Open parent working directory in the inactive panel: Esc + o Open same working directory in the inactive panel: Esc + i Search/Go to directory in active panel: Esc + s / Ctrl + s then start typing directory name Switch between background command line and MC: Ctrl + o Print current working directory in command line: Esc + a View change: Esc + t (each time you do this shortcut a new directory view will appear) Quick change directory previous entry: Esc + c and then Esc + p Quick change directory history: Esc + c and then Esc + h

Pressing and holding Ctrl and then pressing another key Pressing (and releasing) Esc and then pressing another key Playing with MC shortcuts: What about the cool MC shortcuts? Before I present you with some of the shortcuts mapping you should be aware that pressing two times the Esc button will close any MC pop-up or search box, and that there are three types of shortcuts: Now, every F9 will enable MC menu bar and every F10 button press will exit MC (instead of doing a complex fingers split which may not work but which will certainly hurt your hand). and make sure you have Use option as meta key unchecked.

Next open a Terminal and go to: Terminal -> Preferences. and make sure you have Use all F1, F2 etc. and make sure you have All controls checkedĪfter that go to: System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Installing Homebrew is as easy as running the following command in the terminal prompt: ruby Keyboard -> Keyboard and Shortcuts In short, Homebrew is 'the missing package manager for OS X'. Installation: I'm a huge fan of homebrew (thanks Max!) and I advise you to install it and work with it. Miguel de Icaza - creator of Midnight Commander, Gnome, Mono, Gnumeric (and I guess other cool stuff) Goal : Configuring Midnight Commander under Mac OS X bash terminalĪcknowledgement : My gratitude goes to the open source community and especially to: That's why I'm going to show you how you can painlessly integrate MC with Mac OS X bash terminal. In short, MC is one of those few things that changes your world.

In fact it's my fist IDE (MCedit supports color highlighting for various programming languages). MC is classified as 'a visual file manager' but for me is something much more, it's an engineering booster. Abstract : Midnight Commander (MC) is one of the few tools I'm still using since I've been inducted into software engineering more than 10 years ago (for comparison I've changed 5 integrated development environments (IDE) ).

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