panel switch (Alt-F1 and Alt-F2 in the other OS

Zeljko Jelaca zeljko at jelaca.com
Fri Aug 2 20:43:23 UTC 2002


Ok, thats great! Thank you.
When is the next release of mc? :-)



Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> 
>>>Your explanation is not quite clear.  Do you want a key that changes the
>>>current panel to the directory used by the other panel or a key that
>>>changes the other panel to the directory used by the current panel?
>>
>>A key that changes the other panel to the directory used by the current 
>>panel.
> 
> 
> Actually, Windows Commander 5.0 does it both ways.  Ctrl-Left and
> Ctrl-Right transfer the current directory to the left or to the right
> respectively.
> 
> Krusader 1.02 always changes the inactive panel.
> 
> gentoo 0.11.30 doesn't seem to support those keys in the default 
> configuration.
> 
> I think the behavior of Windows Commander is the most intuitive.  But
> adding it to MC would require extending the "Learn Keys" dialog.  
> Actually, the whole support for learning keys should be rewritten.  Some
> terminals don't distinguish between Ctrl-Left and Left, and the users will
> be confused.  This is a major change, and I don't want to do it before the
> next release.
> 





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