4.7.0.1 panels.ini problem

[paul marwick]

Andrew Borodin wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:12:51 +0000 Paul Marwick wrote:
>    
>> If a panels.ini exists, MC is using it, and reading stored paths from
>> it. If the panels.ini is removed, or its a fresh installation, a
>> 1-byte panels.ini is created. From that point on, whether 'autosave
>> changes' is enabled or not, every time MC is started, both panes
>> display the startup directory.
>>
>> I've got round the problem on my own machines by copying and
>> hand-modifying a panels.ini from another installation, but it would
>> be nice not to have to do that.
>>      
> Look at http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1663.
> Unfortunately, this option is not documented and not accessable via
> any configuration dialog.
>
>    

Thanks, I had already seen that. It seems to me that the behaviour has 
changed with 4.7.0.1 - before that, MC would act as though 'auto save 
setup' was still in force, since the path information was saved in 
panels.ini. Now, unless there is already a panels.ini, it simply starts 
with both panes set to the startup directory.

:) Personally, I'm much rather have the behaviour from the 4.6.x series, 
where I could select the right hand pane start directory and save the 
settings, as well as turning off autosave setup.

Paul.