The problem is that mc does not know how to pass the information about the selected line on to the external editors from $EDITOR or sensible- editor.
** Changed in: mc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/732652 Title: When invoked from Find File, mcedit does not go to the found text -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs