After seven months of development, the console file manager Midnight Commander 4.8.32 has been published. Developed since 1994, Midnight Commander provides a two-panel interface in the Norton Commander style. The software includes features such as mouse support, a built-in file viewer, syntax backlighting, virtual file system navigation inside archives, packages, and network storage facilities like SFTP and SSH. It also allows the connection of processors for various file types, a quick transition mode to terminal commands, bookmarks for frequent locations, and flexible search capabilities. The project’s code is written in SI language and is distributed under the GPLv3+ license.
The main list of changes in this release includes:
- Added support for using ESCAPE-sequence OSC 7 to transmit information about the current directory to the terminal emulator, allowing users to open new Gnome Terminal tabs while keeping the current directory.
- When performing copying and moving operations, ensured the preservation of Ext2 file system attributes.
- Changed the name of temporary directories to be unique for each launch.
- Ensured the hiding of passwords in file operation progress dialogs (e.g., when copying via SFTP).
- Added support for the “reget” command to resume interrupted data transfers when moving files via FTP.
- Support for nanosecond-accurate time in systems other than Linux, such as MacOS, BSD, AIX, and Solaris.
- Deleted code using mmap to simplify the program.
- Added support for navigating
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