
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Macintosh.
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GNU Midnight Commander runs on POSIX (Unix-like) operating systems,
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such as GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX and others. It
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can also be compiled under Cygwin on Windows. There is an unfinished
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Windows port.
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GNU Midnight Commander uses GNU Autoconf which should automatically
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configure it for every Unix clone. Following configurations have
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been tested:
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Midnight Commander uses GNU Autoconf which can automatically
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configure Midnight Commander for use on almost any (if not every)
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Unix clone. Following configurations have been tested:
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* i386-*-linux1.x, 2.x
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* alpha-linux-linux2
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* sparc-linux-linux2.x
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* mc88110-aviion-dgux5.4R2.01
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* i386-*-sco3.2v4.2
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* i386-*-sco3.2v5
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* i386-*-windows-nt-3.51, 4.0
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* i386-*-windows95
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* i386-*-os2
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Windows 95/NT port can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++, Borland
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C++, RSX and Mingw32.
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@ -142,19 +156,20 @@ Questions and Answers
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1.4 What else do I need to run MC?
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You need an Unix compatible operating system. Support for Windows 95/NT
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and OS/2 is incomplete - you should be prepared to fix things.
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You need a POSIX (Unix compatible) operating system. Native support
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for Windows is incomplete - you should be prepared to fix things.
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To compile any edition you need to have GLib installed. It's available
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at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. Only GLib versions 1.2.x will be
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currently detected.
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To compile any edition you need to have glib 1.2.x or newer
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installed. It's available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. If you
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don't have glib installed already, please note that glib 2.x is much
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harder to compile, so your first choice should be glib 1.2.10.
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If you want to use mouse on the Linux console you need the gpm daemon
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from ftp://ftp.systemy.it/pub/develop/. You need nothing extra to use
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mouse on xterm.
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If you do not want to use the S-Lang library you could try using
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ncurses (we recommend only version 4.1 and above).
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ncurses version 4.1 and above.
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1.5 Is GNU Midnight Commander Public Domain? Copyrighted?
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@ -178,6 +193,16 @@ Questions and Answers
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Most GNU/Linux distributions include GNU Midnight Commander. For
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example, Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware and SuSE.
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1.8 I cannot compile MC. What should I do?
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Make sure you have read the INSTALL file in the sources. Report the
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error messages exactly as they appear, mention the versions of your
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OS, your compiler and whatever else software you think is relevant.
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If you have compile problems in the VFS code, try disabling it by
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using "--without-vfs" switch. As the last resort, you can use
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precompiled binaries from the GNU Midnight Commander website.
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2 Keyboard
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2.1 What does documentation mean with the C-?, M-? and F? keys?
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GNU Midnight Commander documentation uses emacs style names for
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keyboard keys.
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C stands for the Ctrl key. For example, C-f means that you should hold
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down the Ctrl key and press the f key.
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C stands for the Ctrl key. For example, C-f means that you should
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hold down the Ctrl key and press the f key.
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M stands for the Meta key. Your terminal might call it Alt or Compose
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instead of Meta. For example, M-f means that you should hold down the
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Meta/Alt/Compose key and press the f key. If your terminal doesn't
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have Meta, Alt or Compose or they don't work you can use Esc. For M-f
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press the Esc key and then press the f key.
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M stands for the Meta key. Your terminal might call it Alt or
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Compose instead of Meta. For example, M-f means that you should hold
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down the Meta/Alt/Compose key and press the f key. If your terminal
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doesn't have Meta, Alt or Compose or they don't work you can use Esc.
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For M-f press the Esc key and then press the f key.
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Sometimes Ctrl and Alt are used instead of C and M for simplicity.
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Keep in mind that Alt can actually be Meta on some keyboards.
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F? stands for a function key. If your terminal doesn't have function
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keys or they don't work you can use Esc. For example, for F3 press the
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Esc key and then press the 3 key.
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keys or they don't work you can use Esc. For example, for F3 press
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the Esc key and then press the 3 key.
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2.2 Why don't function keys (or some other key) work?
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the keys this way in the Options menu. The convention for PC keyboards
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is that F11-20 always means Shift with F1-10
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Note! Windows 95/NT and OS/2 ports use F11 and F12 keys to change the
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current disk drive. In this case F11 and F12 mean the real F11 and F12
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keys, not shift-F1 and shift-F2.
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Note! The native Windows port uses F11 and F12 keys to change the
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current disk drive. In this case F11 and F12 mean the real F11 and
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F12 keys, not shift-F1 and shift-F2.
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2.4 Why does the ESC key behave funny?
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@ -286,6 +314,7 @@ Questions and Answers
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dialog. However, most actions cannot be redefined to use different
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keys.
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3 Mouse
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3.1 How do I enable mouse support?
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@ -304,6 +333,7 @@ Questions and Answers
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It was developed for the GNOME edition. The text-mode edition doesn't
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support this feature yet.
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4 Display
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4.1 Why do I keep getting "Terminal not powerful enough for SLang" or
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don't specify them, the configure script will try to use terminfo if
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available otherwise it will use termcap.
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5 Graphical user interface
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5.1 Xview, Tk and Gnome editions?
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Xview and Tk and GNOME editions have been removed from the sources.
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5.2 Why is MC linked with X libraries?
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GNU Midnight Commander is linked with X libraries to read key
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modifiers from the X Server. It may be helpful to distinguish
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between keys that the terminal emulator reports in the same way, e.g.
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PgUp and Ctrl-PgUp. Versions of GNU Midnight Commander after 4.6.0
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will load X libraries dynamically on the systems that support it.
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6 Command line problems
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6.1 How do I stay in the last directory when I exit Midnight Commander?
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6.2 How can I access command line history?
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You can browse previous commands with M-p and M-n. Alternatively, you
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can summon the command history listbox by pressing F9 c h.
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Alt-h shows the last commands you executed from the command line.
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Duplicates are suppressed from the history. Commands executed from
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the subshell prompt are not shown.
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You can put previous commands to the command line with Alt-p. Alt-n
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moves you forward in history.
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Since version 4.1.15 all the input widgets have permanent history. You
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can summon the history listbox by pressing M-h.
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some limitations to make sure MC stays free. See GNU General Public
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License for details.
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7 Virtual file systems
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Note! Virtual file systems are supported by Unix ports only. The
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Windows 95/NT and OS/2 ports do NOT support virtual file systems. This
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means you haven't got ftp, zip or tar support on Windows 95/NT and
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OS/2.
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This chapter describes the behavior of the 4.1.x versions of the
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Midnight Commander. The behavior of the 4.5.x versions is somewhat
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different. More on that when the 4.5.x versions get more stable.
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Note! Virtual file systems are supported by Unix ports only. The
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native Windows port doesn't support virtual file systems.
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7.1 How can I see the contents of a tar archive?
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@ -612,9 +651,9 @@ enough?
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7.2 How do I get out of a tar archive?
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Just press enter on the toplevel ".." file or chdir to a non-tar
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directory. Just typing "cd" with no parameters is enough (it will take
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you to your home directory).
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Just press enter on the toplevel ".." file or change to a non-tar
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directory. Just typing "cd" with no parameters is enough (it will
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take you to your home directory).
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7.3 How do I do anonymous ftp with MC?
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proxies for web browsers.
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Midnight Commander only supports ftp proxies which are meant for ftp
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clients. Common WWW proxies (like Squid) are not supported. A rule of
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thumb is that if a ftp proxy works with a web browser, it won't work
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clients. Common WWW proxies (like Squid) are not supported. A rule
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of thumb is that if a ftp proxy requires a web browser, it won't work
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with Midnight Commander.
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8 Other common problems
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8.1 How do I get the internal editor to work?
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The F4 key used to default to an external editor because that was what
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most people were used to. The newer versions use internal editor by
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most people were used to. The newer versions use internal editor by
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default.
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To use the internal editor with an old version, select Configuration
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The internal editor will now be invoked for anything not specified
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elsewhere in the mc.ext file.
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Make sure that you edit the correct mc.ext file. The Midnight
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Commander first checks the existence of $HOME/.mc.ext. If this file is
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missing MC will use $prefix/lib/mc/mc.ext instead ($prefix can be
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Make sure that you edit the correct mc.ext file. The Midnight
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Commander first checks the existence of $HOME/.mc.ext. If this file
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is missing MC will use $prefix/lib/mc/mc.ext instead ($prefix can be
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changed with configure before compilation and it defaults to
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/usr/local).
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8.2 Is there any way to 'bookmark' favorite ftp-fs links?
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Use the directory hotlist. Just press control-backslash. If your
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Use the directory hotlist. Just press control-backslash. If your
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national keyboard layout doesn't have backslash key, just press the
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control key with the key which is the backslash key in the English
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keyboard layout.
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@ -703,7 +743,7 @@ enough?
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8.3 Why I keep getting: "There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk
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into drive D:"?
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This is a known bug of the Windows 95/NT and OS/2 ports. MC looks its
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This is a known bug of the native Windows port. MC looks its
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configuration files from the D:\MC directory and if the D: drive is a
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removable drive (like a CD ROM drive) and there is no disk in drive
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you get this message every time you try to do anything.
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@ -715,26 +755,33 @@ into drive D:"?
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8.4 When I start Midnight Commander, nothing happens!
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First, invoke MC without subshell support: "mc -u". If this helps
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check the shell you are using. Subshell support works best with bash
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although tcsh and zsh are also supported. You might want to upgrade
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your shell to a newer version. If you use something else than bash,
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tcsh or zsh, subshell support is disabled automatically.
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check the shell you are using. Subshell support works best with
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bash, although tcsh and zsh are also supported. You might want to
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upgrade your shell to a newer version. If you use something else
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than bash, tcsh or zsh, subshell support is disabled automatically.
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If disabling subshell doesn't help, try to reconfigure MC with
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"--with-included-slang" and "--with-termcap" options and recompile.
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If this helps, there is something wrong with your terminfo database
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or shared S-Lang library. For better terminfo databases see chapter
|
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4. For a better S-Lang library, upgrade to a newer version or keep
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using the "--with-included-slang" option.
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If this helps, something is wrong with your terminfo database or
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shared S-Lang library. For better terminfo databases see chapter 4
|
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of this FAQ. For a better S-Lang library, upgrade to a newer version
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or keep using the "--with-included-slang" option.
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This problem can also be caused by gpm as noted by Luis Espinoza:
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Another reason is problems with gpm. Try using "--nomouse" option to
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see if it makes any difference. Restarting gpm can help. Sometimes
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it's enough to move the mouse.
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Also, if you have the DISPLAY environment variable set, but the X
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server is unreachable (e.g. it's firewalled), this can also cause a
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delay at startup. Unset DISPLAY to see if that's the case.
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8.5 When I try pasting to the internal editor, it indents the amount of
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indenting increases with each line!
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Either turn of 'Return does autoindent' in the editor options or
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update GNU Midnight Commander to version 4.6.0 or above - it doesn't
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autoindent when you are holding Shift.
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In regards to why Midnight Commander does nothing when invoked. I
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recently had the same problem. At the same time gpm was not loading
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properly with my patched kernel (now 2.0.33 from 2.0.30).
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Downloading version 1.13 of gpm, and got it working :-) MC still
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appeared locked.... However moving the mouse, brought MC to life.
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The mouse I am using is a Kensington Expert Mouse (Trackball).
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9 Development
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@ -782,21 +829,22 @@ into drive D:"?
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9.2 Do I dare to use a development version?
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I am afraid you have to answer to this question yourself. Development
|
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versions seldom cause data loss but they have usually got many bugs.
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It's up to you to judge whether new features outweigh the bugs.
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That's up to you to decide. Development versions may have nasty bugs
|
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at some points of time. It's up to you to judge whether the new
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features and fixes for the bugs you know outweigh the risk of unknown
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bugs.
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9.3 How can I report a bug/request for a feature?
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You might first want to get the newest development version to see if
|
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the bug is fixed or the feature is added already.
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Send your report/request to mc-devel@gnome.org or mc@gnome.org. These
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mailing lists are the most certain way to contact the
|
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developers. Remember to mention if you are not on the mailing list
|
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Send your report/request to mc-devel@gnome.org or mc@gnome.org.
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These mailing lists are the most certain way to contact the
|
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developers. Remember to mention if you are not on the mailing list
|
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to make sure that you will receive a copy of replies.
|
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|
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Give as much details as possible. A too long message is a lot better
|
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Give as much details as possible. A too long message is a lot better
|
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than a too short message.
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For segmentation faults a stack backtrace is appreciated. You can
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@ -829,6 +877,7 @@ into drive D:"?
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to do the same if you contribute non-trivial patches. Otherwise we
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have to reject your patches in order to avoid copyright problems.
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10 More information
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10.1 This document didn't answer my question. Where else can I look for an
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@ -868,11 +917,12 @@ answer?
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The mc and mc-devel lists are archived on the World Wide Web. There are
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links to the archives on the mailing list pages (see 10.2).
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11 Legal issues
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11.1 Authorship
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Questions and Answers was written by Janne Kukonlehto. Parts of it
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Questions and Answers was written by Janne Kukonlehto. Parts of it
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originate from Ian Jackson, Miguel de Icaza, Dugan Porter, Norbert
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Warmuth and Paul Sheer.
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