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New release of the GNOME file manager

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 25, 1999

Miguel de Icaza writes:

Hello,

Version 4.5.21 of the GNOME file manager has been released. Only
bug fixes this time.

* Where

ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/mc

ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx/linux/local/devel

* What is new

Here is a list of the bugs fixed and the new features in
4.5.21:

– I changed the version number 🙂

– Icons changing randomly bug has been fixed. Reminder to
hackers: const is a useful tool.

– Desktop devices are fixed (various different bugs were
reported about this, in various shapes, they were all caused
because I had forgotten readlink semantics). Fixed.

– More artwork from Tigert is included.

– New global file: $prefix/etc/mc.global.

You can use this file to configure the directories that gmc
should *not* scan and should *not* even try to scan.

We already had support for various popular formats, now a
sysadmin can configure this for all the users on the system.

Enjoy,
Miguel.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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