1MCDIFF(1)                   GNU Midnight Commander                   MCDIFF(1)
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NAME

6       mcdiff - Internal diff viewer of GNU Midnight Commander.
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USAGE

9       mcdiff [-bcCdfhstVx?] file1 file2
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DESCRIPTION

12       mcdiff  is  a  link  to mc, the main GNU Midnight Commander executable.
13       Executing GNU Midnight Commander under this name requests starting  the
14       internal  diff  viewer  which compares file1 and file2 specified on the
15       command line.
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OPTIONS

18       -b     Force black and white display.
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20       -c     Force color mode on terminals where mcdiff defaults to black and
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23       -C <keyword>=<fgcolor>,<bgcolor>,<attributes>:<keyword>= ...
24              Specify  a different color set.  See the Colors section in mc(1)
25              for more information.
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27       -d     Disable mouse support.
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29       -f     Display the compiled-in  search  paths  for  Midnight  Commander
30              files.
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32       -t     Used  only if the code was compiled with S-Lang and terminfo: it
33              makes the Midnight Commander use the value of the TERMCAP  vari‐
34              able  for the terminal information instead of the information on
35              the system wide terminal database
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37       -V     Displays the version of the program.
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39       -x     Forces xterm mode.  Used when running on xterm-capable terminals
40              (two screen modes, and able to send mouse escape sequences).
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COLORS

43       The  default  colors  may be changed by appending to the MC_COLOR_TABLE
44       environment variable.  Foreground and background colors  pairs  may  be
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47       MC_COLOR_TABLE="$MC_COLOR_TABLE:\
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FILES

52       /usr/share/mc/mc.hlp
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54              The help file for the program.
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56       /usr/share/mc/mc.ini
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58              The  default  system-wide setup for GNU Midnight Commander, used
59              only if the user's own ~/.config/mc/ini file is missing.
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61       /usr/share/mc/mc.lib
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63              Global settings for the Midnight Commander.   Settings  in  this
64              file  affect  all  users,  whether they have ~/.config/mc/ini or
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67       ~/.config/mc/ini
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69              User's own setup.  If this file is present, the setup is  loaded
70              from here instead of the system-wide startup file.
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LICENSE

73       This  program  is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
74       License as published by the Free Software Foundation.  See the built-in
75       help  of the Midnight Commander for details on the License and the lack
76       of warranty.
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AVAILABILITY

79       The   latest   version   of   this   program   can    be    found    at
80       ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mc/.
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SEE ALSO

83       mc(1), mcedit(1), mcview(1)
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BUGS

86       Bugs should be reported to mc-devel@gnome.org
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90MC Version 4.8.7                 November 2016                       MCDIFF(1)
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