[mc] mcedit

Jörg Thümmler listen at vordruckleitverlag.de
Wed Jan 18 08:07:24 UTC 2023


Am 18.01.23 um 08:47 schrieb Alan Corey via mc:
> How about a /root/config/.mc or /root/.config/.mc?
> 
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023, 2:07 AM Jörg Thümmler via mc 
> <mc at lists.midnight-commander.org 
> <mailto:mc at lists.midnight-commander.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Am 17.01.23 um 16:45 schrieb Ben via mc:
>      >
>      >
>      > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 8:15 AM Grzegorz Szymaszek
>     <gszymaszek at short.pl <mailto:gszymaszek at short.pl>
>      > <mailto:gszymaszek at short.pl <mailto:gszymaszek at short.pl>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Just in case you haven't already tried it: "sudo mc -F"?
>      >
>      >
>      > Yes, I tried that too -- it gave (still gives, I just checked)
>     the same
>      > exact report as mc -F without the sudo.
>      >
>      > --Ben
>      >
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     to end this i did some testing, at least on my OpenSuse Linux it's like
>     that:
> 
>     Macros are stored in .local/share/mc/mc.macros
>     Mcedit Macros are stored in a [editor] section one line per macro
>     like that:
>              f12=Down:-1;InsertChar:49;...
> 
>     Typed chars are shown as "InsertChar:49;" (the ascii code), keys are
>     named as "Down:-1" above, the "-1" maybe just to have a value after the
>     ":"...
> 
>     If you use "sudo mcedit" or "sudo mc" and then "mcedit", the
>     .local/share/mc/mc.macros of the Admin is used to store.
> 
>     To delete a macro simply delete the line (but the macro is active until
>     you end this mc session (so if you use sudo mc and then from this
>     mcedit, it's not forgotten until you end the mc session, not just by
>     closing mcedit...
> 
>     -- 
>     cu
> 
>     jth
> 
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Hi,

1st: AFAIK the macro definitions aren't in .config but in .local/share/...

2nd: Ben is on MacOS, there is no /root bu some Admin, there should be a 
.local/share...

-- 
cu

jth



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