wiki:NEWS-4.8.12

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#3152

Midnight Commander 4.8.12

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Major changes since 4.8.11

Core

  • Speed up of file find (#2290)
  • If cwd is a symlink it is kept at startup (#3093)
  • Improve support of Zsh (#3121, #3124, #3125)
  • Launch external editor/viewer without passing line number (#3117)
  • Exit without confirmation by default (#3132)
  • Simple user-friendly skin selector (#2165)

VFS

  • Use .zip extension as preferred way to recognize ZIP archives (#2857)

Editor

  • Configurable selection reset on CK_Store (#3111)

Viewer

Diff viewer

Misc

  • Code cleanup (#3113, #3151)
  • Adjust script permissions to installed ones (#2274)

Fixes

  • Broken build with NCurses (#3114)
  • Incorrect tilde expansion in copy/rename/move dialog (#3131)
  • Advanced chown: Escape on user list accepts value (#3150)
  • Toggling hidden files using mouse doesn't update the other panel (#3156)
  • Question mark in delete confirmation is on its own line (#3123)
  • Keypad '*' doesn't work with numlock off (#3133)
  • Some inconsistencies in "Learn keys" UI (#3134)
  • Unconventional behavior of "Display bits" dialog (#3152)
  • Shift-Fn keys don't work in 256-color mode of tmux (#2978)
  • mcedit: format paragraph produces inconsistent wrapping (#3119)
  • mcedit: file out-of-date check on saving is botched (#3142)
  • mcedit: 1st line is shifted after paragraph format (#1666)
  • mcedit: trailing newline check applied too early when exiting (#3140)
  • Inconsistency of the arrow's direction in the panel header line across skins (#3157)
  • Possible segfault while passing messages to widgets (#3116)
  • Possible segfault when freeing a VFS (#3116)
  • Segfault in cpio VFS while reading corrupted RPM (#3116)
  • Segfault in sftpfs VFS when trying to view a file (#3176)
  • Incorrect handling of filenames with unrar v5 (#3073)
  • Nicedark skin looks bad on black-on-white terminals (#3154)