tab for filename completion (Was: Dumb question)

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Tue May 4 20:05:13 UTC 2004


Hi!

> > > Is there a way to make
> > > mc use tab for filename completion instead of alt+tab, 
> > 
> I understand that changing panels using TAB was in mc forever.
> It was in first NC almost 20 years ago.
> 
> But one experienced Linux user said me: 
> 
>   bash uses TAB. mc does it differently gor no good reason, it's PITA. 
>   I may like mc, but my fingers use TAB to complete filename. :-(
> 
> I agree that changing panel is action done frequently and deserves 
> easy keystroke. The least frequently used function key is IMHO F7,

Well, changing windows should be alt-tab, as it is everywhere else.
mc has "complete" there, so all you need is swap.

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