Public bug reported:
[Impact]
One of upstream developers asked me to backport the new version, which
has many improvements over the current Noble one (2.6.0). Quoting
upstream changelog (unfortunately, there was no changelog entry for
2.6.1):
## 2.6.5 beta (2025-03-30)
* _New:_ Different desktop files for launch WX (GUI) `--notty` and TTY `--tty`
* _New:_ Horizontal panels layout (toggle horizontal-vertical by **Ctrl+,**)
* _New:_ Groups of file masks
* _New:_ "Files highlighting and sort groups" dialog short/full view by
**Ctrl+M**
* _New:_ Customize Size column in panels (all by dialog or **Ctrl+Alt+D**,
symlinks by **Ctrl+Alt+L**)
* More customize dirs/files markers in panels (by dialog or **Ctrl+Alt+M** and
**Ctrl+Alt+N**)
* _New:_ Link item in File menu (in addition to the usual **Alt+F6**)
* File attributes dialog (by **Ctrl+A**): ability to show "uname"/"gname" or
"uid: uname"/"gid: gname"
* _New:_ Chattr / chflags with all flags for single file (in File menu or by
**Ctrl+Alt+A**)
* _New:_ Python-subplugin: copy/paste files via clipboard - wx ONLY version -
with support for gnome clipboard types, works with gnome files/nautilus
* _New:_ At 1st run detect Russian locale
* _New:_ At 1st run show OSC52 info (if need)
* _New:_ Far colors moved to farcolors.ini
* Help actualization and improvements
* Info panel: New EditorConfig block
* _colorer plugin_: Update colorer schemes to v1.2.0.62
* _colorer plugin_: Update colorer library to v1.4.1-24.01.2025
* _Inside plugin_: Add PE format, add png, ogg, m4a and Mach-O support
* _multiarc plugin_: Removed PCRE library dependencies
* _NetRocks plugin_: Explicit SSH algorithms options
* _NetRocks plugin_: Add AWS S3 protocol support (_optional compilation if
AWSSDK installed_)
* _python plugin_: New subplugin **hex editor**
* _python plugin_: Removed debugpy dependencies
* _Temporary panel plugin_: Significant fixes, tweaks and improvements
* optional ability to use icu available on build system or target
* Several bugfixes
## 2.6.4 beta (2024-11-18)
* _New:_ icons and a desktop file for far2ledit
* _New:_ Default Files highlighting with dirs/files markers a la `mc` and `ls
-F`
* _New:_ Panels customization align filenames by marks (by dialog and
**Ctrl+Alt+M**)
* Info panel: add hide/show blocks + additions in file systems info and tuning
git status
* _New:_ **Ctrl-Alt-\\** quick jump to the mount point of the current folder's
file system
* Enable esc expiration if we've got no TTY|X or got TTY|X without Xi (`--ee`
no need more)
* _New:_ Add special commands `edit:<` and `view:<` for grab redirect output
* _New:_ Extend `--nodetect` option to cover win32/iTerm2/kovidgoyal's kitty
modes
* _New:_ Add bash-completion
* _colorer plugin_: Update colorer lib to v1.4.1
* _colorer plugin_: Change logger library
* _multiarc plugin_: Update bundled 7z sources to 2408
* _multiarc plugin_: Update bundled unrar sources to 7.0.9
* _python plugin_: New subplugins
* _python plugin_: Build changes and requirements
* Several bugfixes
## 2.6.3 beta (2024-07-26)
* Several bugfixes
## 2.6.2 beta (2024-07-16)
* _New:_ Case (in)sensitive option for file masks in Find file
* _New:_ Case (in)sensitive option for Compare folders and (De)Select in Panels
* _New:_ Attributes dialog (by **Ctrl+A**) - dynamically show marks (\*) near
changed fields
* _New:_ Option to disable automatic highlights in history lists
* _New:_ Commands History - delete duplicates if Name and Path equal
(customization via System settings)
* _New:_ Datetime format customization via Interface settings
* _New:_ RGB in far2l Palette
* Several bugfixes
There were also some packaging improvements: most notably, there is now
a separate far2l-wx package that provides the graphical interface (added
in 2.6.3~beta+ds-2, improved in 2.6.5~beta+ds-1).
[Scope]
* Backport far2l/2.6.5~beta+ds-2 from Plucky.
* Backport to Noble.
[Other Info]
This is a no-change backport. I tested in a Noble chroot.
** Affects: far2l (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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