<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
Midnight	I-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
mc	O
,	O
the	O
command	O
used	O
to	O
start	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
mouseless	O
commander	O
in	O
older	O
versions	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
orthodox	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Miguel	O
de	O
Icaza	O
in	O
1994	O
as	O
a	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
then-popular	O
Norton	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Protocol
Midnight	I-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
project	I-Application
and	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
console	B-Device
application	I-Device
with	O
a	O
text	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
selection	O
is	O
done	O
using	O
arrow	O
keys	O
,	O
the	O
insert	O
key	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
select	O
files	O
and	O
the	O
function	B-Application
keys	I-Application
perform	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
renaming	O
,	O
editing	O
and	O
copying	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
additionally	O
have	O
mouse	B-Device
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
versions	O
are	O
aware	O
of	O
GPM	B-Language
and	O
X	O
terminal	O
emulators	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
GNOME	B-Language
Terminal	I-Language
or	O
xterm	B-Language
)	O
which	O
support	O
mouse	B-Device
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
running	O
inside	O
an	O
X	O
terminal	O
,	O
these	O
versions	O
can	O
update	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
in	O
which	O
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
runs	O
(	O
if	O
allowed	O
by	O
the	O
terminal	O
emulator	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
's	O
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
RPM	B-Application
package	I-Application
files	O
,	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
common	O
archive	O
formats	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
simply	O
another	O
directory	B-Application
,	O
and	O
to	O
function	O
as	O
an	O
FTP	B-Protocol
or	O
FISH	B-Protocol
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
also	O
includes	O
an	O
editor	O
called	O
mcedit	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
program	O
or	O
from	O
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
using	O
the	O
F4	B-Application
key	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
mcedit	B-Protocol
's	O
features	O
include	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
many	O
languages	O
,	O
macros	O
,	O
code	O
snippets	O
,	O
simple	O
integration	O
with	O
external	O
tools	O
,	O
automatic	O
indentation	O
,	O
mouse	B-Device
support	O
,	O
a	O
clipboard	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
both	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
and	O
hex	B-Application
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
also	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
replace	O
mcedit	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
editor	O
of	O
their	O
choice	O
(	O
Options	O
Menu>Configuration>[Don't]	O
Use	O
Internal	O
Edit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
can	O
also	O
rename	O
groups	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
unlike	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
file	B-Application
managers	I-Application
that	O
can	O
only	O
rename	O
one	O
file	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
can	O
also	O
move	O
files	O
to	O
a	O
different	O
directory	B-Application
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
it	O
renames	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
lets	O
the	O
user	O
specify	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
resulting	O
file	O
names	O
using	O
wildcard	B-Algorithm
characters	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
available	O
for	O
renaming	O
files	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
convenient	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
select	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
to	O
use	O
"	O
shell	B-Operating_System
patterns	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
globs	B-Language
"	O
(	O
automatic	O
grouping	O
of	O
wildcards	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Pressing	O
F1	O
would	O
then	O
produce	O
a	O
brief	O
explanation	O
of	O
the	O
options	O
,	O
including	O
examples	O
of	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
wildcards	B-Algorithm
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
versatile	O
text	O
interfaces	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Ncurses	B-Language
or	O
S-Lang	B-Device
,	O
which	O
allow	O
it	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
console	O
,	O
inside	O
an	O
X	O
terminal	O
,	O
over	O
SSH	B-Protocol
connections	O
,	O
over	O
an	O
RS-232	O
interface	O
(	O
for	O
embedded	O
devices	O
)	O
and	O
all	O
kinds	O
of	O
remote	O
shells	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
support	O
for	O
UTF-8	O
locales	O
for	O
Unicode	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
2009	O
to	O
development	O
versions	O
of	O
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
