I want the opposite. mc -V == GNU Midnight Commander unknown for 2009 Slakware. The 2 <history buttons> don't show a list of where I've most recently been. They tend to show: 80% all on the same sub-PATH of several boots ago.
OK RPi has v 4.8.3 shows recent visited & different for left/right panel. BTW I think appending [with the ability to clear] to the clipbrd, would be more useful that copying. == Chris Glur. On 5/20/16, mc-requ...@gnome.org <mc-requ...@gnome.org> wrote: > Send mc mailing list submissions to > mc@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mc-requ...@gnome.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mc-ow...@gnome.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Privacy option? (Toby) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 02:30:55 +0200 > From: Toby <etat...@gmail.com> > To: mc@gnome.org > Subject: Privacy option? > Message-ID: > <cace_5gtilzjd2ejhcqyhuggcb3dm7rxox-1267zn_hn8xny...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I usually enable the privacy option on GUI desktop systems / file managers, > which prevents them from keeping a menu of recently accessed files and > directories, because I find the feature more troublesome than useful. > > In plain Bash terminals instead I use a "private window" concept, borrowed > from web browsers. Whenever I'm about to work on private data I type 'unset > HISTFILE', after which all following commands typed into that window won't > be saved in .bash_history > > Is there a similar option for mc? Either a global option to avoid saving > activity history (such as recently accessed files, directories, and > commands) or a temporary switch akin to "private window"? > > Otherwise, has anybody come up with some hook or script to do that? > > I took a look at the files kept by mc and I found the following: > > ~/.local/share/mc/history > ~/.local/share/mc/filepos > ~/.cache/mc/Tree > > The first is the most troublesome file. I only want to keep the > [user-fmt-input] and [mini_input] sections there (which are really > configuration history, rather than activity history) and get rid of > everything else. The second file contains activity history of recently > edited files and the third contains the directories browsed using Tree > view, so they need to go as well. > > I just cleaned up those three files and gave them root:root 644 > permissions, which seems to be doing the trick: it keeps them read-only > with no visible error message. But I'm wondering if there's a better option > out there. > > Toby > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc/attachments/20160520/70acc3b4/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > mc mailing list > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > > > ------------------------------ > > End of mc Digest, Vol 142, Issue 12 > *********************************** > _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
