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Questions tagged [midnight-commander]
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Midnight Commander: what does a * in front of file names mean?
Midnight Commander: what does a '*' in front of file names mean?
Brad Thompson
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More visible space in mc (Midnight Commander) for command lines
I want more space as shown here:
Default mc with active panels has only one line where the user can type commands, I want to see more console output without pressing ctrl + o pressing.
How can I get it?
Yura Shinkarev
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What text do I have to put in mc's File Find text field "Content:"?
Midnight Commander 3.4.8.1 > File Find. What text do I have to put in the »Content:« text field and in the other fields? I tried several settings in the other fields but mc always returned no result. (This is not explained in 'man mc'.) My hope is…
user43816
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How to set up Micro editor as the default editor in Midnight Commander
I want to setup micro as the default editor in Midnight Commander (I was using the default nano). I've installed micro as a snap.
I deleted the file .selected_editor in my home user folder so now it gives me a list of editors each time that I press…
Xavizard Knight
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Midnight Commander - create (standalone/static) package
I would like to create a Midnight Commander package containing the binaries and all related files/folders as the following (this is just an example):
$HOME/{FOLDER}/../mc (this will be a folder or subfolder in my home directory) and below will be…
wolfferine
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HowTo list HotList in Midnight Commander (MC) 4.08.24
This adds my current directory to hotlist:
Ctrl+x > h
But I'm not able to list the hotlist. Read https://linux.die.net/man/1/mc:
C-\ (control-backslash)
show the directory hotlist and change to the selected directory.
I tried it, but it does…
SL5net
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