FAR Manager

To enable FAR to run linux commands add linux paths to wine environment.
Start regedit then add the following to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment:
PATH=z:\bin;z:\usr\bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.;.SH;.PL;.PY
Note the ;.; above, it's very important for running Linux commands that usually dont have an extension

Disable use of the system copy (in the past it did not report progress back to FAR):
In far type far:config and set System.UseSystemCopy = false
(you could also do it through one of the menus)

Modify sort groups to show hidden files and folders (starting with a dot) below visible ones:
F9 -> Options -> Files hightlighting and sort groups
Set upper sort groups to H- D+ with no mask, then H- D- with no mask
Open the sort modes dialog for the left panel, set "use sort groups" and uncheck sort directories first so that hidden directories don't show above non-hidden files. Repeat for the right panel

Make other drives visible to FAR:
start winecfg, click on drives, do the autodiscover, save and start FAR. Note that sometimes the links to the drives disappear. To fix it and make them permanent click on each of the drives in winecfg, edit something, like a label, and then click ok.

Set linux EOL (0x0A) to be default in the editor instead of Windows' 0x0D 0x0A
Get ESC plugin from here http://plugring.farmanager.com/plugin.php?pid=364
Edit Far Manager\Plugins\ESC\Cfg\esc_abstract.xml and under 'type name="Sources"... and 'type name="Text" set eol value= to amp #x0a;