On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 14:05:02 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote:
>I am running Trixie. Should have made that clear before.
> What I can't understand is MC would open and browse ZIP files and DEB files
> but would not open PDF files.
> At any rate the offending macro was in the mc.ext.ini files in
On 1/31/25 1:28 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
/tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHELPERSDIR@/doc.sh: not found
It would help if someone were to show us the offending file, though I
don't quite understand why there's something that appears to be either
a shell script or a perl script in /tmp.
Hh
> > > /tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHELPERSDIR@/doc.sh: not found
It would help if someone were to show us the offending file, though I
don't quite understand why there's something that appears to be either
a shell script or a perl script in /tmp.
> > Hhmm, looks like it is looking for doc.s
On 1/31/25 11:21 AM, Frank McCormick wrote:
On 1/31/25 9:42 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Frank,
looks ok here with MC on debian/stable.
Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF
files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see
this:
Enter some *.pdf
On 1/31/25 9:42 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Frank,
looks ok here with MC on debian/stable.
Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF
files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this:
Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer.
I ha
On 1/31/25 9:42 AM, Hans wrote:
Hi Frank,
looks ok here with MC on debian/stable.
Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF
files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this:
Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer.
/tmp
Hi Frank,
looks ok here with MC on debian/stable.
>Upon further investigation, the problem seems restricted to PDF
> files. MC will open ZIP and DEB files. If I run MC in an xterm I see this:
Enter some *.pdf will open it using okular as pdf-viewer.
>
> /tmp/mc-frank/mcextELJ902: 11: @EXTHE
On 1/31/25 7:51 AM, Frank McCormick wrote:
Noticed this morning that Midnight Commander doesn't open zip or pdf
files aaymore. It appears that a variable @EXTDIRHELPER@ is not being
set for some reason. The variable is used in the mc.ext.ini files.
Can anyone help ?
Upon further inve
Joe composed on 2022-06-13 20:03 (UTC+0100):
> I don't know if you know this, but when you close mc the *current*
> version of the config file is re-saved. So if you edited the file in
> mc, the new version will be overwritten.
That's an unfortunate default, not carved in stone. Turn off auto sav
On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 21:21:01 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
> Weaver composed on 2017-11-05 17:55 (UTC-0800):
>
> > David Wright wrote:
>
> >> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
>
> >>> Brian wrote:
>
> >>> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
>
> >>> >> Midni
Weaver composed on 2017-11-05 17:55 (UTC-0800):
> David Wright wrote:
>> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote:
>>> Brian wrote:
>>> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +, Brian wrote:
>>> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
>>> >> does mer
Almost forgot: in mc's "Options" drop-down menu, uncheck "Use
internal editor."
(My taste is to use mc's internal viewer, so I leave that box
checked.)
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Put in your ~/.bashrc lines like this:
export EDITOR="vim.tiny"
export VISUAL=$EDITOR
Exit the current login session and then log in again, or load
the new contents of ~/.bashrc with
$ . ~/.bashrc
Convince yourself that all is well in the environment with:
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On 10/07/2016 06:11 PM, David Wright wrote:
On Fri 07 Oct 2016 at 17:46:15 (-0400), Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
update-alternatives --c
On 10/07/2016 05:58 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:46:15PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
update-alternatives --
On 10/07/2016 05:57 PM, Charlie wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 17:46:15 -0400 Tony Baldwin sent:
Apparently nothing, but when I do update-alternatives to set it, It
shows that vim.tiny is currently the chosen default (visudo uses it)
How do I set $EDITOR if not with update-alternatives?
On 10/07/2016 05:58 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
export EDITOR=vim.tin
I've learned recently whil using this to configure $PATH, Tat this is
going to set it for the current session only.
How can I make it permanent?
thanks,
Tony
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On Fri 07 Oct 2016 at 17:46:15 (-0400), Tony Baldwin wrote:
> On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> >>Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
> >>update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is s
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:46:15PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> > > Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
> > > update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course,
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 17:46:15 -0400 Tony Baldwin sent:
> Apparently nothing, but when I do update-alternatives to set it, It
> shows that vim.tiny is currently the chosen default (visudo uses it)
> How do I set $EDITOR if not with update-alternatives?
After contemplation, my reply is:
I u
On 10/07/2016 05:38 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use
mcedit, its internal editor
What does "echo $EDITOR" sa
On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 05:23:00PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> Why is mc using nano when vim.tiny is set as my editor upon
> update-alternatives --config editor?, and, of course, mc is set to NOT use
> mcedit, its internal editor
What does "echo $EDITOR" say in your shell?
The update-alternative
- Original Message -
From: Charles Schroeder
To: Debian User
Sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:18:58 +1000 (EST)
Subject: MC opens incorrect application from file extension
Just having a problem with MC where I click on a file: file.odg
MC attempts to open it with iceweasel asking what sh
the man page says:
Quit (F10, Shift-F10)
Terminate the Midnight Commander. Shift-F10 is
used when you want to quit and you are using the shell
wrapper.
Shift-F10 will not take you to the last
directory you visited with the Midnight Commander,
instead it will stay at the directory where you
started
the man page says:
Quit (F10, Shift-F10)
Terminate the Midnight Commander. Shift-F10 is
used when you want to quit and you are using the
shell wrapper.
Shift-F10 will not take you to the last
directory you visited with the Midnight Commander,
instead it will stay at the directo
Enrique Morfin wrote:
> It doesn't matter what user is (even root).
> It doesn't matter what Konsole is.
> It doesn't matter what term is.
What shell are you using?
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Laszlo Szathmary wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After a system upgrade my Midnight Commander changed. Until now I used
> vim for viewing (F3) and editing (F4). In my ~/.mc/ini file I still have
> these lines:
>
> use_internal_view=0
> use_internal_edit=0
>
> but now mc always uses its own viewer/editor. How t
On Sunday, 8 January 2006 at 14:45:25 +, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (08/01/06 16:13), Linas Zvirblis wrote:
> > Richard Lyons wrote:
[...]
> >
> > >They are still there...
> > >
> > >bordello:/home/richard# killall -9 mc
> > >bordello:/home/richard# ps ax | grep mc
> > >32642 ?S 0
On (08/01/06 16:13), Linas Zvirblis wrote:
> Richard Lyons wrote:
>
> >I had not even installed debsums!
> >Getting it now.
>
> Some packages do not provide checksums (boo to them!), so on your first
> run debsums can report A LOT of broken packages. It might take very
> long, but I do suggest
Richard Lyons wrote:
I had not even installed debsums!
Getting it now.
Some packages do not provide checksums (boo to them!), so on your first
run debsums can report A LOT of broken packages. It might take very
long, but I do suggest you reinstall all of them. The checksums will be
generate
On Sunday, 8 January 2006 at 15:32:11 +0200, Linas Zvirblis wrote:
> Richard Lyons wrote:
[...]
>
> >console, makes no difference) background is blacked, and a small cursor
> >appears at the end of the first line -- then it freezes and is
> >unkillable. I now have six mc processes showing in ps,
Richard Lyons wrote:
Anyone else had funny behaviour from mc lately? I have a recent sid
install with mc 1:1.6.1-1. It was working yesterday (or maybe the day
before). Today, when I call it, the terminal (xterm, mrxvt, or in
console, makes no difference) background is blacked, and a small cur
> ok it works correctly, even if to do what mc-help says i have to press the
> "Esc" key because the
> M-Tab or C-Tab combination do dimply what they have ever done:
> - switch between windows
> - switch between panels
>
> while the meta keys do not do anything (they are useless like the windows
--- Lorenzo Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
> roberto's comments on mc confusion were as follows:
> # what is "M-Tab" "M-Enter" "C-Enter" and so-on...
> "M-Tab", or Alt-Tab is the mc equivalent to the Tab key in the shell. It does
> command-line completion.
>
> "M-Enter", or Alt-Enter pu
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roberto's comments on mc confusion were as follows:
# what is "M-Tab" "M-Enter" "C-Enter" and so-on...
"M-Tab", or Alt-Tab is the mc equivalent to the Tab key in the shell. It does
command-line completion.
"M-Enter", or Alt-Enter puts the currently s
roberto wrote:
Hi, i'm trying to use mc for file managing and i'm currently stuck at the help
description of mc
where they tell you the shortcuts for "shell command line";
just try to do:
F1 > Contents > Shell Command Line
then you see a list of shortcuts for using command line but i do not un
hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi Debian!
Perusing the choices for ext2 undelete programs, it appears that
midnight commander is by far the best.
mc-4.6.1-pre1 DOES compile:
install libgpm1-dev
install e2fslibs-dev
untar the source into
in ./configure --with-gpm-mouse --with-ext2undel
make
make inst
hugo vanwoerkom wrote:
> Perusing the choices for ext2 undelete programs, it appears that
> midnight commander is by far the best.
> But :-( it does not compile (mc-4.6.0) under the latest sarge.
Midnight Commander 4.6.0 is packaged under Sarge. If you need to build from
source, just download th
Florentin Ionescu wrote:
Is it possible to change in mc M-tab with control-tab for completion?
Thank you,
I don't think so. But you would be better off asking this to the
mailinglist for mc, Pavel Roskin surely knows the answer, but I asked
something similar a while back: the key sequences are
Can you please pass me the result of ldd /usr/bin/mc please ?
Thank you
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote :
» Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 17:45:55 -0600
» From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
» To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
» Subject: Re: mc compilation
» Resent-Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18
Florentin Ionescu wrote:
I am trying to compile mc with ext2undel - apparently default configuration
does not include ext2 undelete feature.
Now, file "/usr/include/linux/ext2_fs.h" does exist, and I also installed
e2fslibs, e2fslibs-dev in order to use option "--with-ext2undel=/usr/lib/libext2fs.
also sprach Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.15.1603 +0100]:
> Since you use rxvt, I'd look at whether or not the two machines have the
> same resources defined.
Yes, they do. The machines are identical. It's the difference of
calling mc locally or through an ssh pty which changes the colo
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 11:03:20PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Mh, i got a little further. the blue colours show up when I access
> mc locally. If I go through an ssh connection within a local
> terminal, the nice colours appear. If I start the terminal remotely,
> the ugly colours show. if i s
mh, so i tried explicitly setting colours. this is the config i came
up with:
base_color=
normal=white,default:
selected=black,white:
marked=yellow,default:
markselect=black,yellow:
errors=red,default:
input=white,default:
reverse=white,black:
gauge=yellow,default
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.14.1740 +0100]:
> and yet, on one machine mc is transparent and the other it has this
> buttugly blue background. i'd like to make that transparent. so
> first i wonder where that's set (considering the machines are
> basically identical), an
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> also sprach Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.14.1907 +0100]:
>> It may have something to do with your $TERM variable. Is it identical on
>> both machines? Is the terminfo database identical?
>
> yes, and yes. it's weird.
>
>> Anyways, just
also sprach Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.14.1907 +0100]:
> It may have something to do with your $TERM variable. Is it identical on
> both machines? Is the terminfo database identical?
yes, and yes. it's weird.
> Anyways, just start the program with "mc -b" which disables color a
Am Fre, 2003-03-14 um 17.40 schrieb martin f krafft:
> i am confused. i have two machines, both run mc 4.5.55-1.2, both
> have rxvt terminals, both have exactly identical /etc/mc/
> hierarchies, both have exactly identical ~/.mc/ hierarchies...
>
> and yet, on one machine mc is transparent and the
Jason Pepas wrote:
hello,
when I start mc from an xterm, it is not in color by default. That is, I have
to use "mc -c" to force use of color.
$TERM is set to "xterm-debian".
is this a bug or a feature?
Try using $TERM set to xterm-color if you have xterm installed.
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On Wednesday 12 February 2003 01:52 pm, Jason Pepas wrote:
> hello,
>
> when I start mc from an xterm, it is not in color by default. That is, I
> have to use "mc -c" to force use of color.
>
> $TERM is set to "xterm-debian".
>
> is this a bug or a feature?
>
> thanks,
> jason pepas
it gets wierd
Am Mit, 2002-11-06 um 01.37 schrieb Matthias Hentges:
> Am Mit, 2002-11-06 um 00.16 schrieb Oliver Fuchs:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using debian woody and I receive this error log but do not know to
> > realize from where it is coming:
> >
> > mc: /dev/gpmctl : Connection refused
> >
> > Does it mean
Am Mit, 2002-11-06 um 00.16 schrieb Oliver Fuchs:
> Hi,
>
> I am using debian woody and I receive this error log but do not know to
> realize from where it is coming:
>
> mc: /dev/gpmctl : Connection refused
>
> Does it mean midnight commander is not able to start gpm?
Wohl eher, dass gpm nicht
Osamu Aoki wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 04:19:36PM +1000, Russell wrote:
> > Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > >
> > ...
> > > Read my tutorial in Chapter 4 "Debian tutorials" in below link.
> >
> > It would be useful to have a hardcopy of that manual. What do you
> > do when your only pc is dead?
> >
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 04:19:36PM +1000, Russell wrote:
> Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >
> ...
> > Read my tutorial in Chapter 4 "Debian tutorials" in below link.
>
> It would be useful to have a hardcopy of that manual. What do you
> do when your only pc is dead?
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals
Osamu Aoki wrote:
>
...
> Read my tutorial in Chapter 4 "Debian tutorials" in below link.
It would be useful to have a hardcopy of that manual. What do you
do when your only pc is dead?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/index.en.html#contents
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:11:29PM +1000, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
>
> Hi,
> It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive
> tool.
>
> I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first
> matching file/folder.
> Is there a similar feature in MC ?
"Joyce, Matthew" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive
> tool.
>
> I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first
> matching file/folder.
> Is there a similar feature in MC ?What does M-key mean is this the sa
"Joyce, Matthew" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> It is so nice to the old Norton Commander cloned as MC, a hugely productive
> tool.
>
> I seem to remember being able to use alt+key in NC to jump to the first
> matching file/folder.
> Is there a similar feature in MC ?What does M-key mean is this the sa
Joris([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> > Just install mc and browse to the docs dir and press F3
> >
> > ya cant live without it :)
>
> I can't ;-) does anyone know an X alternative to it? imho, gmc is not
> worth being called the gnome mc, and xnc is't too user-friendly either.
>
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 02:10:31PM +0200, Joris wrote:
> > Just install mc and browse to the docs dir and press F3
> >
> > ya cant live without it :)
>
> I can't ;-) does anyone know an X alternative to it? imho, gmc is not
> worth being called the gnome mc, and xnc is't too user
Hi!
> I would like that MC remember last directory it was
> in.
I would like to add that env outputs this on a
computer
on which mc works as it should:
mc=
But on my computer it outputs:
mc=() { mkdir -p $HOME/.mc/tmp 2>/dev/null;
chmod 700 $HOME/.mc/tmp;
MC=$HOME/.mc/tmp/mc-$$;
/usr/bin/mc -
* Sándor Bárány <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-08-19 22:45 +0200:
> "Eric G. Miller" wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 06:03:37PM +0200, Sándor Bárány wrote:
> > > rxvt or mc has no problems with 8-bit file name by me. However, the
> > > shell which is used by mc is not able cd to such directories
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 09:59:04PM +0200, Sándor Bárány wrote:
> "Eric G. Miller" wrote:
>
>
> > s/DE_de/de_DE/
> >
> > Me thinks you've got the thing backwards...
>
> Yes, you were right. Thanks. But: mc has now an other problem: Ctrl-o
> does not work as ist should, even if I call it with the
"Eric G. Miller" wrote:
> s/DE_de/de_DE/
>
> Me thinks you've got the thing backwards...
Yes, you were right. Thanks. But: mc has now an other problem: Ctrl-o
does not work as ist should, even if I call it with the menu
F9/Comman/switch Panels off...
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 09:29:33PM +0200, Sándor Bárány wrote:
> "Eric G. Miller" wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 06:03:37PM +0200, Sándor Bárány wrote:
> > > rxvt or mc has no problems with 8-bit file name by me. However, the
> > > shell which is used by mc is not able cd to such directori
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:47:29AM -0700, Mike Pfleger wrote:
> * Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote:
>
> > Probably you need to set the LANG environment variable in either or both
> > /etc/environment and ~/.bashrc. I have "LANG=en_US", but you'll
> > probably want something different. The def
"Eric G. Miller" wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 06:03:37PM +0200, Sándor Bárány wrote:
> > rxvt or mc has no problems with 8-bit file name by me. However, the
> > shell which is used by mc is not able cd to such directories.
> >
> > Is there a way to configure mc or some global shell variable
* Eric G. Miller (egm2@jps.net) wrote:
> Probably you need to set the LANG environment variable in either or both
> /etc/environment and ~/.bashrc. I have "LANG=en_US", but you'll
> probably want something different. The default is "C", which is only
> 7-bit ASCII...
Hey. Sorry to hijack your
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 06:03:37PM +0200, Sándor Bárány wrote:
> rxvt or mc has no problems with 8-bit file name by me. However, the
> shell which is used by mc is not able cd to such directories.
>
> Is there a way to configure mc or some global shell variable to avoid
> this?
Probably you need
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-Original Message-
From: Shaul Karl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 1:41 PM
To: Faheem Mitha
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:Re: mc (Midnight Commander): View (F3) does not work on a .deb
file?
>
&
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > Trying to View (F3) a deb file from within mc (Midnight Commander)
> > gives me a red Error box with the message: `Empty output from child
> > filter'
> >
> > It seems to me that the problem is my respective lines in ~/.mc/bindings:
> >
> > [13
gdanoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: mc (Midnight Commander): View (F3) does not work on a .deb
file?
> > I get the same red boxed error message with F-3, and just a flashing
> > screen with an 'enter'
> > When I q
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 11:28:31AM -0400, Faheem Mitha wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > Trying to View (F3) a deb file from within mc (Midnight Commander) gives me
> > a
> > red Error box with the message: `Empty output from child filter'
>
> Hey, are you actually hitt
> I get the same red boxed error message with F-3, and just a flashing
> screen with an 'enter'
> When I quit mc, the xterm says:
>
> gzip: mpcb_0.4-2_i386.deb: not in gzip format
>
> John
It seems like the file associations are incorrectly set. For example, with
MC I know that if you wish to vi
* On 09-07-01 at 17:29 Faheem Mitha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
+Here quoted text begins+
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > Trying to View (F3) a deb file from within mc (Midnight Commander) gives me
> > a
> > red Error box with the message: `Empty output from child filt
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Trying to View (F3) a deb file from within mc (Midnight Commander) gives me a
> red Error box with the message: `Empty output from child filter'
Hey, are you actually hitting F3 to view a deb file? The correct action,
AFAIK, is to hit enter, and mc will
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Trying to View (F3) a deb file from within mc (Midnight Commander)
> gives me a red Error box with the message: `Empty output from child
> filter'
>
> It seems to me that the problem is my respective lines in ~/.mc/bindings:
>
> [13:14:57 tmp]$ grep -A4
on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:12:48AM +0200, Erdmut Pfeifer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:25:55AM +0200, Ales Jerman wrote:
> > Why is mc in xterm black&white, why there are no colors? Because ls
> > --color does what I asked for, why not mc? (mc-Midnight Commander)
> > Than
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:25:55AM +0200, Ales Jerman wrote:
> Why is mc in xterm black&white, why there are no colors? Because ls
> --color does what I asked for, why not mc? (mc-Midnight Commander)
> Thanks!
whether mc automatically starts up in color mode depends on some
termcap/terminfo settin
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quoting Christopher Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > As an ex Rred Hat user, my midnight commander left me in the current working
> > directory when I F10 out of it. The Debian version dumps me back to
> > the original directory. Is there any way to conve
On 31-Jul-2000 Christopher Clark wrote:
> As an ex Rred Hat user, my midnight commander left me in the current working
> directory when I F10 out of it. The Debian version dumps me back to
> the original directory. Is there any way to convert my Debian potato MC
> to the redhat style?
> regards
Quoting Christopher Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> As an ex Rred Hat user, my midnight commander left me in the current working
> directory when I F10 out of it. The Debian version dumps me back to
> the original directory. Is there any way to convert my Debian potato MC
> to the redhat style?
man
Patrik Magnusson wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Carsten Hansen) writes:
> > Hi, I use mc frequently ( also to edit textfiles, I'm not a vi guy ), but
> > recently it stopped working.
> Try 'mc.real'.
Better yet, modify the /usr/bin/mc script
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Carsten Hansen) writes:
> Hi, I use mc frequently ( also to edit textfiles, I'm not a vi guy ), but
> recently it stopped working.
Try 'mc.real'.
It gives out some error-messages:
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 11:52:50AM +, Ingo Reimann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i just entered the debian-user mailing list, and wanted to ask for that.
> Thanks!
> But now i get the funny message:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/reimann > mc
> params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/e
Hi,
i just entered the debian-user mailing list, and wanted to ask for that. Thanks!
But now i get the funny message:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/reimann > mc
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/smb.conf":
No such file or directory
Can't load /etc/smb.conf - run
> /usr/bin/mc: fork: resource temporarily not available.
> I found out that the harddisk activity was due to a lot of
> files being created
> in /tmp, 50-100 or so.
> They all looked like this;
> mcX-YY
> with the X's being numbers starting at 20443, looking very
> much like a PID, an
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 10:13:08AM +0200, Jens Carsten Hansen wrote:
> Hi, I use mc frequently ( also to edit textfiles, I'm not a vi guy ), but
> recently it stopped working.
> when I try to start it, the machine hangs for a few seconds, there is a lot of
> harddisk activity, then it exits with;
>
Quoting shaul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Package: mc
> Version: 4.5.1-1.1
>
> I have another mc (midnight commander) question.
> How can I terminate an ftp connection made from within mc ?
> The fact that I can not terminate such a connection at will has 2
> implications for me:
> 1) I am holding an u
On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:36:55 + (GMT), Pere Camps wrote:
>Hi!
>
> Whenever I return from a subshell of 'mc' I get the following
>error:
>
>TIOCLINUX (0/8/9) ioctl is gone - use /dev/vcs
>
> And then mc hangs.
>
> I'm using Debian 2.0 with the latests packages installed. Any hel
Pere Camps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Whenever I return from a subshell of 'mc' I get the following
> error:
>
> TIOCLINUX (0/8/9) ioctl is gone - use /dev/vcs
>
> And then mc hangs.
>
I've the same problem, but only in single user mode. Then not only mc
hangs, but the whole mach
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ferenc Kiraly) writes:
> This may be a stupid question, but is it possible to convince colorize
> MC in a xterm? I don't use MC I'm just curious.
>
Just start it with "mc -c" and it will be in color. Using rxvt this
is default behaviour. It is well documented and if you type
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remco van de Meent) writes:
> There is a .deb file of the latest Midnight Commander (4.1) at
> ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx. For convenience, I put it on
>
>ftp://oloon.student.utwente.nl/pub/linux/misc/
>
> too.
>
The "mc_4.1-0.1_i386.deb" on "ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, David Wright wrote:
[about MC and .deb files]
There is a .deb file of the latest Midnight Commander (4.1) at
ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx. For convenience, I put it on
ftp://oloon.student.utwente.nl/pub/linux/misc/
too.
bye,
Remco
--
// Remco van de Meent
//
Peter Bodnar wrote:
...
>
> I know this, but learn key don't work correctly...but some weeks ago
> somebody wrote about patch on MC
>
You have to use terminfo file supplied with mc for xterm. It then breaks
all ncurses packages -- dselect, ncftp etc.
(RT mc docs, description of how to
Mirek Kwasniak wrote:
>
> > hi
> >
> > I have a problem with midnight commander under X-windows
> > I know, this was solved here, but I can't find this in mailing archive
> > I can't use function keys F1-F4, if MC is running under Xterm
> > Can anybody help me? (or can anybody tell me, whe
> hi
>
> I have a problem with midnight commander under X-windows
> I know, this was solved here, but I can't find this in mailing archive
> I can't use function keys F1-F4, if MC is running under Xterm
> Can anybody help me? (or can anybody tell me, where in mail archive I can
> found s
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Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I suppose you run Debian-1.3.1 with XFree86-3.3!? If this is the case
> then you have to manually replace the 'xterm' binary found from the
> XFree86-3.3 xbase package with the one in the XFree86-3.2 xbase
> package. T
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (tyc) writes:
> My Midnigth Commander don't work well.
>
> F1,F2,F3, and F4 don't make their functions. Why?
>
> What can i do to solve this problem in my spanish keyboard
>
I suppose you run Debian-1.3.1 with XFree86-3.3!? If this is the case
then you have to manually replac
On 6 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Troup) writes:
>
> > It's Debian policy (afaik) that as little as possible should go into
> > stable after release, and *definitely* as little as possible, if any,
> > new upstream releases.
> >
> This is very wise but i'd expect as w
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