Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-24 Thread David Wright
On Tue 22 Mar 2022 at 04:17:37 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2022 21 Mar 23:30 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 23:07 (UTC-0500): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > > >> IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances > > >> of MC are >

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-22 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2022 21 Mar 23:30 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 23:07 (UTC-0500): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances > >> of MC are > >> closed, and its ini file is then removed, every setting (except fo

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-22 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2022 21 Mar 20:56 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 19:34:46 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * On 2022 21 Mar 15:19 -0500, Joe wrote: > > > Probably best try nano unless you're particularly keen on vim. Don't > > > forget that geany is a GUI IDE, whereas mc is a ncurses appl

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 23:07 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances of >> MC are >> closed, and its ini file is then removed, every setting (except for panels >> configuration? and hotlist), gets reverted to defau

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 22:43:50 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 20:55 (UTC-0500): > > On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > >> Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > > >> > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
David Wright composed on 2022-03-21 20:55 (UTC-0500): > On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: >> Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): >> > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all >> > instances of mc are closed. >> Not IME,

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > > > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all > > instances of mc are closed. > > Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change ne

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread David Wright
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 19:34:46 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2022 21 Mar 15:19 -0500, Joe wrote: > > Probably best try nano unless you're particularly keen on vim. Don't > > forget that geany is a GUI IDE, whereas mc is a ncurses application. > > Actually, mc and mcedit are linked to libsla

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, 21 March 2022 18:07:28 EDT Felix Miata wrote: > gene heskett composed on 2022-03-21 17:26 (UTC-0400): > > whatever I do to it, has zero effect. > > IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all > instances of MC are closed, and its ini file is then removed, every > sett

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2022 21 Mar 15:19 -0500, Joe wrote: > Probably best try nano unless you're particularly keen on vim. Don't > forget that geany is a GUI IDE, whereas mc is a ncurses application. Actually, mc and mcedit are linked to libslang, not ncurses. Visually it's not much difference but otherwise a wor

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread mick crane
On 2022-03-21 21:26, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, 21 March 2022 16:46:01 EDT mick crane wrote: On 2022-03-21 18:08, Felix Miata wrote: > Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): >> tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if >> all >> instances of mc are c

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
gene heskett composed on 2022-03-21 17:26 (UTC-0400): > whatever I do to it, has zero effect. IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all instances of MC are closed, and its ini file is then removed, every setting (except for panels configuration? and hotlist), gets reverted t

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, 21 March 2022 16:46:01 EDT mick crane wrote: > On 2022-03-21 18:08, Felix Miata wrote: > > Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > >> tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if > >> all > >> instances of mc are closed. > > > > Not IME, at least

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread mick crane
On 2022-03-21 18:08, Felix Miata wrote: Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all instances of mc are closed. Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change nearly as often with mcedit as

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Joe
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 15:25:02 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:53:52 -0400 > gene heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > The colors used by mc's editor are making the editor impossible to > > use as they can't be used by someone with good color vision even, > > they are all so

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Felix Miata
Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500): > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all > instances of mc are closed. Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change nearly as often with mcedit as I do via menu. Hotlist I only do with mced

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-21 Thread Nate Bargmann
In the configuration dialog there is the option to use the internal editor. Make sure that option is not selected. On Debian systems you should get prompted for which editor to use by the select-editor script. In my case I chose vim.basic. This avoids tinkering with mc's config files directly w

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-20 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, 20 March 2022 15:25:02 EDT Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:53:52 -0400 > > gene heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > The colors used by mc's editor are making the editor impossible to > > use as they can't be used by someone with good color vision even, > > they are all s

Re: Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-20 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:53:52 -0400 gene heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > The colors used by mc's editor are making the editor impossible to use as > they can't be used by someone with good color vision even, they are all > so alike. > > Where can I change mc's default editor to something a

Can't use mc's editor

2022-03-20 Thread gene heskett
Greetings all; The colors used by mc's editor are making the editor impossible to use as they can't be used by someone with good color vision even, they are all so alike. Where can I change mc's default editor to something as clear and easy to use as geany? Seems to me that used to be a menu c