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Re: Can't use mc's editor

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On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 14:08:14 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> Nate Bargmann composed on 2022-03-21 12:35 (UTC-0500):
> 
> > tinkering with mc's config files directly which can only be done if all
> > instances of mc are closed.
> 
> Not IME, at least for ini and hotlist, the former which I change nearly as often
> with mcedit as I do via menu. Hotlist I only do with mcedit.

My recollection is that when you close mc, it writes back the current
settings to the ini file, which is why I keep mine readonly.

With multiple instances of mc running, one might get Nate's impression
above, unless any changes intended to be persistent are made in the
instance that's closed last.

> Mcedit is giving me no trouble. I use most than once a day most days.

I find the 4[Edit] key more useful as an extra alternative to 3[View]
and [Return] in choosing the Edit/View/Open scripts to run from mc.ext,
eg a different application, or windowed/fullscreen, or view metadata
rather than the file, etc.

If you want to edit the currently selected file, is there any major
disadvantage in simply typing   edit %p   in mc's command line?
There's one obvious advantage: you can type the name of any editor,
rather than being restricted to the list given by select-editor
(see Joe's post).

Cheers,
David.

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Can't use mc's editor gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-03-20 19:00 +0100
  Re: Can't use mc's editor Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2022-03-20 20:30 +0100
    Re: Can't use mc's editor gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-03-20 21:20 +0100
    Re: Can't use mc's editor Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2022-03-21 21:20 +0100
      Re: Can't use mc's editor Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-22 01:40 +0100
        Re: Can't use mc's editor David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-22 03:00 +0100
          Re: Can't use mc's editor Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-22 10:20 +0100
  Re: Can't use mc's editor Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-21 18:40 +0100
    Re: Can't use mc's editor Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-03-21 19:10 +0100
      Re: Can't use mc's editor gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-03-21 22:30 +0100
        Re: Can't use mc's editor Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-03-21 23:10 +0100
          Re: Can't use mc's editor gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2022-03-22 03:00 +0100
        Re: Can't use mc's editor mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2022-03-21 23:30 +0100
      Re: Can't use mc's editor David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-22 03:00 +0100
        Re: Can't use mc's editor Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-03-22 03:50 +0100
          Re: Can't use mc's editor David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-22 05:10 +0100
            Re: Can't use mc's editor Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-03-22 05:30 +0100
              Re: Can't use mc's editor Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2022-03-22 10:20 +0100
                Re: Can't use mc's editor David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-25 03:20 +0100

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