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Version 4.8.33

Starting with this release, we will be using language features that require a C99 compiler to build.

- Core

    * Minimal version of Automake is 1.14 (#4604)
    * Upgrade C standard to C99 (#4604)
    * Support ksh variants as subshell (#3748)
    * Improve fish 4.0 shell support (#4597)
    * Add support for bash PROMPT_COMMAND being an array (#4599)
    * Don't override ENV variable for ash/dash subshell (#4605)
    * Don't disable verbose mode if tty baudrate can't be reliably determined (#2452)
    * New keymap for vim users (#4588)

- VFS

    * extfs vfs:  chmod/chown inside extfs (e.g. zip archive) silently fails (#4629)
    * Add embedded torrent viewer/vfs (#3100)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#4572, #4593, #4595, #4598)
    * Adjust mc-wrappers to work with the new MC_TMPDIR creation logic (#4575)
    * Prefer console players for sound, images and video in non-graphical sessions (#4479, #4596)
    * Support `TERM=xterm-clear` for FreeBSD users (#2633)
    * mc.ext.ini:
        - Support for Rust crates file format (#4609)
        - Support for OpenEmbedded ipk archives (#4626)
    * ext.d: select browser at runtime (#4615)
    * Move CI from Travis to GitHub Actions (#4170, #3738, #4602)

- Fixes

    * Segfault if filter makes file panel empty (#4600)
    * Segfault in built-in help when going to the previous topic (#4627)
    * Incorrect handling of ext2 attributes of a directory (#4590)
    * Failed copy/move operations make ETA inaccurate (#3205, #4613, #4623)
    * Hotlist: use after free (#4621)
    * mc.ext.ini: typo for apt view command line (#4583)
    * mcedit: visual glitches if built with aspell, but libraries not installed (#4576)
    * mcedit: segfault on new file creation (#4580)
    * mcedit: PageDown skips lines in edit window (#4617)
    * mcedit: cursor jumps during PageDown in edit window (#4618)
    * mvciew: false-positive regex search of BOL (#4587)
    * mcdiff: segmentation fault on empty files merge (#4608)
    * tar vfs: double free (#4616)
    * sftpfs vfs: use after free (#4620)
    * tests: fix charset-related code on non-glibc platforms (Alpine, Illumos) (#3972, #4495)
    * tests: use weak symbols instead of symbol duplication to support non-GNU linkers / macOS (#4584, #3542)


Version 4.8.32

- Core

    * Tell the current directory to the terminal using OSC 7 sequence (so it can open new tabs there) (#3088)
    * Preserve ext2fs attributes on copy/move operations (#4532)
    * Change name of temporary directory: make it unique for each run (#4535)
    * Hide password in file operation progress dialog (#4541)
    * Support reget in file move operation (#4563)
    * Implement nanosecond precision timestamps on non-Linux (macOS, BSD, AIX, Solaris) (#4563)
    * Remove remaining mmap code to simplify maintenance (#3960)

- VFS

    * extfs: support unrar-7 (#4518)

- Editor

    * Improve syntax highlighting:
        - C and C++ (MidnightCommander/mc#195, #4556)

- Diff viewer

    * Add man page mcdiff.1 (#4224)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#4524)
    * New skins
        - xoria256-thin, xoria256root-thin (#4530)
        - modarcon16-defbg-thin, modarcon16-thin, modarcon16root-defbg-thin, modarcon16root-thin (#4530)
        - modarin256-defbg-thin, modarin256-thin, modarin256root-defbg-thin, modarin256root-thin (#4530)
        - julia256root (#4536)
    * mc.ext.ini: clarify escaping of spaces and parenthesis (#4502)

- Fixes

    * External editor does not work with arguments in $EDITOR (#4533)
    * fish shell: strings " cd (printf '%b' ... " in history (#4521)
    * Redundant back slashes for autocomplete (#4292)
    * subshell: call execl with argv[0] that is not an actual path to  Bash (#4549)
    * mcedit: php.syntax: comment highlight from start of light only (#4519)
    * mcedit: wrong replacement using regular expressions with begin or end of line (#4525, #4526)
    * mcedit: losing column position when navigating up/down (MidnightCommander/mc#194)
    * mcedit: macro deletes text (#4540)
    * mcedit: macros are applied to the pasted text (#4562)
    * extfs: iso9660: xorriso is slow to open an ISO image (#3570, #4567)
    * extfs: u7z: wrong add of nested directories to archive (#4559)
    * extfs: segfault on enter to deleted archive (#4560)
    * tar: segfault on copy files from archive (#4561)
    * man: typo (#4550)


Version 4.8.31

- Core

    * Minimal version of GLib is 2.32.0.

- VFS

    * fish: drop support of native FISH server and protocol. Rename VFS to shell (#4232)
    * extfs;
        - uc1541 extfs: update up to 3.6 version (#4511)
        - s3+: port to Python3 (#4324)
    * Support for LZO/LZOP compression format (#4509)

- Misc

    * Code clean up (#4490)
    * Skins: add color for non-printable characters in editor (#4433)

- Fixes

    * FTBFS on FreeBSD with ext2fs attribute support (#4493)
    * Broken stickchars (-a) mode (#4498)
    * Wrong timestamp after resuming of file copy operation (#4499)
    * Editor: wrong deletion of marked column (#3761)
    * Diff viewer: segfault when display of line numbers is enabled (#4500)
    * Tar VFS: broken handling of hard links (#4494)
    * Sftp VFS: failure establishing SSH session due hashed host names in ~/.ssh/known_hosts (#4506)
    * Shell VFS: incorrect file names with cyrillic or diacritic symbols (#4507)
    * mc.ext.ini: incorrect description of of how multiple sections and keys with same names are processed (#4497)
    * mc.ext.ini: unescaped backslash \ is treated as invalid escape sequence in glib-2.77.3 and glib-2.79 (#4502)
    * mc.ext.ini: file "Makefile.zip" is handled as Makefile not as zip-arhive (#4419)


Version 4.8.30

- Core

    * Support PCRE2 as search engine (via ----with-search-engine=pcre2) (#4450)
    * Implement panelization buffers for both file panels (#4370)

- VFS

    * tar: support extended headers (including long file names and sparse files) (#1952, #2201)
    * extfs helpers: replace "perl -w" with "use warnings" (MidnightCommander/mc#174)
    * extfs/patchfs: be more specific in error message (#4485)

- Editor

    * Add syntax highlighting:
        - Jenkinsfiles (#4469)
        - B language (#4470)
    * Improve syntax highlighting:
        - ECMAScript (MidnightCommander/mc#172)
        - ECMAScript in TypeScript (MidnightCommander/mc#172)
        - use diff syntax highlighting for git commit messages (COMMIT_EDITMSG) (MidnightCommander/mc#85)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#4426, #4438)
    * Filehighlight:
        - recognize vsix files as zip files (MidnightCommander/mc#171)
    * Skin updates:
        - julia256 (#4441, #4445)

- Fixes

    * Usage of 'sed' in build system/makefiles is not portable (#4459, #4466)
    * Unportable '$<' in Makefiles (#4460)
    * FTBFS if ncurses used without --with-ncurses-includes= configure parameter (#4462)
    * Ncurses library is duplicated in MCLIBS (#4463, #4465)
    * FTBFS without ext2fs attributes support (#4464)
    * Wrong sort order after swapping panels (#4432)
    * Incorrect time delimiter in the copy/move progress window (#4437)
    * Incorrect redraw of overlapped file panels (#4408)
    * Subshell/Command line prompt is empty/missing (#3121)
    * Find file: relative ignore directory is applied to the start search directory (#4235)
    * Diff viewer: options are not applied on second run (#4486)
    * mc.ext.ini: 'Edit' command from 'Default' section is ignored (#4434)
    * mc.ext.ini: .md files are not recognized as Markdown ones by extension (#4444)
    * mcedit: off-by-one error in paragraph formatting (#4446)
    * ftp: incomplete file listing: block and character devices, pipes, sockets are missed (#4472)
    * Various typos in the source code (MidnightCommander/mc#177, MidnightCommander/mc#178)


Version 4.8.29

- Core

    * Add more options for panel filter (#1373):
        - "Files only" (#4209)
        - "Case sensitive" (#4334)
        - "Using shell patterns"
    * Continue copy after interrupt (#4409)
    * Restore menu accelerator for "Sort order": back to "S"; change menu accelerator for "SFTP link" to "N" (#4373)
    * Add support for cross-compilation with PERL path different between --build and --host (#4399)
    * Bootstrap with autotools providing direct support for Apple M1
    * Port mc.ext to INI format and rename to mc.ext.ini (#4141, #3742, #3191)
        - Implement compound (AND) conditions (Type/Shell and Type/Regex pairs) to disambiguate overloaded extensions
        - There is no fallback to previous mc.ext format

- Editor

    * Change location of all user's syntax related stuff to ~/.local/share/mc/syntax/ directory (#4413)
    * syntax/Syntax: document location of syntax files (#4320)
    * Improvements of syntax highlighting:
        - YAML: improve multiline blocks highliting (#4059)
    * New syntax highlighting:
        - Privoxy (https://www.privoxy.org) actions files (#4384)
        - TOML (Tom's Obvious Minimal Language) (#4412)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#4357, #4397, #4425)
    * sqlite3 view: use 'immutable=1' URI parameter to prevent leaving wal/shm files after viewing sqlite database (#4369)
    * Support of contour terminal emulator (https://github.com/contour-terminal/contour) (#4396)
    * mc.ext.ini: clarify regex for makefiles (#4419)
    * Remove empty hints translations by setting 5% threshold (#3608)

- Fixes

    * Fail to build with only SFTP network VFS is enabled (#4420)
    * Crash on quick view of archives (#4398)
    * Wrong description of --enable-configure-args option (#4400)
    * Wrong version sort (#4374)
    * No subshell if subshell is initializing more than 1 second (#3121)
    * Filter keyboard shortcut only affects left panel (#4383)
    * File type check does not work with special character in filename (#4377)
    * Select files keeping the right mouse button pressed doesn't select all files (#4381)
    * Cannot scroll panel listing upwards using mouse (#4119)
    * "Directory Compare" doesn't correct work with panelization (#3220)
    * Wrong decompressing of zip files in quick view panel (#4404)
    * mc.ext: 'include' keyword (for command class def) have no effect if it was defined before 'Include' keyword (for command def) (#2773)
    * mcedit: infinite loop when deleting a macro (#4391)
    * mcviewer: segfault when switching from raw to parsed mode and back (#4401)
    * Broken handling of zip archives (#4368)
    * FISH subshell: commands don't work after window resize (#4372)
    * FTP VFS: doesn't reconnect to server after timeout (#3670)
    * FISH VFS: cannot remove non-empty directory (#4364)
    * EXTFS VFS: segfault if archive contains file(s) in the parent directory (#4422, #4427)
    * Tests: variable redeclaration in filevercmp_test5 (#4358)


Version 4.8.28

- VFS

    * Remove SMB support (#1)

- Editor

    * Add syntax highlighting:
        - Ngspice/SPICE (https://ngspice.sourceforge.net/) (#4316, #4319)
        - DOT/Graphviz (https://graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html) (#4322)

- Viewer

    * Support file/dir macros from mc.ect for standalone viewer (#4150)

- Misc

    * Minimal version of "check" utility is 0.9.10.
    * Code cleanup (#4270, #4330)
    * Support Shift+Fn keys for KiTTY (#4325)
    * Filehighlight:
        - graphical formats: avif, jp2, jxl, heic, heif, psb, psd (#4328)
        - Markdown (#4351)

- Fixes

    * FTBFS with ncurses build with --disable-widec (#4200)
    * There is no exit on Ubuntu PPC64 big endian (#3887)
    * Segfault on change panel mode (#4323)
    * Accelerator conflict in Left/Right menu (#4284)
    * move a lot of files across filesystems is slow (#4287)
    * mc.ext: wrong order of rules: general matches are made before more specific ones (#4273)
    * mc.ext: compressed man pages are shown unformatted (#4272)
    * ext.d/misc.sh: invoking /bin/cat on systems that have no /bin/cat (like NixOS) (#4298)
    * mcedit: errors in syntax definitions (#4286)
    * VFS: FISH: when uploading a symbolic link, it creates both the link and its target (#4281)
    * VFS: SFTP: timestamps are not preserved for uploaded symlink (#4285)
    * VFS: EXTFS: incorrect test of isoinfo (#4326)
    * Typo in skin files (#3146)


Version 4.8.27

- Core

    * Minimal version of Autoconf is 2.64 (#3603)
    * Minimal version of Automake is 1.12 (#3986)
    * Minimal version of Gettext is 0.18.2 (#3603)
    * Minimal version of libssh2 is 1.2.8 (#4259)
    * Reimplement version detection (#3603, #4249)
    * Significantly reduce rebuilt time after version change (#2252, #4266)
    * Drop automatic migration of configuration from ~/.mc to XDG-based directories (#3682)
    * zsh: support custom configuration file: ~/.local/share/mc/.zshrc (#4203)
    * Widgets: implement WST_VISIBLE state to show/hide widgets (#2919)
    * "Find File": add "Follow symlinks" option (#2020)

- VFS

    * extfs: support unrar-6 (#4154)
    * extfs: support official 7z binary (7zz) (#4239)
    * ftpfs: apply file list parser from lftp project (#2841, #3174)

- Editor

    * Word completion: get candidates from all open files (#4160)
    * etags: get rid of hardcoded list length and window width (#4132)
    * Update syntax files:
        - Python (#4140)
    * Add syntax highlighting:
        - Verilog and SystemVerilog header files (#4215)
        - JSON (#4250)
        - openrc-run scripts (#4246)

- Misc

    * Code clean up (#4179, #4173, #4269)
    * Filehighlight of c++ and h++ files as sources (#4194)
    * Filehighlight of JSON files as documents (#4250)
    * Support of alacritty terminal emulator (https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) (#4248)
    * Support of foot terminal emulator (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot) (#4251)
    * Support of (alt+)shift+arrow keys in st terminal emulator (st.suckless.org) (#4267)
    * Mouse support in screen: don't check $DISPLAY variable (#4233)
    * mc.ext: support fb2 e-books (#4167)
    * ext.d: use mediainfo to view info about various media files (#4167)
    * Remove OS/distro-specific package-related stuff from source tree (#4217)

- Fixes

    * FTBFS against NCurses on OS X 10.9.5 (#4181)
    * Segfault on dialog before panels get visible (#4244)
    * Crash if shadow is out of screen (build against NCurses) (#4192)
    * Crash in search (#4222)
    * Crash on startup with enabled subshell in FreeBSD (workaround) (#4213)
    * Hang on start randomly with zsh as subshell (#4198)
    * If command line is invisible it's partially displayed (#4182)
    * Broken handling of zip archives (#4180, #4183)
    * Broken handling of jar files as zip archives (#4223)
    * Timestamps of symlinks, sockets, fifos, etc are not preserved after copy/move (#3985)
    * %view action in the user menu doesn't work on no-exec filesystem (#4242)
    * Hardlinks are not colored by file type or extension (#3375)
    * mcedit: silent macro makes terminal disrupted (#4171)
    * mcedit: disrupting of TAGS file path (#4207)
    * vfs: unable to browse compressed tar archives (#4191)
    * sftpfs vfs: CVE-2021-36370: server fingerprint isn't verified (discovered by AUT-milCERT during an audit of open source software) (#4259)
    * ftpfs vfs: month of file is always January (#4260)
    * Tests: log files are written by libcheck and automake simultaneously (#3986)


Version 4.8.26

- Core

    * Support file names of any length (#4145)
    * Implement persistent command line buffer for subshell (bash >= 4, zsh and fish are supported) (#4114, #4124, #4126)
    * Implement shadows of dialog windows and menus (#4102)
    * Allow running clipboard commands if DISPLAY is not set (#4133)
    * Add support of "alacritty", "tmux", and "tmux-256color" terminals (#4149)

- VFS

    * Support wim archive format (using wimtools (https://wimlib.net/)) (#4100)
    * Support pak archive format (using unar (https://theunarchiver.com/)) (#4130)

- Editor

    * Add Swift syntax highlighting (MidnightCommander/mc#159)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#4103, #4127, #4131)
    * ext.d/sound.sh: replace xmms with audacious (part of #4127)
    * mc.ext: improve handling of compressed content (#4128, #2117)
    * mc.ext: add support for OpenDocument flax xml formats: fodt, fods, fodp, fodg (#4157)
    * Filehighlight fodg, fodp, fods, fodt, odg files as documents
    * modarcon16 skin: make consistent with whitespaces (#4158)

- Fixes

    * 0000 permissions are not preserved on copy/move file (#4155)
    * Chattr dialog doesn't work with mouse (#4104)
    * Wrong copy ETA displaying if "Follow links" option is set (#4101)
    * C-i ("change panel" shortcut) has no effect (#4107)
    * C-l ("refresh screen") and A-` ("switch screens") shortcuts have no effect (#4142, #4153)
    * Cancel of history or completion window marks input lines as modified (#4152)
    * Unexpected subshell execution at panel switch (#2110)
    * Lock up after pressing Tab in subshell (#2269)
    * tcsh: error: "The Commander can't change to the directory" (#4120)
    * vfs: extfs: cannot handle files with name started with dash or space (#4077)
    * vfs: hang on accessing files within a nested VFS for first 60 seconds (#4147)
    * vfs: lose content of the current directory on a mounted CIFS share (on Linux >= 5.1) (#3987)


Version 4.8.25

- Core

    * Minimal version of GLib is 2.30.0
    * Avoid subshell warning for standalone mcedit/mcview/mcdiffview run from mc (#4056)
    * Implement chattr command (change ext{2,3,4}fs extended attributes). Default shortcut is "C-x e" (#3847)
    * Implement a WGroup widget -- a base class for widgets which contain other widgets (#2919, #4075)
    * Implement key bindings for radiobuttons (#212)

- VFS

    * RPM VFS improvements:
        - Support weak dependency tags: ENHANCES, SUGGESTS, RECOMMENDS, SUPPLEMENTS (#4091)

- Editor

    * Improvements of syntax highlighting:
        - php (#4060)
        - tcl: add shebangs with wish and tclsh (#4062)
        - Cobol (#1987)
        - Verilog/SystemVerilog (#4087)
    * New syntax highlighting:
        - Kotlin (#4088)
        - ino (Arduino IDE and a number of other IDEs) (#4098)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#4050, #4085)
    * Add support for opus audio (#4061)
    * mc-wrapper: don't cd to the same directory (#3355)
    * Improve archive support: more binaries to view archive content (#4086)
        - lha: jlha, lhasa
        - arj: 7za
        - cab: 7za
        - zip; 7z
        - zipx: 7za
        - iso: 7za
    * Clean up in video.sh handler (#4045)
        - RealPlayer is a proprietary application which can't be installed in most distros and has long been abandoned.
        - gtv hasn't been developed since 2003.
        - xanim barely plays anything.
    * Various fixups and updates of man page

- Fixes

    * FTBFS on OSes w/o O_CLOEXEC (#4052)
    * FTBFS with glib2 >= 2.63.3 (#4053)
    * Undefined "__linux__" macro on non-Linux systems (#4058)
    * Mouse is not handled with ncurses-6 (#3954)
    * Mouse is not handled with S-Lang on some old terminal emulators (#4063)
    * Terminal size is always 80x24 in subshell on Solaris 11.4 SPARC (#4099)
    * Double clicking on empty area of file panel executes last item (#3722)
    * Garbage in input line history (#4064)
    * Speed of file copy is not displayed for single file (#4081)
    * mcedit: blank screen with invisible error (#4057)
    * mcedit: broken syntax highlighting for shell scripts (#4054)
    * VFS: broken browsing of .deb packages (#4055)
    * mc.lib installed twice (#4070)


Version 4.8.24

- Core

    * Drop bundled gettext (#3629)
    * Implement the file edit and view history. Default shortcut is alt-shift-e (#2733)
    * Enable subshell in standalone mceditor, mcviewer, and mcdiffviewer (#3380)
    * Refactoring of SIGWINCH handling (#117, #4019)
    * Prevent run/open files with double right click (#4016)
    * Improve support of Windows 1251 encoding on Solaris (#3992)
    * Support binary reproducible builds (via --disable-configure-args configure option) (#4031)

- VFS

    * sftpfs: support keyboard interactive authentication (#3921)
    * uc1541 extfs: update up to 3.3 version (#3936)

- Editor

    * Syntax:
        - add yabasic (Yet Another BASIC) syntax highlighting (#4005)
        - improve YAML syntax highlighting (#4010)
        - add "https://" to Debian sources.list syntax (#4018)
        - add .desktop files (#4022)
        - improve RPM spec file syntax highlighting (#4037)
        - improve Debian sources.list syntax highlighting (#4041)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3997, #4030, #4038, #4039)
    * menu.mc: handle symbolic links to compressed archives (#4009)
    * File highlighting updates (#4015)
        - part - partial files, e.g. used by many download managers ([temp])
        - apk - Android packages, deb - Debian packages ([archive])
        - ts - MPEG-TS streams ([media])
    * New skins:
        - julia256: a dark skin with calm colors and good contrast.

- Fixes

    * Compile failure on AIX 7.2 (#4033)
    * Compile failure on OS X 10.9 (#4035)
    * Enter key works as Down one in menu (#4006)
    * Menubar: incorrect mouse click coordinate (#4013)
    * Rotating dash generates way too much output (#3859)
    * Totals aren't computed before move of a single directory (#4027)
    * Editor: unusable dynamic paragraphing (#3996)
    * VFS: iso9660 does not report listing errors (#3993)
    * VFS: extfs: nested archives are not removed from temporary directory (#4000)


Version 4.8.23

- Core

    * Modify "File exists" query dialog (#3935):
        - change layout
        - rename "Update" button to "If older"
        - add new "If smaller" button": overwrite file with smaller one
        - add "Don't overwrite with zero length file" checkbox
    * Speed up of large directory structures delete (#3958)
    * Support key binding for menu (#212)

- Editor

    * Expanded syntax highlighting rules (#3975):
        - expanded file name regexp for sh.syntax
        - use ini.syntax for systemd configuration files
    * Syntax updates:
        - shell (#3981)
        - ebuild (#3988)
        - RPM spec (#3991)

- Viewer

    * Quick one-off backwards search with N. New action SearchOppositeContinue for key bind (default is shift-n) (#3452)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3955)
    * Use Geeqie (a fork of GQview) as main image viewer, fallback to GQview (#3962)
    * File highlighting updates (#3966)
        - .go, .s: highlight as source
        - .m4v: highlighting as media
    * New skins:
        - featured-plus: featured skin with alternative directory and file select/mark colors (#3973)

- Fixes

    * Compilation fail on AIX (#3960)
    * Incorrect file version sort (#3965, #3905)
    * Garbage in the hardlink error creation message window (#3990)
    * Cannot shell, or FTP, or SFTP link when the file panel is tree, or info, or quick view (#3948)
    * Failed gpm connect attempt ... for vc /dev/tty0 (#3208, #3614)
    * Incorrect include/editor order in mc.ext (#3965)
    * mcedit: incorrect C/C++ syntax highlighting in some cases (#3487)
    * Unknown type name 'sighandler_t' on Illumos (#3971)


Version 4.8.22

- Core

    * Support BTRFS's file clone operation (#1983)
    * Find file: show pattern and content in the results window title (#3453)
    * Find file: remember state (empty or not) of Content field (#3924)
    * Improve support IBM i (#3927)
    * Improve handling of hard link creation errors (#3678)
    * Support user-defined prompt in the Fish subshell (#3944)

- VFS

    * sftp: preserve atime and mtime (#3917)

- Editor

    * man page cleanup (#3918)
    * syntax:
        - PHP - highlight keyword 'null' (#3920)
        - Meson - initial implementation (#3940)

- Misc

    * ext.d: use MPV as a fallback for mplayer -identify (#3919)
    * ext.d: improve recognition of MS Office formats (#3929)
    * Code cleanup (#3915)
    * Cleanup hint files

- Fixes

    * Won't compile for Apple (#3930)
    * "Cannot create target file" when target has backslash space in the name (#3923)
    * Quiet single file overwrite (#3908)
    * Show error message for each not-installed program when view documents in MS Word and Excel formats (#3926)
    * Crash when trying some sftp connections (#3937)
    * Crash when return to filemanager from subshell (#3943)


Version 4.8.21

- Core

    * Cancel Chmod/Chown/Advanced chown operation for large group of files when operation is not permitted (#3850)
    * Mouse support in the "Advanced chown" dialog window (#3148)
    * File highlighting by extension is case insensitive by default (#1620)
    * Safe file overwrite (#3913)

- VFS

    * Support zstd compression format (#3906)

- Editor

    * Syntax:
        - Rust support (#3884)
        - JavaScript modules support (#3890)
        - Improve Markdown support (#3893)

- Misc

    * Add JavaScript module support to `filehighlight.ini` (MidnightCommander/mc#132)
    * Add Excel xlsx file format support to `mc.ext.in` (MidnightCommander/mc#135)
    * i18n of argument type names in --help blocks (#3879)
    * Code cleanup: (#3857, #3914)

- Fixes

    * Fail to link to ncurses built as two libraries: ncurses+tinfo (#3880)
    * Garbage in displaying of summary of file sizes for selected files (#3883)
    * "Compute totals" unnecessarily done for moves (#3149, #3908)
    * mc.ext: allow Java class files to be viewed even if JAD isn't on PATH (MidnightCommander/mc#134)
    * mcedit: broken extended key mode (#3897)
    * mcedit doesn't save all opened files (#3898)
    * extfs: sftps: -31 SFTP Protocol Error when transferring file (#3406)
    * extfs: rpm: truncated script content in the viewer (#3865)
    * extfs: rpm helper misses CONFLICTS field (#3789)


Version 4.8.20

- Core

    * Rename key bindings:
        - [main].PanelListingSwitch -> [panel].CycleListingFormat
        - [main].PanelListingChange -> [main].SetupListingFormat
    * Speed up of UTF-8 normalization for frequent cases (#3616)

- VFS

    * extfs helpers tester:
        - diff of failed tests is now included in output to ease bug reporting (#3784)

- Editor

    * Syntax:
        - ES2015 support (#3793)
        - TypeScript support (#3794)
        - Ada 95 updates (#3804)
        - Apache Hive QL support (#3828)
        - SQL & PHP keyword updates (MidnightCommander/mc#129)
        - Simplification of case insensitive file name patterns in /usr/share/mc/syntax/Syntax file (#3829)
        - Markdown (initial support) (#3864)
        - Protocol Buffers and gRPC support (#3868)
    * Add %c (cursor offset from BOF) support for user menu macros (#3867)

- Misc

    * Unify curses initialization for various curses implementations (#3697)
    * Highlight txz extension as archive like tgz, etc. (#3782)
    * Add new media extensions to `filehighlight.ini` (#3834)

- Fixes

    * Wrong --help message for mcview, mcedit and mcdiff (#3805)
    * Compression from menu broken due to bad quoting (#3840)
    * `--with-homedir` gives "yes" as config directory (#3836)
    * External panelize: opening a file with an absolute path fails (#2942)
    * Filter isn't cleared when entering empty string (#3813)
    * Panelization is not kept while switching panel listing mode (#3810)
    * Cannot tab out of a QuickView panel (#3815)
    * Cannot use the F10 key in a QuickView panel (#3816)
    * Wrong INPUT_COMPLETE_CD flag handling in the QuickDialog engine (#3870)
    * mcview: file interpreted as latin1 instead of utf8 (#3783)
    * mcview: incomplete read of filtering data (#3817)
    * mcview: search doesn't grow file as much as needed (#3819, #3855)
    * mcview: goto doesn't grow file as much as needed (#3826)
    * mcview: quick view panel: crash on slow startup while switching panel mode (#3846)
    * mcedit: fix broken encoding into UTF-8 for 8-bit displays (#3843)
    * mcedit: incorrect %f macro substitution in the user menu (#3861)
    * man pages: wrong paths of mc.hint and mc.hlp (#3806)
    * subshell: fix broken tcsh 6.20+ cd escaping (#3852)
    * VFS: incremental tar doesn't contain empty directories (#2297)
    * VFS: incremental tar: wrong directories owner for tar --numeric-owner -g (#3709)
    * VFS: timestamps not being preserved due to uninitialized struct stat st_[acm]tim.tv_nsec (#3821)
    * VFS: ftp: can't retrieve password from .netrc when user is in URL (#3869)
    * VFS: tests: locale issue causing helpers using 'sort' to fail (#3787)
    * VFS: tests: unportable 'echo' use causing one rpm helper test to fail (#3786)
    * Spelling errors in the manual page (#3839)


Version 4.8.19

- Core

    * Replace $MC_HOME with $MC_PROFILE_ROOT (#3684)
    * Allow rebind TAB key to change panel (#3672)
    * Support for True Color (16 millions colors) (#3145)
    * Color aliases in skin files (#3711)

- VFS

    * Support timestamps with nanosecond precision for copy/move operations (#3575)
    * Introduce EXTFS helpers tester (#3730, #3744, #3752, #3753, #3751)
    * Teach u7z to parse archive listings w/o sizes and/or dates (#2707)
    * Teach rpm helper about transaction scripts (#3750)
    * Fix hp48, uace & uarc extfs which used an obsolete date format (#3729, #3747)

- Editor

    * Syntax:
        - updates of HTML and ebuild highlighting
        - highlight *.t (Perl test) files as Perl scripts
        - disassociate .cl file extension from LISP syntax (#3691)
    * Add syntax highlighting:
        - OpenCL (#3690)
        - OpenShadingLanguage (#3762)
        - R
        - YAML (#3293)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3693, #3703, #3721, #3763)
    * Add true color skins: 'Four seasons' (#3724)
    * Activate `--enable-tests` by default if `check` is found (#3708)
    * Added new skin: YADT (MidnightCommander/mc#115)

- Fixes

    * Segfault on switching left panel to Info (#3700)
    * Broken compatibility with ncurses (#3697)
    * Setting MC_HOME makes mc ignore ~/.bashrc (#3684)
    * mc_tmpdir() use a buffer of only 64 characters (#3736)
    * Some bugs in the parsing of hexadecimal search patterns (#3694)
    * Hexadecimal search fails on binary data (#3589)
    * Broken file list resorting on double click on panel header line (#3715)
    * Wrong dialog resizing and positioning (#3714, #3723)
    * Widget's 'disabled' status is not toggled immediately (#3716)
    * Last item of 'Options/Layout/Horizontal' radiobuttons remains highlighted (#3717)
    * 'Options/Layout/Equal split' checkbox gets reverted (#3718)
    * Panels: cannot show more than one "column" in user defined listing mode (#3757)
    * Mix of MSG_NOTIFY and MSG_FOCUS messages (#3731)
    * skins: 'window-state-char' and 'window-close-char' are parsed as colors (#3710)
    * Pressing <right> and <left> in the hotlist dialog doesn't refresh it (#3775)
    * mcview: an error message about bad regexp isn't shown (#3720)
    * mcedit: fix etags filenames parsing (#3698)
    * mcedit: fix mouse active area for maximize / close buttons (#3774)
    * mcedit: frames (MDI interface) don't reflect the focus state (#3766)
    * mcedit: frames (MDI interface) sometimes obscure the buttonbar (#3760)
    * mcedit doesn't show search error messages when searching backwards (#3735)
    * help viewer: tab characters handled incorrectly (#3754)
    * VFS: incorrect zoo archive listing (#3696)
    * VFS: segfault in VFSs not setting block size in stat (#3749)


Version 4.8.18

- Core

    * Alt-Enter, Ctrl-Enter and Ctrl-Shift-Enter shortcuts are bindable in file manager (#3075)
    * Internals:
        - Refactoring of widget subsystem (#2919, #3632)

- Editor

    * Add syntax highlighting:
        - GLSL (#3683)
        - CUDA (#3686)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3641, #3652)

- Fixes

    * Build failure on FreeBSD (#3643)
    * Incompatibility with NetBSD curses (#3665)
    * Memory leaks (#3637)
    * Subshell output lost on window resize under tmux, GNU screen (#3639)
    * --with-subshell=optional does not work (#3642)
    * Backward search is not interruptible (#3648)
    * "Output lines" has no effect (#3655)
    * Wrong handling of mouse clicks in long listing mode (#3661)
    * Panelize resets marks on marked files in many cases (#3663)
    * Cannot change directory in the active panel in some cases (#3669)
    * Filtered View doesn't work (#3646, #3660)
    * mcedit: don't kill bookmarks when open file from "Find File" dialog (#3668)
    * man pages use "the MC" instead of "MC" (#3644)


Version 4.8.17

- Core

    * Minimal version of Gettext is 0.18.1 (#1885)
    * Optimization of copy/move operations (use adaptive buffer as in coreutils) (#2193)
    * Recognize csh as tcsh (#2742)
    * Centered scrolling of file panel (#3130)
    * Internals:
        - Switch to new high-level mouse API (#3571)

- VFS

    * FISH helpers: remove executable bit (#3610)

- Editor

    * Improvements of syntax highlighting:
        - F90 (#3618)
        - Java (MidnightCommander/mc#95)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3598, #3607)
    * Install mc.keymap as a symlink to mc.default.keymap (#3609)
    * File highlight: add more common file formats

- Fixes

    * Segfault due to incorrect value of SHELL environment variable (#3606)
    * Segfault when copying files under FreeBSD 9.3 (#3617)
    * Segfault when entering into some cpio archives (#3621)
    * Subshell output lost on window resize under tmux, GNU screen (#3639)
    * Subshell cursor position lost after window resizing (#3640)
    * Listbox no longer scrolls when dragging outside widget (#3559)
    * VFS: extfs: incorrect date parsing in unzip (#3622)
    * VFS: extfs: buffer overflow (#3605)
    * VFS: patchfs: syntax error (#3620)
    * VFS: fish: mistakes in ls Perl helper (#3611)


Version 4.8.16

- Core

    * Support for ash + bugfixes for bash, fish (#2742)
    * Find file: empty file name matches any file name (#3593)
    * Find file: empty value of "Content" is used instead of "Search for content" checkbox to disable search for content (#3594)
    * Listbox: don't wraparound on mouse scroll (#3554)
    * Internals:
        - Listbox: various fixups (#3569: #3562, #3563, #3565, #3161)
        - Split MSG_ACTION into MSG_ACTION and MSG_NOTIFY (#3566)

- VFS

    * Support lzip compression format (#2673, #1541)
    * Support lz4 compression format (#3523)
    * patchfs: support xz compression (#3443)
    * Update uc1541 version (#3527)
    * Add mc.ext patterns for initramfs / initrd (#3115)

- Editor

    * Add golang syntax (MidnightCommander/mc#84)
    * Update Puppet syntax (MidnightCommander/mc#86)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3555, #3547, #3587)
    * Better subshell documentation (#3556)
    * Fixes to the English man pages by Denys Vlasenko

- Fixes

    * Insufficient quoting in `mc.menu` (#2947)
    * Broken ./configure --without-internal-edit (#3601)
    * Memory leaks (#3547, #3561, #3567, #3572)
    * No preallocation if appending during file copy (#3577)
    * Cannot set mini-format for "brief" listing type (#3588)
    * Info panel: incorrect inode information in some cases (#3214)
    * Info panel: wrong device name with symbolic link (#3412)
    * Info panel: buffer overflow (#3582)
    * Regression: match filename, not full path in mc.ext (#3578)
    * Broken case insensitive search in non-unicode locale (#3491)
    * Error message prefixed with no sense "0:" (#3269)
    * mcedit: buffer overflow (#3579)
    * mcedit: "Lower case selection" command in User Menu (#3586)
    * mcedit: close on ctrl-g (#3557)
    * mcview: "Not found" result isn't reported in some cases (#3543)
    * VFS: isofs doesn't show .dotfiles (#3537)
    * VFS: isofs: cannot copy file from iso when Joliet without RockRidge is used (#2851)
    * VFS: extfs/unzip: enter into zip file fails with "inconsistent extfs archive" (#3433)
    * VFS: SFTP: various bugs (#3581)
    * VFS: FISH: provide major/minor info for block/char devices (#3599)
    * Bashism in gitfs+ extfs helper (#3379)
    * Non-portable invocation of man (#3509)
    * mc-wrapper leaves MC_USER set (#3550)
    * Broken silent opening of files in background (#3574)
    * Run `identify` on JPEGs even if `exif` is not installed (#3568)


Version 4.8.15

- Core

    * Minimal version of GLib is 2.26.0
    * Use the PATH environment variable to search for the executable when opening pipe (#3444)
    * Support more than 2 (up to 9) columns in file panel in brief mode (#3212)
    * Clarify file sorting in "Unsorted" mode (#3496)
    * WGroupbox: respect dialog's colors (#3468)
    * Highlight find file's result in internal viewer (#3530)

- VFS

    * s3 extfs vfs: bugfixes and improvements (#3470, #3502)

- Editor

    * Add hidden option to choose full or base file name in the status line (#3445)
    * Improvements of syntax highlighting:
        - Lua (#3471)
        - PKGBUILD (#3484)

- Misc

    * Text alignment in Info panel (#3155)
    * Select of menu file edit: change default button to "User" (#3493)
    * Recognize .gmo files as well as .mo ones (#3422)
    * Fix mc.pot comment tripping up Transifex and unportable inplace sed (#3479)
    * A lot of code clean up (#3420, #3424, #3426, #3427, #3428, #3429, #3430, #3431, #3434, #3435, #3437, #3463, #3464, #3465, #3466, #3467, #3494, #3495, #3539)
    * Documentation updates:
        - Spanish man and help: Diff Viewer section and minor fixes (#3477)
        - VFS garbage collection (#3472)

- Fixes

    * Various memory leaks (#3438, #3439, #3440, #3457, #3458, #3459, #3460, #3461, #3462, #3475, #3520, #3521, #3522)
    * Linux kernel-specific segfault on startup (#3441)
    * Lost of Panelize contents in some cases (#3032, #3489, #3498, #3507)
    * Wrong highlight of search result in case of "Regular expression" and "Whole words" (#3524)
    * "Whole words" search works only in Normal mode (#3525)
    * View find results doesn't jump to match line if file is too short to scroll page (#3530)
    * SFTP VFS: segfault (#3456)
    * Segfault in "Find file" due to invalid UTF-8 sequences (#3449)
    * Bash variable 'PROMPT_COMMAND' in  pantheon-terminal (#3534)


Version 4.8.14

- Core

    * Minimal version of GLib is 2.14.0
    * Add new panel binding "SelectExt" to select/unselect files with the same extension as the current file (#3228)
    * Speed up of directory size calculation (#3247)
    * Support of italic text (#3065)

- Editor

    * New syntax highlighting support:
        - puppet (#3266)

- Viewer

    * Rewrite mcview's rendering and scrolling (#3250, #3256)
        - no more partial lines at the top and failure to scroll when Up or Down is pressed;
        - better handling of CJK characters;
        - handle combining accents;
        - improved nroff support;
        - more conventional scrolling behavior at the end of the file.
    * Use VIEW_SELECTED_COLOR in plain mode (#3405)
    * In QuickView panel, don't pass any chars to command line to avoid unexpected command execution (#3253)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3265, #3262)
    * Bind poedit to Edit action for .po files (#3287)
    * Better grammar mcedit user menu (#3246)

- Fixes

    * Fail to build against musl libc (#3267)
    * Error compiling with glib 2.20.3 (#3333)
    * Overwrite of the PROMPT_COMMAND bash variable (#2027)
    * contrib/*.?sh are not recreated after rerun of configure (#3181)
    * File rename handles zero-length substitutions incorrectly (#2952)
    * Lose files on "Skip" when "Cannot preallocate space for target file" (#3297)
    * Info panel can't obtain file system statistics on Solaris (#3277)
    * "Shell patterns" broken beyond repair (#2309)
    * File selection by patterns uses bytes instead of unicode characters (#2743)
    * Copy files doesn't work as expected, when copying to a directory with the special symbol in its name (#3235)
    * Wrong order of old_colors table items (#3404)
    * Input line: Alt+Backspace on one-letter word erases too much (#3390)
    * "Directory scanning" window is too narrow (#3162)
    * No Help for User Menu (#3409)
    * mcedit: paste from clipboard does not work (#3339)
    * mcviewer: hang when viewing broken man page (#2966)
    * mcview hex: incorrect highlight when search string not found (#3263)
    * mcview hex edit: UTF-8 chars are not updated (#3259)
    * mcview hex edit: can't enter certain UTF-8 characters (#3260)
    * mcview hex edit: CJK overflow (#3261)
    * mcedit: status line doesn't show full path to file (#3285)
    * Freeze when copying from one FTP location to another (#358)


Version 4.8.13

- Core

    * New engine of user-friendly interruption of long-time operations (#2136)

- Editor

    * Improvements of syntax highlighting:
        - CMake (#3216)
        - PHP (#3230)
    * Translate language names in the spelling assistant dialogue (#3233)

- Viewer

    * Add separate normal(default) colour pair for viewer (#3204)
    * Dealing with utf-8 man pages in view/open (#1539)
    * "Goto line" is 1-based now (#3245)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3189, #3223, #3242)
    * Add new skins: gray-green-purple256 and gray-orange-blue256 (#3190)

- Fixes

    * First Backspace/Delete is ignored after mouse click in an input widget (#3225)
    * Recursive find file doesn't work on Samba share (#3097)
    * Recursive find file doesn't work on Windows NFS share (#3202)
    * Incorrect file counter in move operation (#3196, #3209)
    * "Directory scanning" window is too narrow (#3162)
    * Colon is not recognized inside escape seq in prompt (#3241)
    * Quick view doesn't grab focus on mouse click (#3251)
    * fish subshell: overridden prompt (#3232, #3237)
    * mcviewer: broken switch between raw and parse modes (#3219)
    * mcviewer: incorrect percentage in mcview hex mode (#3258)
    * RAR VFS incorrectly recognizes UnRAR version (#3240)
    * viewbold and viewselected are missing from some skins (#3244)
    * Incorrect encoding name for manual page (#3239)
    * "User menu -> View manual page" doesn't do coloring (#3243)


Version 4.8.12

- 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, #3177)
    * Launch external editor/viewer without passing line number (#3117)
    * Exit without confirmation by default (#3132)
    * Simple user-friendly skin selector (#2165, #3178)
    * Use Joliet and RockRidge in ISO9660 image view action (#3187)

- VFS

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

- Editor

    * Configurable selection reset on CK_Store (#3111)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3113, #3151)
    * Adjust script permissions to installed ones (#2274)
    * Fix name of FSF in add source files (#3167)
    * Skin cleanups (#3180, #3184)
    * Do not consider "String not found" message as error (#3179)

- 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)
    * Popup dialogs wander upwards upon resize (#3173)
    * 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)
    * FISH VFS: remote panel confused by filenames with '%' (#2983)
    * iso9660: xorriso shows only one depth (#3122)
    * Nicedark skin looks bad on black-on-white terminals (#3154)
    * Incorrect definition of "topmiddle" and "bottommiddle" characters (#3183)


Version 4.8.11

- Core

    * Live update of panels size when editing layout (#3060)
    * Support "Compute totals" option in move file operation (#2075)

- VFS

    * rpm extfs
        - show dependency version (#2812)
        - support tar payload (#3064)
        - improve support for EPOCH tag (#1588)
        - add support for PREINPROG/POSTINPROG/PREUNPROG/POSTUNPROG, VERIFYSCRIPTPROG and TRIGGERSCRIPTS/TRIGGERSCRIPTPROG tags (#1588)

- Editor

    * Support "bracketed paste mode" of xterm (#2661)
    * Clarify Java syntax highlighting (#3057)

- Misc

    * Print warnings about unknown '--with-' / '--enable-' configure options (#3029)
    * Code cleanup and refactoring (#3051, #3066)

- Fixes

    * FTBFS on GNU Hurd (#3053, #3071)
    * Segfault while moving files (#3059, #3105)
    * Broken handling of mc command line arguments (#3047)
    * Copy/move doesn't work if num_history_items_recorded=0 (#3076)
    * No subdir path completion in current dir, if stub is not starting with './' (#3018)
    * Deprecated "find -perm +xxx" syntax is used (#3089)
    * Home, End, Shift-Fn keys don't work in tmux (#2978)
    * Improper [en|dis]abling of layout dialog split adjustment buttons (#3061)
    * Bogus strings in 'Confirmation' config dialog (#2271)
    * "Configure options" first entry not highlighted (#3084)
    * "Setup saved to ~/.config/mc/ini" message is misleading (#3096)
    * F3 doesn't work on .so files in FreeBSD 9.x (#3101)
    * Typo in mc.lib: "less=%filename +%linenog" instead of "+%lineno" (part of #3044)
    * Wrong order of filename and line number for external editor (part of #3044)
    * mcedit: tabs are lost when text is pasted (#1797 as part of #2661)
    * mcedit: question on large file treats Escape as Yes (#3107)
    * Broken case-sensitive search in editor/viewer/diffviewer (#3069)
    * Changes to files in nested .zip archives are lost (#3070)
    * Incorrect handling of filenames with spaces with unrar v5 (#3073)
    * iso9660 VFS: filenames truncating in ISO file listing (#3091)
    * vfs_path_from_str_flags() doesn't support VPF_STRIP_HOME (#3098)
    * Bright colors are used as background colors in 16-color skins (#3050)
    * Various defects in documentation (#3052, #3092)


Version 4.8.10

- Core

    * Do not link GModule if it is not required (save space on embedded systems) (#2995)
    * Behavior of the 'Right' key in the 'Directory hotlist' was changed: now 'Right' key is used only to enter into the group (#3045)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#3035)

- Fixes

    * Build failure on Cygwin (#3041)
    * Broken NCurses detection (#3043)
    * Broken handling of mc command line arguments (#3047)
    * Cannot enter into zip archive in tar one (#3034)
    * Cannot open some jar files
    * mcedit: file descriptor leak (#3040)
    * mcedit: paragraph format doesn't respect multibyte characters (#2713)
    * Crash after entering a wrong SFTP password (#3036)


Version 4.8.9

- VFS

    * extfs: support unrar-5 (#3015)
    * extfs: use xorriso (if exists) for writing into ISO images (#3027)

- Editor

    * Support unlimited file size (#1743)

- Misc

    * Lot of code cleanups (#2990, #2071, #2164, #2998, #3003, #3005, #3022)
    * Display additional info while viewing (by F3) *.iso files (#2006)
    * New skins:
        - modarin256: set of 256-color skins from Oliver Lange (#2737)

- Fixes

    * Fail to link if system lib does not contain strverscmp (#2992)
    * Segfault when mc's temporary directory doesn't belong to the correct user (#3021)
    * Race condition when creating temporary directory (#3025)
    * Mouse doesn't work in screen and tmux (#3011)
    * Incorrect file size in copy/move overwrite query dialog (#3000)
    * Garbage in subshell prompt (#3001)
    * Incorrect WLabel redraw after text change (#2991)
    * Find File: "All charsets" options don't work (#3026)
    * When an unknown key is pressed, it is interpreted as garbage (#2988)
    * Segfault on creating new file in external editor (#3020)
    * Rotating dash is not removed when mc finishes reading the directory (#2163)
    * mcedit: word completion failed if word to be completed is begun from begin of file (#2245)
    * mcview: broken switch between raw and parse modes (#2968)
    * Hex viewer: continue search doesn't work (#2706)
    * sftpfs: broken SSH aliases (#2923)


Version 4.8.8

- Core

    * Make copy/move progress dialog window wider up to 2/3 of screen width (#2076)
    * Ask file name before create new file in editor (#2585)
    * Support newer extended mouse protocol SGR-1006 instead of URXVT-1015 (#2956)
    * Allow skip directory scanning before file operation. Print directory count and size in addition to directory name (#2101)
    * Add jump support to target line in some external editors and viewers (#2206)

- Editor

    * Update syntax highlighting:
        - Jal programming language (#2855)
        - gplink configuration files (.lkr extension) (#2855)
        - Makefile with .mak extension (#2896)
        - ZSH configuration files (#2950)
        - Fortran (#2962)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#2944, #2954)
    * Report real compiler in MC_CHECK_ONE_CFLAG instead of 'gcc'
    * Hints files now translated via Transifex (#2980)

- Fixes

    * Segfault in file operation due to unhandled regexp error (#2493)
    * Tab completion vs. spaces and escaping (#55)\
    * Special chars are not escaped in autocompletion of filenames (#2626)
    * Buttons in the 'Directory hotlist' window are placed incorrectly (#2958)
    * Mouse doesn't select text in subshell in native console (#2964)
    * Mouse click below non-droppeddown menubar activates menu box (#2971)
    * Insufficient quoting and wrong message in user menu (#2947)
    * mcedit: floating point exception (division by zero) (#2953)
    * mcedit: broken autocompletion (#2957)
    * mcview: broken magic mode (#2976)
    * Broken opening of .war archives (#2974)


Version 4.8.7

- Core

    * Minimal GLib version is 2.12.0
    * Implementation of suspend/resume in copy/move file operations (#2111)
    * Start of widget subsystem reimplementation (#2919)

- VFS

    * uc1541 extfs plug-in updated up to version 2.5 (#2935)

- Editor

    * Reset selection after text paste (only in non-persistent selection mode) (#2660)
    * Don't indent blank lines (#303).
    * Add .psgi as Perl syntax highlighting (#2912)
    * Place cursor after inserted chars (#319)
    * Add option in ini file to save spelling language (spell_language=NONE for disable aspell support) (#2914)

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#2888, #1950)
    * Minimal "check" utility version is 0.9.8
    * Remove the empty contrib/dist/debian/ since it maintained separately in Debian (#2871)
    * mc.ext updates:
        - add support of SVG images (#2895)
        - add support of .asm file extension (#2892)
        - add support of .hh file extension (#2892)
        - all file extension for source files now are case insensitive (#2892)
        - add support of JNG and MNG images (#2893)
        - add support of Gnumeric's spreadsheets (#2894)
        - add support of .war archives (#2891)
        - make a choice between arj and unarj archivers (#2890)
        - make a choice between 7z and 7za archivers (#2890)
        - add support of ape, aac and wvm4a media formats (#2767)
        - add support of cbr and cbz comic books (#2739)
        - add support of epub e-book format (#2739)
        - add support of PAR archives (#2739)
        - use libreoffice instead of ooffice, if found, to open ODT files (#2723)
        - use dvicat if dvi2tty not found to view DVI files (#1686)
        - use 'see' utility as default pdf viewer, if found (#1686)
        - use 'see' utility to view images in console (#1686)
    * Highlight OGV files as media (#2934)
    * Added new translations:
        - Persian (fa)
        - Croatian (hr)

- Fixes

    * Build failure on Cygwin (#2917)
    * Fail to check ncurses library if --with-ncurses-inc and --with-ncurses-libs options are used (#2926)
    * Crash on Solaris while trying to copy a file (#2906)
    * CVE-2012-4463: Does not sanitize MC_EXT_SELECTED variable properly (#2913)
    * Attributes of existing directories are never preserved when copying (#2924)
    * Broken path completion on paths starting with ~/ (#2898)
    * Terminal settings are not changed when window is resized (#2198)
    * Enter into symlink to compressed patch shows empty patch (#2910)
    * Test failure on Cygwin due to incorrect linkage flag (#2918)
    * Non-portable test (#2883)


Version 4.8.6

- Fixes

    * mcedit: two-columns extra offset of cursor after tab character (#2881)
    * diffviewer: cannot open file if name contains '$' (#2873)


Version 4.8.5

- Core

    * Implemented case-insensitive patterns in mc.ext bindings (#2250)

- Editor

    * Code refactoring and cleanup (#1977)

- Diff viewer

    * Bidirectional merge (F5 merge left-to-right, F15 - merge right-to-left) (#2863)

- Misc

    * Syntax highlighting news and updates:
        - update assembler.syntax: x86 AMD64 registers highlighting (#2542)
        - new cmake.syntax: preliminary and incomplete syntax file for CMakeLists.txt files (#2084)
        - new dlink.syntax: syntax highlighting for D-Link switches command set (#2649)
        - update properties.syntax: more nice look-and-feel (#1869)
    * mc.ext enhancement (#2103):
        - use chm_http text-mode handler for CHM files
        - play sounds only from videos in text mode
        - use pdftotext -layout -nopgbrk switches
        - try to use elinks before links for HTML
        - soffice2html text-mode handler for SXW files
        - wvHtml text-mode handler for doc files
        - xlhtml text-mode handler for XLS files
        - ppthtml text-mode handler for PPT/PPS files
        - open=view+pager fallback (noX) for PostScript, PDF, OD[PST] and DVI
        - standardized $DISPLAY checks
    * File extension support:
        - SQLite database files (#2103)
        - compiled Java files (*.class) (#2103)
        - m4a for MP4 containers with audio data in the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) or its own Apple Lossless (ALE, ALAC) formats (#2869)
        - .ogm extension was deprecated in favor of .ogv (#2664)

- Fixes

    * Bad EXTHELPERSDIR substitution if --prefix is not set (#2849)
    * Partially broken loading of user-defined keymap file (#2848)
    * Enter on directory named '~' goes to the home one (#2874)
    * Cannot Copy/Move files with filename encoding change (#2791)
    * Cannot view compressed files named like log.1.gz (with digit in name) (#2852)
    * Panel is not refreshed if panel history is called using mouse (#2854)
    * Duplicate entities in panel with 'tree view' mode (#2835)
    * Broken synchronization with filelist and tree panels (#2862)
    * Standalone mcedit doesn't load saved file position (#2853)
    * mcedit segfaults when aspell (en) dictionary is not installed (#2856)
    * mcedit segfaults after "Back from declaration" call (#2859)
    * mcedit: unable to save changes in "Safe save" mode(#2832)
    * Segfault when viewing HTML files with "mc -v" (#2858)
    * Broken 'Enter' action on a rpm file containing space character in filename (#2838)
    * extfs: uc1541 broken handling (#2864)
    * mc.ext: OGV format handled as audio (#2869)


Version 4.8.4

- Core

    * Use xdg-open by default in mc.ext.in if present to open files, fallback on current scheme otherwise (#2118)
    * Improve of mouse event handling in dialogs (#2817)
    * Show extended info about compiled-in paths for internal/external macros in the "mc -F" output (2495)

- VFS

    * Added SFTP support (#1535)

- Editor

    * Multieditor: allow edit many files in one mcedit window (#2261, #2839)
    * Aspell support for spell check (#2788)

- Viewer

    * Handle CK_FileNext/CK_FilePrev actions inside mcviewer (#2814)

- Misc

    * Tweak and cleanup of code in case of --disable-charset option usage (#2827)
    * File extension support:
        - .gem - rubygems (#2797)
        - .cpio.xz - compressed cpio archives (#2798)
        - .webm - WebM video (#2746)
        - .lib - gputils artifacts (#2751)

- Fixes

    * Build failure on FreeBSD 6 (#2808)
    * src/filemanager/filegui.c does not compile on Solaris due to missing macros (#2825)
    * Loss of data on copy to full partition (#2829)
    * Crash at Chown command (#2784)
    * Crash when creating relative symlink (#2787)
    * Misinterpretation of dirs as command line arguments (#2783, #2805)
    * Number of panelized files was limited to 127 (#2813)
    * CK_History removes CK_HistoryNext entries (#2313)
    * URL with port was stored wrong in history (#2833)
    * Can't find 00 (zeroes) in patterns in hex search (#2795)
    * Hotkey conflicts in 'Search' dialog (#2843)
    * Error message when entering into compressed tar and cpio archives (#2785)
    * Garbage directory listing in ftpfs (#2800)
    * Incomplete sand256 skin (#2807)
    * mcedit scripts are installed as data files (#1437)
    * Fails to build from source with --enable-tests (#2786)
    * Tests failure on PowerPC,S390,S390x (#2804)
    * Fail to compile if --without-vfs configure option specified (#2834)
    * do_panel_cd: FTBFS with --enable-tests on [kfreebsd-i386,kfreebsd-amd64,ia64,armhf] (#2803)


Version 4.8.3

- Misc

    * Code cleanup (#2780)

- Fixes

    * Broken support of XDG_* shell variables (#1851)
    * Segmentation fault while background copying (#2663)
    * MC ignores second directory argument (#2762)
    * Interpretation of LANG variable needs to be case insensitive (#2386)
    * Cannot copy zero-length files with "Preallocate space" option (#2755)
    * Problem in the Copy operation with unchecked the "Preserve attributes" option (#2278)
    * * Cursor position reset after update when panel is panelized, but doesn't (#2766)
    * File selection reset after exit from the archive in the root (#2776)
    * Hotlist: broken newly added entries if old-style path is present (#2753)
    * Can't rebind Fx keys in the file manager (#2384)
    * "justified" menu alignment (#2756)
    * The last (or single) word of hyperlinks in the interactive help don't act on mouse clicks (#2763)
    * 'cd' command is not working in shell link (#2758)
    * mc hangs on switching screens (#2608)
    * Case sensitive search with SEARCH_TYPE_PCRE is broken (#2764)
    * mcedit can't run w/o file as parameter (#2754)
    * mcedit can't record input char (#2757)
    * mcedit: save file on top of existing directory changes dir's permissions (#2761)
    * Unable to edit gzipped files (#2759)
    * mcedit hangs up on replace with regexp contains '^' or '$' (#1868)
    * Segfault after open incorrect archive (#2775)
    * mcdiff crashes if one panel is not in the listing mode (#2769)
    * The password for vfs sessions remains in input history (#2760)
    * Showing directory sizes is broken in VFS'es (#2765)
    * Stale symlinks in vfs (#2777)
    * Active VFS directories list contain incorrect current path (#2779)
    * Date not set properly in manpage (#2692)
    * Empty texinfo rule in mc.ext (#2774)
    * Test failure if 'HOME' contains trailing slashes (#2768)


Version 4.8.2

- Core

    * Added new flag -X (--no-x11) to allow don't use X11 to get the state of modifiers Alt, Ctrl, Shift (#86)
    * Support of '~' as home dir in 'Start at:' field in 'Find File' dialog (#2694)
    * Support of '~' as home dir in hotlists (#2747)
    * Learn of 'Back Tab' is possible now in 'Learn keys' dialog (#2628)
    * Optional '0x' prefix for hexadecimal search (#2705)
    * Dynamically resize panels (#2465)
    * New bindings (ScrollLeft, ScrollRight) for scroll long filenames in panels (#2731)

- VFS

    * Internal VFS reorganization (#2695)

- Editor

    * Added as.syntax (#2708)

- Viewer

    * Added action bindings for backward search (#2105)

- Misc

    * Added hotkeys for all radio/check-buttons in search/replace dialogs (#2704)
    * New file bindings:
        - .m4v, .ts - video (#2702)
        - djv - DjVu? (#2645)
    * Simplify mc.menu - remove LZMA|LZ and change p7 to 7z (#2703)
    * Updated list of known browsers: gnome-moz-remote mozilla firefox konqueror opera (#2725)
    * Added MC_HOME environment variable to set up home directory of MC (as part of #2738)
    * Lot of code cleanup (#2740)

- Fixes

    * Compile failure of 4.8.1 on xBSD because "Undefined symbols: _posix_fallocate" (#2689)
    * MC deletes the wrong file because of forced panel reload before file operation (#2736)
    * Cannot chdir to directory if directory name contains the dollar sign (#2451)
    * Incorrect panel size after change panel split type (#2521)
    * Wrong total bytes counter for subdirs in copy/move dialog (#2503)
    * Display corruption in panels after window shrink (#2684)
    * Command line is unaccessible from tree panel (#2714)
    * Extra confirmation before delete an empty hotlist group (#1576)
    * Can't open an edit zero-length file from VFS in mcedit (#2710)
    * mcedit crashes when ~/.config is a file (#2738)
    * mcedit: reset selection after END/HOME/PgDn/PgUp (#2726)
    * 'make check' fails on arm and alpha (-z muldefs) (#2732)


Version 4.8.1

- Core

    * Use posix_fallocate64() when copying files/moving to a new mount point (#2610)
    * Faster startup (#2637)
    * Support of extended mouse clicks beyond 223 (#2662)

- VFS

    * Added exit point ("..") at the top of file list (after external panelization) (#275, #278)

- Editor

    * Lex/Flex sources (extension .l) handled by yxx.syntax file. Yacc/Bison syntax completed with all symbols (#1647)
    * Updated syntax files:
        - lua

- Misc

    * Updated skins:
        - sand256 (#2640)
        - xoria256 (#2641)
    * Added ability to move MC config files to specified place instead of multiple places in $HOME (#2636)
    * Added configure option --with-homedir (default value: XDG) (#2636)
    * Respect traditional placement of user preferences on Mac OS X (#2658 as part of #2636)
    * A few useful additions to filehighlight.ini (#2646)

- Fixes

    * Doesn't compile when using --disable-nls (#2639)
    * Can't compile on OpenIndiana (Solaris) (#2643)
    * Moving content of bindings to mc.ext during 4.7 -> 4.8 upgrade breaks mc
    * Free space on filesystems >2TB is not displayed properly (#2338)
    * Not all errors are skipped after "Ignore all" choose (#71)
    * Input field in password mode is fully masked with asterisks (#2653)
    * In "Copy File" dialog the "preserve Attributes" checkbox is always unchecked for filesystems mounted with FUSE (#2254)
    * Command line cursor misplaced after a resize in viewer/editor (#2678)
    * Save of some learned keys is broken (#2676)
    * Editor sometimes shows two dots instead of letter (#2372)
    * Editor: word completion should ignore the current word (#2614)
    * Viewer sometimes shows two dots instead of letter (#1730)
    * Viewer shows two dialogs when searcj hot found (#2677)
    * Cannot navigate over spftp servers (#2634)
    * mc adds spaces at the beginning of all files/dirs on ftp servers (#2635)
    * VFS: broken SMB (#2652)
    * man page lies about mc.keymap (#2675)
    * mc does not preserve file mtime when copying over ssh (#2625)


Version 4.8.0

- Misc
    * Code cleanup (#2620)
    * License version updated to GPL3+ (#1551)
    * Added new translation:
        - Interlingua

- Fixes
    * Viewer: cursor position is not restored in hex mode (#2543)
    * fish: broken panels drawing after entering password (#2611)
    * fish: content of modified file is appended instead of overwritten in the remote host (#2632)
    * extfs: broken navigation in archives if current path is encoded (#2621)
    * extfs: strange error message when opening a 7z file if p7zip is not installed (#2598)


Version 4.8.0-pre2

- Core

    * Added -g/--oldmouse option to support of NORMAL/BUTTON_EVENT mouse type (useful for screen/tmux) (#2601) 

- VFS

    * New extfs plugin: gitfs (#2467)
    * patchfs enhancement: join several hunks of the same file into one VFS entry (#2573) 

- Misc

    * mc.ext: use "include" for $EDITOR entries (#1689)
    * New file bindings:
        - .3gp - video (#2583) 

- Fixes

    * Cannot compile 4.8.0-pre1 and 4.7.5.3 on Solaris (#2587)
    * Recent autoconf displays warnings about missing AC_LANG_SOURCE (#2589)
    * Duplication of variable declarations (#2576)
    * Incorrect TTY layer initialization (#2601)
    * Wrong Backspace key behavior in QuickSearch mode if BS key is mapped to CdParentSmart action (#2522)
    * M-o works unexpectedly on symlink shortcuts (#2590)
    * Panelize doesn't honour current sorting (#2175)
    * Hintbar jumps to the top of the screen and overwrites main menu (#2593)
    * File size column is bogus for widths above 9 (#2580)
    * Hex search: incorrect length usage in hexadecimal search (#2579)
    * Editor: Incorrect Pascal syntax highlighting (#2531)
    * Editor: mouse clicks are ignored on the bottom line (#2591)
    * Editor: extended keybingings are broken (#2586)
    * Viewer: Fixed search finds bold/underlined strings twice and highlight search results (#265)
    * Broken listing in ExtFS VFS module (#81)
    * File name length is limited in tar archive (#2201)
    * Crash when copying symlink over ssh (#2582)
    * Broken panels recode (#2595)
    * ftp failures - leading white space in file name (#2594)
    * FISH hangs while copiyng a lot of small files (#2605)


Version 4.8.0-pre1

WARNING: Configuration files was moved from your $HOME/.mc directory into
XDG_CONFIG_* directories to respect FDO standard
(https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/0.7/).
To get more information, see ticket #1851.

WARNING: VFS paths now handled as vfsprefix1://vfsdata/vfsprefix2://vfsdata
(see #2361). Also, 'bindings' user file was renamed to 'mc.ext', so you need
search in this file all

    Open=file.ext#vfsprefix

and replace them to

    Open=file.ext/vfsprefix://

After this you should rename your 'bindings' file to 'mc.ext'.
Old-style paths are handled just in 'Directory hotlist' dialog, but you couldn't
mix URL-like and old style path elements in one path string. Support of old-style
paths will be removed in next major release (probably in 4.9, who knows...)

WARNING: keybinding names was renamed to provide some unification (see #2511).
The correspondence of old and new keybinging names are described in doc/keybind-migration.txt
file and in doc/keybindMigration web page.

Be aware.

- Core

    * Added 256 colours support (#2169, #2173, #2475)
    * Changed default text in filtered view (alt-!) to input command line (if not empty)
      or stay old behaviour (current file under cursor) (#2266)
    * Added simple swap mode that means the swap of panel locations, in addition to current swap
      of panel content (#2368)
    * Configuration files now moved to directory specified in XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable (#1851)
    * Panel options are read now from [Panels] section only. [Midnight-Commander] section is not read (#2305)
    * "Show mini info" checkbox was moved from the "Layout" dialog window to the "Panel options" one (#2305)
    * Select files by shift-left/right in file panel (#2534)
    * Added support of skip all errors on multi-file/dir operation (#71)
    * 'Find Files' improvements:
        - support relative ignored directories (#2275);
        - handle of ignored directories in dialog window (#2275);
        - "Search for content" checkbox is enabled by default (#2462)
    * Added hardlinks detection for filehighlight (#2478)
    * Unification of keybind names (#2511):
        - most of keybinding names are changes to unify that names. Table of old and new names
          is available in doc/keybind-migration.txt;
        - improve of key rebinding: previously, to rebind some keys, used must redefine the entire section
          where that bindings are placed in user keymap file. New merge algorithm doesn't require that
          and allows rebind only wanted keys;
        - added --nokeymap command line option to disable external keymaps
    * Sources in 'lib' directory now independent to sources in 'src' one (#2501)
    * Added configure parameter --enable-mclib for build libmc.so shared library (#2501)
    * Added new engine for universal event system (as part of #2501)
    * Optimized loading and saving of configurations and histories (#2541, #2545)
    * Reimplemented i18n support in 'Chmod' dialog window (#2557) 

- VFS

    * VFS structure changes (as part of #2501):
        - moved from lib/vfs/mc-vfs to lib/vfs;
        - split VFS-modules by directories and moved to src/vfs;
        - lib/vfs/vfs-impl.h was merged into lib/vfs/vfs.h
    * VFS now used URL-like paths (#2361)

- Editor

    * New engine of the editor macro (#323)
    * Multiply repeat of the recorded actions (#323)
    * Call external scripts from the editor (#323, #2512)
    * Added REDO action (#25)
    * Group UNDO by action (#27)
    * Selection is not reset after execute user menu (#2463)
    * Vertical selection is not reset after copy/move (#2504)
    * More intuitive word left/right action (now the cursor stop beside EOL/BOL) (#2483)
    * Duble-click marks the current word. Added action MarkWord to mark word, MarkLine
      to mark current line (#2499)
    * Regexp search&replace: support escape sequences in replacement string (#1882)

- Misc

    * Minor enhancement in mc.ext:
    * added -C key to nm utility in View action for static libraries (#2485)
    * New file bindings:
        - .torrent: view using ctorrent (#2562);
        - .mts: handle as videofile (#2566)
    * Added new entries in cedit.menu: "Sort selection", "Upper case", "Lower case"
    * New skins:
        - Xoria256 (#2469)
        - mc-4.6 (#2524)
    * Updated skins:
    * Nice dark (#1791)
    * Added support for check unit test framework (https://check.sourceforge.net) (as part of #2501)
    * Added -F/--datadir-info option to show extended information about used data dirs (#2495)
    * Added --configure-options to easy update & reconfigure existing mc (#2495)
    * Language-specific man pages and hint and help files are not installed
      if mc is built with --disable-nls option (#2514)
    * Added new translation:
        - Esperanto
    * Code cleanup (#2481, #2515, #2518, #2560, #2570)

- Fixes

    * Build failure on DragonFly BSD (#2516)
    * Broken Del & Backspace in dialogs (in locale CP866) (#1634)
    * Screen and input corruption under xterm in non-UTF locales (#1668)
    * Alt-Backspace shortcut doesn't work (#2455)
    * Broken command autocompletion (#2458)
    * Swap panels doesn't respect sort options (#2368)
    * File list format of panel is initialized incorrectly after switch back from quick view
      or info mode to file list one (#2390)
    * Main menu is not drawn correctly after change of it visibility and activity (#2466)
    * MC switches to left panel after call of command history using mouse (#2459)
    * Find file: don't check content regexp if search for content is not used (#2464)
    * Find file: broken lynx-like navigation in panelization of search result (#2491)
    * Dialog trims leading spaces in input field (#2544)
    * Panelize content is lost when doing F5/F6/F8 on a file on the other panel (#2312)
    * Color of panel header cannot be set in the command line (#2170)
    * ctrl-g key closes file panels (#2520)
    * Incorrect files mark by mouse (#2556)
    * Editor: incorrect restore selection after UNDO (#2456)
    * Editor: segfault after getting the previous char in utf8 (#2484)
    * Editor: incorrect detection of the word boundary (added '{', '}' as end of word) (#2500)
    * Bold and selected colors of viewer cannot be set in the command line (#2489)
    * Viewer: fixed  incorrect starting offset for 'search again' (#2294)
    * Viewer: fixed problems while displaying UTF-8 manual pages (#1629)
    * Diff viewer: quick left/right movements don't work in non-default key maps (#2509)
    * AI_ADDRCONFIG is not optional for RFC 3493 non-compliant systems (#2401)
    * FTP directories containing @ result severe security risks (eg. deletion of homedir) (#2220)
    * Builtin ftp client can't download files with apostrophe in a file name (#2251)
    * Unable to show FTP listing if password contains # (#2360)
    * FTP: fixed access to file names starting with space (#81)
    * Bashisms in extfs (#2569)
    * Browsing *.deb files is broken with latest Perl (#2552)
    * isoinfo adds ";1" to the end of file name when Joliet without Rock Ridge is used (#2471)
    * patchfs incorrectly works with filenames containing spaces (#2572)
    * cd to ~ processed incorrectly in the command line if more than one space is separating
      the "cd" and "~" (#2120)