The good old daze...

Slava Zanko slavazanko at gmail.com
Wed Jul 22 12:49:01 UTC 2009


22.07.2009 02:39, Felix Miata wrote:

>> Are you using mcedit to edit the .mc/ini file? Try exit mc, use
>> another editor and the reload the ini file with mcedit.
>> If it solves the problem, then it is a bug: the mc editor can not edit
>> it's own ini file.
>
> I don't think that's entirely true. I always disable "auto save setup" on
> every new mc profile, and have no problem with using mc's internal editor to
> edit ~/.mc/ini

Yes, disable "auto save setup" will good solution for editing config 
file of mc. Just a little lesson for understanding how mc save own ini file:

1) you may change any settings via options setup dialog
2) you may select "F9 -> Options -> Save setup" for saving now all settings.
3) if "auto save setup" option switched on, then at exit of mc all 
settings will saved automatically (like as select manually "F9 -> 
Options -> Save setup" and F10).

If "auto save setup" switched on and you'll edit config file, then after 
exit from mc all settings will rewritten automaticaly (by settings of 
running mc).

To avoid this, just switch off "auto save setup", shall exit from mc and 
run again. New running instance of mc don't will try to save settings 
automatically.




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