MCVIEW(1) GNU Midnight Commander MCVIEW(1)
NAME
mcview - Internal file viewer of GNU Midnight Commander.
SYNOPSIS
mcview [-bcCdfhstVx?] file
DESCRIPTION
mcview is a link to mc, the main GNU Midnight Commander executable.
Executing GNU Midnight Commander under this name requests staring the
internal viewer and opening the file specified on the command line.
OPTIONS
-b Force black and white display.
-c Force color mode on terminals where mcview defaults to black and
white.
-C <keyword>=<fgcolor>,<bgcolor>,<attributes>:<keyword>= ...
Specify a different color set. See the Colors section in mc(1)
for more information.
-d Disable mouse support.
-f Display the compiled-in search paths for Midnight Commander
files.
-t Used only if the code was compiled with S-Lang and terminfo: it
makes Midnight Commander use the value of the TERMCAP variable
for the terminal information instead of the information on the
system wide terminal database
-V Displays the version of the program.
-x Forces xterm mode. Used when running on xterm-capable terminals
(two screen modes, and able to send mouse escape sequences).
COLORS
The default colors may be changed by appending to the MC_COLOR_TABLE
environment variable. Foreground and background colors pairs may be
specified for example with:
MC_COLOR_TABLE="$MC_COLOR_TABLE:\
normal=lightgray,black:\
selected=black,green"
FILES
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp
The help file for the program.
/usr/share/mc/mc.ini
The default system-wide setup for GNU Midnight Commander, used
only if the user's own ~/.config/mc/ini file is missing.
/usr/share/mc/mc.lib
Global settings for Midnight Commander. Settings in this file
affect all users, whether they have ~/.config/mc/ini or not.
~/.config/mc/ini
User's own setup. If this file is present, the setup is loaded
from here instead of the system-wide startup file.
LICENSE
This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the built-in
help of Midnight Commander for details on the License and the lack of
warranty.
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this program can be found at http://ftp.mid-
night-commander.org/.
SEE ALSO
mc(1), mcedit(1)
BUGS
Bugs should be reported to https://www.midnight-commander.org/.
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