external diff

[Andrew Borodin]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:42:47 +0100 Frank Dietrich wrote:
> is it possible to configure an external diff tool?
> I would like to use meld in case I need to diff a directory.
> 
> Current I do it like this
>   in panel1: cd ..
>   in panel2: cd ..
>   type command 'meld '
>   in panel2: CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER
>   in panel1: CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER
>   press ENTER to execute the command
> 
> I would like to reduce the number of steps needed to compare the two
> selected directories without leaving them.

Read the "Macro Substitution" subsection in mc manual page.

-- 
Andrew