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Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:36 am
by rbon
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Mod note: the present topic initial posts where split from the Extreme topic, where the quote below was originally posted;
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Midas wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:38 am
tactictoe wrote:Nice software remembering me the old dos 6.1 and all the commander console binaries.
FYI, this kind of tool is quite standard in the
Linuxverse -- e.g., see
Midnight Commander (
http://www.midnight-commander.org/; screenshot below)...
and
Midnight Commander rel. 4.8.24 released at May 21, 2020
Features
Windows XP+/32 bit native port of GNU Midnight Commander, based on the current 4.8.24 development stream.
Supports both the recent Windows 10 plus the prior legacy console, 16 and 256 colour modes are available within either.
Midnight Commander (also known as mc) is a free cross-platform orthodox file manager and a clone of Norton Commander.
Features include the ability work with common archive formats as if they were simply another directory, and to function as an SFTP/FTP client. Midnight Commander also includes an builtin editor/viewer, features include syntax highlighting for many languages, macros, code snippets, simple integration with external tools, automatic indentation, mouse support, clipboard and the ability to work in both ASCII and hex modes.
Midnight Commander can also rename groups of files, move files to a different directory at the same time as it renames them. It lets the user specify the original and resulting file names using wildcard characters.
In short
• filemanager
• windows console (16 and 256 color)
• portable
Links
• Midnight Commander web site:
https://midnight-commander.org/
• Sourceforge project and download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/
• Sourceforge download page:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/
• Sourceforge direct download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin3 ... e/download
• GitHub project page and source repository:
https://github.com/adamyg/mcwin32
• Softpedia:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/File-mana ... nder.shtml
Note_1
latest build for release 4.8.24 is named 'mcwin32-build217-setup.exe' and it a package build with Inno Setup Compiler.
You can extract the installer with
InnoEx 0.9.2 https://www.softpedia.com/get/Programmi ... noEx.shtml but update it with last build of Inno Setup Unpacker (rel. 0.50) from Sourceforge.net
https://sourceforge.net/projects/innoun ... r/download
-> extract all {app} and its subfolders
-> do not extract the content of folder 'embedded\'
Note_2
not verified if is stealth.
Re: Midnight Commander
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:06 am
by rbon
@webfork
Do You can copy previous two post (Midas #3 + rbon #7) in a new discussion with name 'Midnight Commander' ?
Thanks
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:20 am
by vevy
Midnight Commander is not portable (%USERPROFILE%\Midnight Commander).
Also, it probably belongs to the CLI submissions.
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:30 pm
by webfork
vevy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:20 am
Midnight Commander is not portable (%USERPROFILE%\Midnight Commander).
Also, it probably belongs to the CLI submissions.
Thanks for checking -- I'll bump this over
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:14 am
by h3kt0r
In the same vein, you also have the fully portable "
Kulak Commander".
Works under Win XP.
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:45 am
by rbon
vevy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:20 am
Midnight Commander is not portable (%USERPROFILE%\Midnight Commander).
Maybe
Midas can create a yaP launcher for 'Midnight Commander for Windows' (I'm not very good with yaP) and put them in
List of programs made portable by yaP viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22138.
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:12 am
by lintalist
Other File Managers
1.
Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions:
https://farmanager.com/
2abc.
DOS Navigator - a comprehensive shell for MS-DOS.
https://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/dn/ (DOS only, e.g. for use with
DOSBox)
Freeware open-source product. Other Products Based on Dos Navigator
- Dos Navigator Open Source Project
http://www.dnosp.com/ (Works on Windows, OS2)
- Necromancer's Dos Navigator
http://ndn.muxe.com/ (Windows)
3.
Volkov commander v4.99.08a (alpha version is free to use)
Volkov Commander is purely written in assembly language, and is thus very small and fast.
"Beta version (4.99.xx), of course, can be tested for free, because in this stadium of development it does not yet represent a complete program."
Background info
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkov_Commander
https://vvv.kiev.ua/download/
(DOS only, e.g. for use with
DOSBox)
Edit: highlight DOS only 2a, 3
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:28 pm
by vevy
Just to emphasize:
- DOS Navigator and Volkov commander are DOS programs. They won't run on any modern Windows system.
- Dos Navigator Open Source Project and Necromancer's Dos Navigator do run on Windows.
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:27 am
by lintalist
@vevy right you are, added links to DOSBox
edit: MS DOS Player should work as well
viewtopic.php?t=22963 (for DN at least)
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:49 am
by lintalist
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:19 am
by vevy
Thanks, Lintalist! You might wanna use the new thread "
TUI File Managers" as a central point for CLI/TUI file managers!
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:27 am
by Midas
rbon wrote: ↑Maybe
Midas can create a yaP launcher for 'Midnight Commander for Windows' (I'm not very good with yaP) and put them in
List of programs made portable by yaP viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22138.
Sorry for the late reply (I was absent for season holidays).
As for adding it to the
yaP list, I don't think it's a good idea because that was auto-generated by
tproli to reflect the current content of
yaP's homepage example section (cf.
http://yap.rolandtoth.hu/).
But here's a first draft for
yaP launcher config for
Midnight Commander -- please note, though, that I haven't tested it...
Code: Select all
; configuration file for yaP v0.7.1.5 (http://yap.rolandtoth.hu/)
; application name: Midnight Commander for Windows
; version: v4.8.24
; website: https://midnight-commander.org/
[GENERAL]
application = app\mc.exe
[BEFORE]
dir = %USERPROFILE%\Midnight Commander
...
Re: Midnight Commander for Windows
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:33 am
by rbon
Midas wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:27 am
But here's a first draft for
yaP launcher config for
Midnight Commander -- please note, though, that I haven't tested it...
Code: Select all
; configuration file for yaP v0.7.1.5 (http://yap.rolandtoth.hu/)
; application name: Midnight Commander for Windows
; version: v4.8.24
; website: https://midnight-commander.org/
[GENERAL]
application = app\mc.exe
[BEFORE]
dir = %USERPROFILE%\Midnight Commander
...
Thank You very much
@Midas. I am sure that it works well.
