Pavel,
I have tested this release and it does seem to remedy the search bug in
the internal editor. Thanks.
I do have one other question, though. You noticed, probably, that I tried
just now to answer someone's question about how to use the extension file
in MC. I hope I answered his question, but here is one of my own, given
rise to by what I just sent to the other gentleman.
To write my reply to him I mouse-copied something from another window.
Here is the actual result of the mouse-copying, which I edited afterward
to make it look decent.
include/image
#<----->Open=if [ "$DISPLAY" = "" ]; then zgv %f; else (gqview %f &); fi
<------>Open=if [ "$DISPLAY" = "" ]; then zgv %f; else (/usr/bin/display
%f &);
#<----->Open=display %f.
<------>View=%view{ascii} identify %f
<------>#View=%view{ascii} asciiview %f
Notice the <------> things in what I just copied? Well, I edited them out
in the other letter, just now.
I can kindof see why this was introduced. Presumably, it is an indication
that the TAB key has been used while the file from which I copied was
being written. But I am not sure if this is a desirable feature, or not. I
can easily think that, if I want to copy a block of C code from one file
to another using the mouse, I would feel quite frustrated if this is what
actually happens with every line where the tab key got used.
Another example follows, an excerpt from
libgphoto2/camlibs/digigr8/library.c opened with F3 (view)
{"Vivitar Vivicam35", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL, 0x2770,
0x905c},
{"Praktica Slimpix", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL, 0x2770,
0x905c},
{"ZINA Mini Digital Keychain Camera",
GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,
0x2770,
0x905c},
{"Pixie Princess Jelly-Soft", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,
0x2770,
0x905c},
{"Disney pix micro", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL, 0x2770,
0x9050},
{"Suprema Digital Keychain Camera",
GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,
0x2770,
0x913d},
OK, I was viewing the file, not editing it, so it seems that all worked as
it should. Now I open the same file with F4 and copy approximately the
same lines...
<------>{"Nexxtech Mini Digital Camera", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,
0x2770,.
<------><------><------><------><------><------><------><------><------>0x905c},
{"Vivitar Vivicam35", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL, 0x2770,
0x905c},
{"Praktica Slimpix", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL, 0x2770,
0x905c},
{"ZINA Mini Digital Keychain Camera",
GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,.
<--><------><------><------><------><------><------> 0x2770,
0x905c},....
{"Pixie Princess Jelly-Soft", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,.
<--><------><------><------><------><------><------> 0x2770,
0x905c},....
{"Disney pix micro", GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL, 0x2770,
0x9050},.
{"Suprema Digital Keychain Camera",
GP_DRIVER_STATUS_EXPERIMENTAL,.
<--><------><------><------><------><------><------><------>0x2770,
0x913d},
<------>{NULL,0,0,0}
You see what I mean? Ouch. If this were a real piece of C code I would
really be having fun now, wouldn't I?
I guess there are times when it might be nice to have this as a feature. I
can not think of any, but I am sure that somebody thought it is a good
idea. So it would be really nice if there is a way to turn this on or off
at will. Or, maybe, it was not such a good idea in the first place. It
must be in some syntax file, but which and where?
Incidentally, I must also say that I am not sure where this all came from.
I was previously using the standard Slack 12.0 package called
mc-4.6.1_20070309-i486-2.tgz
which had the search bug in it.
Another place I saw a dramatic difference was in looking at a Makefile.
One used to see there a bar of red if a line started with a tab. Now, it
is the <----------> thing again. So it looks weird if one was accustomed
to the other way. And, again, to copy with the mouse leads to
funny-looking things happening which it seems to me ought not to happen.
Comments? Suggestions?
Theodore Kilgore
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