Bugzilla – Bug 143265
mc beheviour is somewhat dumb
Last modified: 2006-02-15 09:23:27 UTC
I've seen that on many distributions w/ mc beheviour like this from the box. Recompiling mc from source always fixed the problem. =) I don't know how what I change on recompiling mc to fix this. Though the following annoyance disappear then. Lets talk how to reproduce (keywords are named as from x86 keyboard): Either in console or X terminal start mc , press F9 and customize directory listing mode for both panels as 'long file list' . Now after you have each pannels fit on the entire entrminal, on the directory listing press <insert><tab><tab><insert> . On my system I see another panel instead of panel I was marking files on. Same for <down><tab><tab><down> and generally the last key may be any cursor movement key. That is quite annoying - I've to recompile mc to use long listing. That's why I put it as major bug. Also I add 'recompile mc' to my todo list. =)) PS: tryed to check configuration but didn't find anything that could relate to that.
Which version did you recompile and how? For me, this bug appears with all versions since 4.6.1pre3, even with the binary rpms from upstream (mc-2006012023-1.i386.rpm).
oops.. really. Sorry for providing wrong info. :( The bug seem to be not in compilation, but in the code. Tryed to recompile in diffrent ways current snupshort tonight.. no success. Sorry, again. :((
OK, this should be fixed upstream. I reported the bug in mc bugzilla. https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=15576
Well, more info for that - the gentoo mc beheviour is free from that bug. Seems either gentoo has it's own patchset either the matter is somwhere outside mc. Look: ================================================================== ----------------- [ 23:39:10, root@feedback, ~ ] # mc --version GNU Midnight Commander 4.6.0 Virtual File System: tarfs, extfs, cpiofs, ftpfs, fish, undelfs With builtin Editor Using system-installed S-Lang library with terminfo database With subshell support as default With support for background operations With mouse support on xterm and Linux console With support for X11 events With internationalization support With multiple codepages support ----------------- [ 23:39:14, root@feedback, ~ ] # cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ----------------- [ 23:39:18, root@feedback, ~ ] # ==================================================================
Well, 1st commited info & only then had a look at mc bugzilla page link provided, sorry. %) Seems them 've a patch ready. :) Cool. :) Should I wait for an mc rpm update or just better to recompile from src rpm w/ that patch? ?-) The second is preferrable for me if you'll wait till them test that & put into cvs. Your comment?
I've added the patch for SUSE LINUX 10.1. It is not serious enough for a 10.0 update.