# mcview(1) - man - phpMan

[MCVIEW(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MCVIEW/1/markdown)                              GNU Midnight Commander                              [MCVIEW(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MCVIEW/1/markdown)



## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mc/1/markdown) 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 Comman‐
              der 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.midnight-commander.org/>.

## SEE ALSO
       [mc(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mc/1/markdown), [mcedit(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mcedit/1/markdown)

## BUGS
       Bugs should be reported to <http://www.midnight-commander.org/>.



MC Version 4.8.27                            August 2021                                   [MCVIEW(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MCVIEW/1/markdown)