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Re: Can't use mc's editor

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* On 2022 21 Mar 15:19 -0500, Joe wrote:
> Probably best try nano unless you're particularly keen on vim. Don't
> forget that geany is a GUI IDE, whereas mc is a ncurses application.

Actually, mc and mcedit are linked to libslang, not ncurses.  Visually
it's not much difference but otherwise a world of difference, mostly to
developers.

One thing that really helped me when working with mcedit is to have this
snippet in my ~/.bashrc:

# Modify Midnight Commander editor background color
export MC_COLOR_TABLE="$MC_COLOR_TABLE:\
editnormal=lightgray,black:\
editbold=yellow,black:\
editmarked=black,cyan"

There may be more parameters available and it has been many years since
I found that somewhere on the 'Net and I failed to note the source.

- Nate

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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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