
                    The FAR File and Archive Manager
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                     Overview of plugin capabilities
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   FAR Manager is so tightly integrated with its plugins that it is  simply
meaningless to talk about FAR and  not  to  mention  the  plugins.  Plugins
present an almost limitless expansion of the features of FAR.

   Without going into details, some of the capabilities can be noted:

  * syntax highlighting in program source texts.
  * working with FTP-servers (including access through proxy).
  * search and replace in many files at the same time, using regular
    expressions.
  * renaming groups of files with support for complex compound masks
    consisting of substitution symbols and templates.
  * NNTP/SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 clients and sending messages to a pager.
  * working with non-standard text screen resolutions.
  * conversion of texts from one national code page to another.
  * manipulating the contents of the Recycle Bin.
  * Process priority control on local or network PC.
  * Words autocomplete in editor and working with templates.
  * Windows system registry editing.
  * Creating and modifying Windows shortcuts.
  * File and text operations making it more comfortable to use FidoNet.
  * Files UU-encode and UU-decode.
  * WinAmp control and MP3-tags modifying.
  * Quake PAK-files processing.
  * Printers control, both connected to PC and network.
  * Connection and debugging of queries to ODBC-compatible
    databases.
  * RAS service control.
  * External programs executing (compilers, converters etc.) while
    editing text in FAR editor.
  * Windows help files contents displaying (.hlp and .chm)
  * Calculators with different possibilities.
  * Several games :-)
  * Spell checker functions while editing text in FAR editor.
  * Removable drives catalog preparation and much more...

   It is useless to list all the functions provided by FAR and its  plugins,
because this list is constantly growing. As an information source, which can
be used to search for specific plugins, one can recommend:

  - PlugRinG site
    http://plugring.farmanager.com
  - Online forum
    http://forum.farmanager.com
  - USENET echo conference
    news:fido7.far.support
    Google Groups: http://groups.google.ru/groups?hl=ru&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=fido7.far.support
    news:fido7.far.development
    Google Groups: http://groups.google.ru/groups?hl=ru&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=fido7.far.development
  - FidoNet echo conference
    far.support
    far.development
  - Mailing lists
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/plugringenglish
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/farpluginsapi
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/plugring_announce
  - The PlugRinG viewer plugin allows you to view and download all the latest
    plugins directly from FAR.
    http://plugring.farmanager.com/cgi-bin/downld.cgi?Draw=List&Select=PlugIn&SelectPlugIn=259&Lang=Eng

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