Re: Change directory in user menu?

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On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 6:51 PM Eric Gillespie via mc <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Tim Stoodt wrote (on 17 Dec 2022, 06:54 NZDT):
> > ... It pains me when I watch people login to unix boxes and just settle
> for the command prompt.
>
> At least for me, I'd like to state how I use mc. I generally use mc where
> bash tab-complete would take longer (or indeed far longer). That includes
> copying/moving multiple disparate files, but does have the disadvantage of
> requiring selection of the destination directory. Granted, this can be
> shortcutted on the commandline i.e. $ mc /home/user/here /other/user/there
> will open mc with those directories open in each pane. If I just want to
> move one file or files (and destinations) that I can quickly tab-complete,
> I use commandline.
>
> However, mc's great for looking inside archive files
> (zip,arj,jar,tarball,iso) too. I also use mc if I want a hexdump viewer, as
> the one in mc is more capable than my own listing application. I don't tend
> to use mc for too many other things. It is still one of the first
> applications I choose to install on new machines, along with vim, ssh and a
> couple of other utilities.
>
> Cheers, brickviking
>
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2022 at 06:54, Tim Stoodt via mc <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Esc H also gives you a history of the dirs you've visited.
>>
>> Esc c  does a quick cd to another dir. Note when you are give a blank
>> input box you can then do an Esc h to see the history of old entries.
>>
>> I use mc every day. It pains me when I watch people login to unix boxes
>> and just settle for the command prompt.
>>
>> On 12/15/22 12:05, Ben via mc wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 9:18 AM Tim Stoodt via mc <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe Ctrl \ for the directory hotlist.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, that's great. Had no idea. Thank you!
>>
>>
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