continual user requested changes can lead to disaster Designed by a committee ?!
On 12/19/13, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send mc mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. disk usage status in right bottom corner (Konrad Vrba) > 2. Re: mc Digest, Vol 116, Issue 5 (Mike Smithson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:02:38 +0100 > From: Konrad Vrba <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: disk usage status in right bottom corner > Message-ID: > <CAF2Nc0zH_Ew_tbEm44ZS9mJiUiqL0A=iyev1maj6krttyqu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > hello, > > I would like to ask whether it is possible to change the disk status/usage > information, which is displayed in the botom right corner in midnight > commander (sorry if I am not using the correct terminology). > > The information displayed in my MC is free/total free% > > I would prefer to have % of used space, rather than % of free space. It > might seem trivial, but I canot get used to the idea and it still confuses > me. It seems to me logical to see what *is*on my disk, rather than what *is > not*. > > Is there some way to adjust this, so that I can for example see just the > %usage ? > > thanks, > Konrad > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc/attachments/20131219/95c05cbe/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:48:14 -0800 > From: "Mike Smithson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: mc Digest, Vol 116, Issue 5 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-1 > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 04:00:03 -0800, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:05:48 +0000 >> From: James Wonnacott <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Changed behaviour of clicking at the top. >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Dear All, >> >> Sorry to raise this again but it's driving me nuts and I only got one >> reply last time which didn't help. >> >> ####################################################### >> #Warning! if you don't think a mouse is an appropriate# >> #input device to use on mc please don't read any more.# >> #I use a mouse a lot in mc and I like it! # >> ####################################################### >> >> I've been using mc for many years and I love it- thanks! >> >> I've recently installed version 4.8.3 on a few Debian servers I've built >> and found that I can no longer click at the top of a panel to move up- >> it now reverses the sort order instead. >> Now, I really would like to get the old behaviour back- is this >> possible? please! >> >> Thanks, >> >> James. >> > > It's true. I don't use the mouse much, tend to be a keyboard hotkey > kind of guy. But your question got me playing with mc & mouse. The > mouse support seems to be highly improved over the last time (years > ago) that I fiddled with mouse support. > > If you want to change it, the relevant code is in > src/filemanager/panel.c, around line 3645: > > [code] > /* sort on clicked column; don't handle wheel events */ > if (mouse_down && (local.buttons & (GPM_B_UP | GPM_B_DOWN)) == 0 && > local.y == 2) > { > mouse_sort_col (panel, local.x); > goto finish; > } > > /* Mouse wheel events */ > if (mouse_down && (local.buttons & GPM_B_UP) != 0) > { > if (is_active) > { > if (panels_options.mouse_move_pages && (panel->top_file > 0)) > prev_page (panel); > else /* We are in first page */ > move_up (panel); > } > goto finish; > } > [/code] > > Frankly, I like the sort/reverse sort feature. I didn't even know I > could do that. Very handy. Thank you for drawing it to my attention. > > > -- > Peace and Cheer > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > mc mailing list > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > > > ------------------------------ > > End of mc Digest, Vol 116, Issue 6 > ********************************** > _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
