Using midnight commander: provide your tips.

Technical issues/questions of an intermediate or advanced nature.
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Using midnight commander: provide your tips.

Post#1 by francois » 28 May 2018, 19:35

From a discussion with rava:

@rava:
A little howto on how to use mc command would be appreciated. I never got to be able to use the full power of the beast.

Anyone who is able to use optimally midnight commander is welcome to give some tips.

Thanks.
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Post#2 by ncmprhnsbl » 28 May 2018, 22:50

for starters, here's arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Midnight_Commander

tip1. at the moment there is a bug with vte3 terminals(eg gnome terminal) : the arrow keys don't work(for navigation)
workaround: start mc with: TERM=xterm mc

tip2: if you want to activate a module:
a. select (highlight) the module
b. type: activate %p in the command box(near the bottom)
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Post#3 by Ed_P » 30 May 2018, 21:25

francois wrote:
28 May 2018, 19:35
@rava:
A little howto on how to use mc command would be appreciated. I never got to be able to use the full power of the beast.
HOWTO brief mc howto
Ed

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