<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
(	O
short	O
for	O
File	O
and	O
ARchive	B-Application
Manager	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
orthodox	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
is	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
Norton	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
uses	O
the	O
Win32	B-Application
console	I-Application
and	O
has	O
a	O
keyboard-oriented	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
although	O
limited	O
mouse	O
operation	O
,	O
including	O
drag-and-drop	O
,	O
is	O
possible	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
Eugene	O
Roshal	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
under	O
development	O
by	O
the	O
Far	O
Group	O
since	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
Unicode	O
branches	O
(	O
2.0	O
and	O
3.0	O
)	O
are	O
open-source	B-Application
(	O
under	O
the	O
BSD-3-Clause	B-Operating_System
license	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
is	O
often	O
viewed	O
as	O
a	O
very	O
customizable	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
Total	B-Language
Commander	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
features	O
an	O
internal	O
viewer	O
and	O
editor	O
,	O
customizable	O
user	O
menus	O
,	O
tree	O
views	O
,	O
file	O
search	O
,	O
compare	O
,	O
integrated	O
help	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
task	O
switcher	O
for	O
its	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
standard	O
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
expanded	O
with	O
macros	O
(	O
which	O
allow	O
scripting	O
)	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
's	O
default	O
interface	O
combines	O
two	O
file	O
panels	O
with	O
a	O
command	O
prompt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
panels	O
and	O
the	O
command	O
prompt	O
are	O
both	O
active	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
(	O
they	O
are	O
interacted	O
with	O
using	O
different	O
keys	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
features	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
using	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
(	O
the	O
key	O
bar	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
displays	O
the	O
function	B-Application
key	I-Application
actions	O
for	O
the	O
currently	O
held	O
down	O
modifier	B-Device
keys	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	O
's	O
standard	O
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
greatly	O
extended	O
with	O
macros	O
(	O
written	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
primarily	O
used	O
to	O
record	O
keypress	O
sequences	O
)	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
plugins	B-Application
installed	O
by	O
default	O
include	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
Windows	O
network	O
,	O
extensible	O
archive	B-Application
file	I-Application
support	O
and	O
temporary	O
panel	O
(	O
sandbox	O
)	O
virtual	O
file	O
systems	O
,	O
a	O
process	O
list	O
,	O
print	O
manager	O
,	O
filename	O
case	O
converter	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
editor	O
plugins	B-Application
to	O
format	O
,	O
wrap	O
,	O
and	O
otherwise	O
alter	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
are	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
PlugRing	O
repository	O
and	O
plugin	B-Application
announcement	O
forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
popular	O
plugins	B-Application
include	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
search	O
and	O
replace	O
(	O
both	O
in	O
the	O
text	O
editor	O
and	O
across	O
multiple	O
files	O
)	O
,	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
and	O
auto-completion	O
for	O
the	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
SFTP/SCP	O
and	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Registry	I-Protocol
virtual	O
file	O
systems	O
,	O
7-zip	B-Language
integration	O
,	O
a	O
hex	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
a	O
picture	O
viewer	O
(	O
which	O
overlays	O
a	O
DirectX	O
surface	O
over	O
Far	O
's	O
console	O
window	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wrappers	O
are	O
available	O
which	O
allow	O
using	O
some	O
Total	B-Language
Commander	I-Language
plugins	B-Application
with	O
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	B-Application
can	O
be	O
developed	O
using	O
the	O
native	O
C/Pascal	O
API	O
,	O
or	O
using	O
wrappers	O
which	O
permit	O
plugin	B-Application
development	O
in	O
other	O
platforms	O
and	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
.NET	O
(	O
including	O
PowerShell	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Lua	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
far2l	O
project	O
develops	O
port	O
of	O
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
working	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
ported	O
and	O
working	O
plugins	B-Application
are	O
Colorer	O
,	O
MultiArc	O
and	O
TmpPanel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
new	O
NetRocks	O
plugin	B-Application
implementing	O
network	O
connections	O
via	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SCP	B-Protocol
,	O
SMB	O
,	O
NFS	O
and	O
WebDAV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
has	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
beta	O
stage	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
python	O
and	O
lua	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
has	O
been	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
TTY	O
backend	O
can	O
run	O
in	O
any	O
terminal	O
(	O
like	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
xterm	B-Language
)	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
run	O
inside	O
a	O
built-in	O
terminal	O
of	O
GUI	O
mode	O
far2l	O
,	O
gaining	O
capabilities	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
"	O
regular	O
"	O
terminals	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
recognizing	O
all	O
possible	O
keyboard	O
key	O
combinations	O
,	O
even	O
with	O
keyup	O
events	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
extensions	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
running	O
TTY	O
far2l	O
inside	O
an	O
SSH	B-Protocol
client	O
session	O
opened	O
in	O
"	O
host	O
"	O
GUI	O
far2l	O
(	O
or	O
by	O
using	O
SFTP/SCP	O
protocols	O
in	O
NetRocks	O
to	O
run	O
remote	O
far2l	O
via	O
"	O
execute	O
remote	O
command	O
"	O
feature	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
BSD-3-Clause	B-Operating_System
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Far	B-Language
Manager	I-Language
was	O
available	O
as	O
40	O
days	O
shareware	B-License
for	O
everyone	O
except	O
for	O
citizens	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
USSR	O
countries	O
,	O
who	O
could	O
use	O
it	O
as	O
freeware	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
use	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
Unicode	O
development	O
version	O
(	O
1.80	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
to	O
2.0	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
BSD-3-Clause	B-Operating_System
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
May	O
2010	O
the	O
1.x	O
branch	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
BSD-3-Clause	B-Operating_System
license	O
,	O
though	O
without	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
