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Oct 3, 2016 23:15 GMT  ·  By

A new maintenance release of the open-source and cross-platform GNU Midnight Commander visual file manager in the style of the popular Norton Commander application has been released recently, namely version 4.8.18.

GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.18 brings various new capabilities and improvements to existing functionality and, according to the release notes, it adds syntax highlighting for CUDA and GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language), refactors the widget subsystem, and makes the ALT+Enter, Ctrl+Enter, and Ctrl+Shift+Enter keyboard shortcuts bindable.

Believe it or not, those are all the new features that have been implemented in the GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.18 maintenance update, despite the fact that it was released more than four months after the previous version, namely GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.17. However, there are many bug fixes and improvements.

Better NetBSD and FreeBSD support

For example, GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.18 brings better support for various BSD operating systems, including FreeBSD and NetBSD, addresses multiple memory leaks, makes Filtered View work correctly again, fixes various typos in the main pages, and repairs the broken "--with-subshell=optional" command-line option.

Furthermore, it updates the "Output lines" feature to work again, makes the backward search interruptible, improves support for the GNU screen and Tmux applications so that the subshell output will no longer be lost during window resize, and lets users change directory in the active panel, which for some didn't work correctly.

Last but not least, GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.18 properly handles mouse clicks in the long listing mode, and it no longer terminates bookmarks when attempting to open a file using the "Find File" dialog. A complete changelog has been attached below for your reading pleasure. In the meantime, download GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.18 right now via our website.

MC 4.8.18 Changelog