customize columns in single panel view

[Mooffie]

On 6/12/17, Karel <lists at vcomp.ch> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to customize the columns in the single panel view ?
>
> For my default (two panel) view, I have customized it using:
>
>  -> Listing Mode
>    (*) User defined:
>       half type name | size:15 | mtime
>
> however, when I switch to the single panel view, there are different
> columns (obviously):
>
>   Permission   Nl   Owner   Group   Size   Modify time   Name
>
> For instance, I need to change the width of "Size" to 15.


No, you can't change the format of the "Long" listing-mode.

(You can make the "User defined" listing-mode display in one panel (by
changing "half" to "full"), but this is not what you want.)

So, you have two options:

(1) Modify the source code (search panel.c for "full perm space" and
tweak it); or:

(2) Use mc^2. It allows you to do this. (It already comes with a
snippet that enlarges the "Size" field a bit so there'd be room for
the commas (or other locale-dependent formatting) it adds. This makes
reading long numbers much easier.)