Re: Can't use mc's editor
On Mon 21 Mar 2022 at 19:34:46 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * 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.
man mc ?
Cheers,
David.
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