>> A few more questions about MC: >> - Let's say I want to see .gz file in plain (or hex) format. I do >> not want F3 to unpack it. How can I do that? > > SHIFT+F3
And here is major source of frustration. On OS X this will bring up a copy dialog on xterm and do nothing in Terminal. >> - I want to put current file name into command line. How can I do >> that? (Ctrl+Enter in Far do the job). > > In the same way (it's CTRL+J in both cases and on some terminals > CTRL+ENTER works like CTRL+J) anyhow in MC you have much more > possibilities. Of course you can use keystrokes like CTRL+J or > ESC + a / A (current or second panel path) but I usually found > macros much more flexible, i.e. try: > echo "Current dir: %d, current file %f" > or: > echo "secind panel dir: %D, and file %F" Esc + a/A works, Ctrl+J doesn't, Ctrl+Enter does something else, but can't see what exactly. >> - Find file command shortcut is "M-?". What does it mean? > > M- means META KEY (usually ALT on PC keyboards) > M-? means ALT + "?", if you are using ENGLISH PC keyboard then you > will have to hit SHIFT + "/" to take "?" character, so for you this > key combination probably means ALT + SHIFT + "/". If you are using > keyboard where "?" character is generated in different way (i.e. > directly) then final combination can be different. > If you are using terminal where META key cannot be used in combination > with some other shift keys then you can use single ESC hit as META key, > i.e. ESC, SHIFT + "/" will work on all terminals. > > BTW ^- means CTRL. i.e. ^Q means CTRL+Q These things work. >> - Does MC editor has column block marking? In Far such block can be >> marked using Alt+arrows. Alt+arrows throws me out of edit window and >> I see OC, OB, OD, or OA in command line. > > Yes it has. It's activated by F13 or SHIFT+F3 (you should see "C" in > status line instead of "B" when column marking is activated). > >> Other unsupported keys also tends to put garbage into command line. Shift+F3 doesn't work on OS X, but F13, which is Print Scrn/SysRq on my PC keyboard, does. (it's little bit bad that cursor can't go past last char in line, so there is some flickering around.) Brgds, Viktor _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
