Package: mc Version: 3:4.8.33-1.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, both mc and mcedit support opening multiple paths, so their desktop entries can indicate readiness to open dirs and files respectively:
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--- a/debian/mc.desktop 2018-03-04 07:23:38.000000000 +0300
+++ b/debian/mc.desktop 2025-10-29 18:22:34.236897664 +0300
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
Name[zu]=Umyaleli waphakathi nobusuku
Comment=File manager
Comment[pl]=Menedżer plików
-Exec=mc
+Exec=mc %F
Icon=MidnightCommander
Terminal=true
Type=Application
+MimeType=inode/directory;
Categories=ConsoleOnly;Utility;FileManager;System;FileTools;
Keywords=file manager;console;
--- a/debian/mcedit.desktop 2018-03-04 07:23:38.000000000 +0300
+++ b/debian/mcedit.desktop 2025-10-29 18:21:28.301905207 +0300
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@
Comment[wa]=Asspougnî des fitchîs tecses
Comment[zh_CN]=编辑文本文件
Comment[zh_TW]=編輯文字檔
-Exec=mcedit
+Exec=mcedit %F
Icon=MidnightCommander
Terminal=true
Type=Application
+MimeType=text/plain;
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;
Keywords=editor;console;text;
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.16.12+deb14+1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_AUX
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages mc depends on:
ii libc6 2.41-12
ii libext2fs2t64 1.47.2-3+b3
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.86.1-1
ii libgpm2 1.20.7-12
ii libslang2 2.3.3-5+b2
ii libssh2-1t64 1.11.1-1
ii mc-data 3:4.8.33-1.1
Versions of packages mc recommends:
ii mailcap 3.75
ii perl 5.40.1-6
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
ii unzip 6.0-29
Versions of packages mc suggests:
ii 7zip [p7zip-full] 25.01+dfsg-3
pn antiword <none>
pn arc | arcanist <none>
pn arj <none>
ii binutils 2.45-8
ii bzip2 1.0.8-6
pn cabextract <none>
pn catdoc <none>
pn clzip | lunzip | lzd | lzip | lziprecover | minilzip | p <none>
dlzip | plzip
ii cpio 2.15+dfsg-2
pn ctorrent <none>
pn dbview <none>
pn default-jdk-headless <none>
pn djview4 <none>
pn djvulibre-bin <none>
pn elinks <none>
pn epub-utils | ncbi-entrez-direct <none>
ii evince [pdf-viewer] 48.1-4
pn exif <none>
ii file 1:5.46-5
pn genisoimage <none>
ii gettext 0.23.1-2+b1
ii ghostscript 10.06.0~dfsg-3
pn glade <none>
pn gputils <none>
ii groff-base 1.23.0-9
pn gv <none>
ii imagemagick 8:7.1.2.8+dfsg1-1
ii imagemagick-7.q16 [imagemagick] 8:7.1.2.8+dfsg1-1
pn info <none>
pn jlha-utils | lhasa <none>
pn kchmviewer <none>
pn libaspell-dev <none>
pn libbatik-java <none>
pn libchm-bin <none>
pn liblz4-tool <none>
ii libxml2-utils 2.15.1+dfsg-0.3
pn links2 <none>
ii lynx 2.9.2-1
pn lyx <none>
ii man-db 2.13.1-1
pn mikmod <none>
pn mpg321 <none>
pn mplayer <none>
pn odt2txt | unoconv <none>
pn par2 <none>
pn poedit | potool <none>
ii poppler-utils 25.03.0-11.1
pn procyon-decompiler <none>
ii python3 3.13.7-1
pn python3-boto <none>
ii python3-tz 2025.2-4
pn rar <none>
ii rpm 4.20.1+dfsg-3
pn sox <none>
pn sqlite3 <none>
pn texlive-binaries <none>
pn timidity <none>
pn unace | unace-nonfree <none>
pn unalz <none>
pn unar <none>
ii unrar 1:7.1.10-3
pn vorbis-tools <none>
pn wimtools <none>
pn wv <none>
pn xpmutils <none>
ii xz-utils 5.8.1-2
ii zathura-pdf-poppler [pdf-viewer] 0.3.4-1
ii zip 3.0-15
ii zstd 1.5.7+dfsg-2
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