* On 2022 21 Mar 23:30 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 23:07 (UTC-0500): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances > >> of MC are > >> closed, and its ini file is then removed, every setting (except for panels > >> configuration? and hotlist), gets reverted to default on next startup. > > > I've attached the result of that reversion (from buster). The critical > > line is, of course, line 4. I assume that, like me, a long time ago, > > you altered it to auto_save_setup=false. > > Actually the first thing I do with any new instance of MC is set the right > panel > listing to long. I follow that with F9, Options, Configuration, where Auto > save > setup gets deselected, among other changes. :)
And I have Autosave selected in all my installations of mc so IME, the last one to close writes the file. It's not unusual for me to have half a dozen instances of mc running at once! Sometimes I find I had two or three running in the same terminal session. Oh dear... - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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