Comments about Midnight Commander (better program)

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

Please don't cross-post to multiple lists and don't write directly to the
developers unless absolutely necessary!

>  I wanted to ask you some questions on the program that I have not been able to
> solve with the help neither with the use:
>
> 1) how can be created new sequences of keys and to change the existent ones, in
> the Midnight Commander and in the mcedit (for example, how can I  assign "Ctrl-F5
> " to the option "Show the size of the directories" or Ctrl-C to copy a marked text
> in the mcedit)?

There is no support for key reassignment.

> 2) how can I change the colors of background... in the Midnight Commander and in
> the mcedit?

Have you tried to run "man mc" ?

> 3) how can I make that in the directories appears <DIR> instead of "4096"?

Same question.  It's documented.  Search for "bsize" in the man page.

> 4) why the Advanced Midnight Commander, that Commander is more potent than the
> Midnight, occupies much less space?

What space?  You mean space in memory as shown by top?  Maybe because it's
compiled with different settings, e.g. without internationalization,

> 5) how can you configure in the Midnight Commander the mask that appears for
> defect when I press  the "+ of the numeric keyboard to mark files?

I think it's impossible.  But you may use Ctrl-h in the dialog to select a
recently used mask.

> 6) how can I indicate in the Midnight Commander two or but masks at the same time
> to mark files with the "+ of the numeric keyboard?

If "shell patterns" are enabled in the configuration dialog use shell
patterns, e.g.

g*.[ch]

Otherwise, use regular expressions, e.g.

(foo.*|.*\.bar)

But the easiest way is to select files by consequitive "select" and
"unselect" commands instead of constructing complicated patterns.

>  Also, I would like to propose some improvements that would make that the program
> was better:

Don't even bother writing it unless you know how to implement it.  MC
developers already have TODO lists and they are never empty.

> 1) option to change the name (only) of a file or directory

Will be done after the 4.5.55 release in August.

> 6) to show a clock in screen

There is a patch for that in the list archives.

> 9) to erase files inside a compressed file

Already implemented to zip files.

> 10) to add files to a compressed file

The same.

> 12) specific option to select the language

It's wrong.  Use locale variables.

> 14) option in the mcedit to compile a file in c, to make a debug,...

Already implemented (menu on F11 in the editor).  Very buggy and
dangerous.  Will be fixed before 4.5.55.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin