Midnight Commander
| This command is run in the standard Linux environment via the Terminal Activity. The GUI will probably not integrate comfortably with the XO Laptop's Sugar environment. Your user experience may vary considerably depending on the established environment and the other programs running on the laptop, may need re-installation after an OS Update. See the Linux software category for other commands. |
LINUX COMMAND
mc (i.e. Midnight Commander)
A Linux clone of one of the most popular DOS based MS-DOS "file/directory manager" utilities. Very heavily used until the establishment of Windows 3.11. Originally released as "Norton Commander", one of many DOS programs of "Norton Utilities" package. Later purchased by Symantec to be renamed and put under "Symantec Utilities".
Employs basic side by side, two pane navigation and file information. Each pane can be in two separate directories, info view, compressed file view, or even media viewer if correct helper apps are installed too.
Functions
Basic commands:
- Note: F1 = (*) Key, (x)/ESC + 1, or Fn-1 , etc. ..
F10 - quit program Tab - change focus from one window pane to another. F9 - access pull down menus enter- change directory or view file.
All the rest of the commands, are on the 'menu' line on the screen.
F5 - Copy (file or directory or selected files) F6 - Move (file or directory or selected files), also rename single item F7 - Make new directory F8 - Delete (file or directory or selected files) ..etc..
Install Notes
From Linux (or XO terminal), can be install via
$ yum install mc
============================================================================= Installing: mc i386 1:4.6.1a-45.20070124cvs.fc7 olpc_development 2.1M Installing for dependencies: perl i386 4:5.8.8-27.fc7 olpc_development 10 M [*] perl-libs i386 4:5.8.8-27.fc7 olpc_development 567 k [*] slang i386 2.0.7-2.fc7 olpc_development 329 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Total download size: 13 M Note: [*] = 10 M of this is Perl, which is a common package between yum installs, could be already installed after another package.
Configuration notes
If you use MC to browse videos (playable in Mplayer), you may want to add a binding for *.m4v files. Edit ~/.mc/bindings (use Command/Edit Extension File). Scroll down to the section with other "Include=video" bindings, and add:
regex/\.([mM]4[vV])$
Include=video
Under Development
: Sugarized version in works. (icon created, Mar 2008)
