Thanks Alexander That at least made it useable. If I mange to improve it any more I'll let you know.
Best wishes Ray --- "Alexander K. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2004, at 5:06 AM, Ray wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I'm not sure where else to seek help with this, I've placed a bug > > report on the MC site at sourceforge as well. > > > > I'm running OS X 10.3.6 on a G5 2Ghz Mac and have successfully > > installed MySQL using Fink. > > > > I installed Midnight Commander (mc-4.5.54-3-deb), using Fink and, > after > > installing X Windows from the Apple site, managed to get it to run > in > > terminal. However, the cursor keys do not respond to keyboard > input > > and produce only alphanemeric characters (a,b,c or d respectively) > at > > the prompt line. Clicking on the menu or file items produces no > > response. Control O minimises MC but does not allow input into the > > terminal. > > > > Function keys seem to work OK. Tab and Return keys operate as > expected > > but, as there's no way to navigate, MC is effectively rendered > useless. > > > > Forgive me if I've put this question in the wrong place, if you > know of > > some other mailing list where I might more usefully seek advice > please > > let me know. > > > > If anyone has solved this problem I'm keen to hear how it was done, > I > > really miss MC on the Mac as I use it extensively on my Linux > systems. > > > > Regards > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > > > I've gotten some improvement in mc's response by setting the TERM > environment variable, e.g. to "xterm" or "vt100", but it's still not > exactly what you'd get on Linux. > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Fink Documentarian > Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
