[mc] Change directory in user menu?

[Eric Gillespie]

Tim Stoodt wrote (on 17 Dec 2022, 06:54 NZDT):
> ... It pains me when I watch people login to unix boxes and just settle
for the command prompt.

At least for me, I'd like to state how I use mc. I generally use mc where
bash tab-complete would take longer (or indeed far longer). That includes
copying/moving multiple disparate files, but does have the disadvantage of
requiring selection of the destination directory. Granted, this can be
shortcutted on the commandline i.e. $ mc /home/user/here /other/user/there
will open mc with those directories open in each pane. If I just want to
move one file or files (and destinations) that I can quickly tab-complete,
I use commandline.

However, mc's great for looking inside archive files
(zip,arj,jar,tarball,iso) too. I also use mc if I want a hexdump viewer, as
the one in mc is more capable than my own listing application. I don't tend
to use mc for too many other things. It is still one of the first
applications I choose to install on new machines, along with vim, ssh and a
couple of other utilities.

Cheers, brickviking

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 at 06:54, Tim Stoodt via mc <
mc at lists.midnight-commander.org> wrote:

> Esc H also gives you a history of the dirs you've visited.
>
> Esc c  does a quick cd to another dir. Note when you are give a blank
> input box you can then do an Esc h to see the history of old entries.
>
> I use mc every day. It pains me when I watch people login to unix boxes
> and just settle for the command prompt.
>
> On 12/15/22 12:05, Ben via mc wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:18 AM Tim Stoodt via mc <
> mc at lists.midnight-commander.org> wrote:
>
>> Maybe Ctrl \ for the directory hotlist.
>>
>
> Oh, that's great. Had no idea. Thank you!
>
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