>> > alias mc="mc -d" >> > alias mcm=/usr/bin/mc >> >> Or instead of mcm, 'mc' (quotes included) for an unaliased mc command. >> Works both in bash and tcsh. > > I didn't realize that quoting a command disables any defined alias... > > It's a good thing to know, but for my purposes mcm is easier to type, and > helps me to remember why I aliased mc in the first place. I had actually > considered using "alias mcme=/usr/bin/mc" which would stand for > "mcMouseEnabled", but I decided three keystrokes were enough... ;-7
FreeBSD used to have midc set up driving a script that drove mc after doing other stuff, so I used that. Spent over a day using mc -d and no crashes yet. An unexpected benefit is that now I can copy from mc's viewer instead of having it go berserk when I click in it. Well, this is a Dell 24" widescreen monitor which I use at it's native 1920x1080 (HDTV) resolution. I put a screenshot at http://ab1jx.webs.com/toys/dell24.gif so people can see why I'd want to click in a window to shift the focus. I have it at arm's length and wear my reading glasses. I can read the smaller rxvt windows, but shift +/- (after clicking in them) zooms them up and down. I can have them all small then zoom the one I want to work in. Maybe one approach would be to have the window manager consume the first mouse click in a window when that mouse click is in an unfocused window. I wouldn't be surprised if fvwm can be set to do that, in the window styles, but I haven't looked into it because I just thought of it. Alan Credit is the root of all evil. - AB1JX _______________________________________________ mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
