On Monday, 21 March 2022 18:07:28 EDT Felix Miata wrote: > gene heskett composed on 2022-03-21 17:26 (UTC-0400): > > whatever I do to it, has zero effect. > > IIUC, and assuming standard file/directory permissions, if all > instances of MC are closed, and its ini file is then removed, every > setting (except for panels configuration? and hotlist), gets reverted > to default on next startup. > > Long long ago, MC user settings were in ~/.mc/. Now they are in > ~/.config/mc/. For old users you still have you might want to > eradicate any ~/.mc/ directories. My ~/.config/mc/ is a symlink to > ~/.mc/. > > My main user's MC ini file was last written 8 years ago. > -- > Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, > based on faith, not based on science. > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata > Noted, thanks Felix. But it doesn't change a whit when I set the kde5 colors to something a little easier on these ancient eyes. I went looking for something that if I print a msg from kmail, the whole header was white text on an ounce of black toner. Obviously that had to be fixed. :)
Thanks Felix, take care and stay well. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis