On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Paul Sokolovsky <pmis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 10:27:11 -0800 > Graham Lawrence <gl00...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > MC 4.8.13 on arch linux 3.18.0.1 mainline > > > > My laptop lacks certain keys, notably Home, End, PgUp and > > PgDown. Alt-V and Ctrl-V provide the function of PgUp and > > PgDown. Supposedly Ctrl-A and Ctrl-E should supply those of > > Home and End, but in fact do nothing. > > Hmm, and prooflinks for "should" part? > Not sure what you mean by this, but I'm referring to both /etc/mc/mc.keymap and /etc/mc/mc.default.keymap as the source of "should ...", which on my system lists these two entries Home = ctrl-a; alt-lt; home; a1 End = ctrl-e; alt-gt; end; c1 None of these options work for me. > > > I've tried putting > > other key combos in mc.keymap instead, but they also had no > > effect. > > > > Do I need to make a special compile of MC to get their > > particular functionality, or is there some other means to > > that end? > > You can try "Learn keys" functionality to redefine mc keys to some > extent. > That I did, with no success. I duly pressed <Space> with Home and End the current selection, pressed Ctrl-A/E respectively and then repeated that key-combo when the Help message cleared, but in neither case did it then show OK for the choice. > > > -- > > Graham Lawrence > > > > -- > Best regards, > Paul mailto:pmis...@gmail.com > -- Graham Lawrence
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