[mc] ~/.config/mc/filehighlight.ini

[mi]

> >>> On 15. Dec 2025, at 23:20, Mike McClain via mc <mc at lists.midnight-commander.org> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> In hopes of getting *.pdf to display in color diferent from text files
> >>> I copied /etc/mc/filehighlight.ini to  ~/.config/mc/ and added pdf; to
> >>> the {graph] line.
> >>> That didn't change the display of *.pdf even after killing and
> >>> restarting all instances of mc.
> >>> What am I not understanding?  
> >> 
> >> You also have to remove it from the doc section.


The same here, v 4.8.33 (Debian) 

I made that change in /etc/mc (as root) and that worked fine.

it appears that a users filehighlight in $HOME might not be digested.