[clug] Learning mc <- mc
Bryan Kilgallin
bryan at netspeed.com.au
Thu Apr 9 02:00:01 MDT 2015
I thank Scott for useful advice.
> MC -> F9 -> Options -> Panel Options -> Main Options -> Show Hidden Files (unselect)
I found that, and began learning those options.
However I found that snippets of text remain across the displayed
panels. So I have been using "Show full screen"/"Leave full screen" to
refresh the screen. Is there a simpler or more direct way to clear up
such visual trash?
> Reference: MC -> F1 (Help)
I have been using this feature, and have figured out how to navigate it.
>> I used a shell link to my phone. Wherein I had a test text file. Which I moved to my PC's desktop. At first I saw a list of available editors, agreeing to the default "nano". But how can I now change that choice to a different editor?
> In MC?
That was my recollection of initially using "mc". What alternatives does
the "Configuration options: use internal edit" flag switch?
> An MC "shell link"?
Yes, that's "Left: Shell link...". Which launches the dialogue box
"Shell link to machine". That asks "Enter machine name (F1 for
details):". I choose my phone's login (root at phone), and OK. Then "mc"
launches my default shell: "fish: Waiting for initial line...". I am
asked for my phone login password, that I supply. The shell window then
closes, and the "mc" window after a pause lists the phone's filesystem
root directories in its left panel. I double-click on "/home", then
"/root", and I'm at the phone user directories list.
> Mini tutorial I studied at Google University:-
> http://www.trembath.co.za/mctutorial.htmla
Now I have bookmarked it, thanks.
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