Re: mc Digest, Vol 192, Issue 7

2021-08-31 Thread chris glur via mc
I'm also having strange effects to some key-ins? Suspecting dirty/entered-dust keys, which is a problem for a laptop. == CRG. On 8/27/21, mc-requ...@gnome.org wrote: > Send mc mailing list submissions to > mc@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >

mc + MinimalCode = UseNetReader

2021-01-07 Thread chris glur via mc
A UseNetReader needs only: single executable [1 line] file eg. w3m -m nntp://news.aioe.org/comp.os.linux.hardware to fetch the list of N latest-headers of the chosen group. IE. mc scroll to file:comp.os.linux.hardware from among the list-of-files/groups; and hit : fetches & displays the N

Re: mc Digest, Vol 176, Issue 3

2019-11-21 Thread chris glur via mc
Now that USBstiks have become cost-effective: installations like TinyCore & slax will be increasingly used. Laptops are replacing PCs. These RAM-resident installations give me problems saving the setup, between boots. How are other mc users managing ? On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:01 AM wrote: >

Re: mc Digest, Vol 174, Issue 4

2019-08-27 Thread chris glur via mc
> MC is powerless to do anything here. So that means only rpm | wc could do this, So then can't you setup your own script, under F2 [AFAIR]. ? ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc

Re: mc Digest, Vol 174, Issue 1

2019-08-04 Thread chris glur via mc
Use: F9 > Left > SortOrder > ChangeTime >OK to get the newest [changed] on top of LHS panel. On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 12:00 PM wrote: > Send mc mailing list submissions to > mc@gnome.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >

Re: mc Digest, Vol 167, Issue 4

2018-12-02 Thread chris glur via mc
Serious users/developers still use NNTP. Via a minimalist USBbased Linux I've been investigating: nc4NNPT. This handles the OK. But there's a lot of involved to make it user friendly. IMO a small tree-of-scripts, perhaps callable from our F2-menu could coordinate the NTTP operations. I hate

Re: mc Digest, Vol 166, Issue 1

2018-09-07 Thread chris glur via mc
This doesn't address to ftp problem queried, but since mc has already expanded into , imagine the extra power, if NNTP & SMTP could also be handled. Especially since they have 2 parts: inet ReadWrite & fileManagement. My extensive use of wily [another 90s killer app] supports the idea. He

Re: mc Digest, Vol 166, Issue 2

2018-09-05 Thread chris glur via mc
No! Remapping COPY from F5 to Ctrl-C is a disaster. Since the 70s orignal DOS NortonComndr, through linux, Win, Android. <=> F5 In ALL computing Ctrl-C has a SPECIAL meaning. Don't map concepts to the current ENGLISH word, unless it's for some strangely disabled user. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at