Re: Mc Digest, Vol 49, Issue 10

["chris glur" <crglur gmail com>]

I'm guessing that the 'strange appearance' of <Tab> comes f
rom the $EDITOR ? Which is not designed by the mc team.
Which could be tested by selecting a different editor.
?! which I can't see how to do now ??
And since I've been using mc for 10 years I always thought
  there was a 'menu-leaf' to change the editor.
Or was that only on DOS-NC ?

Does the new mc still use cooledit as its editor ?

== Chris Glur.


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>    1. Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ? (Ian Brown)
>    2. Re: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
>       (Pavel Roskin)
>    3. Re: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
>       (kilgota banach math auburn edu)
>    4. Re: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
>       (Marco Ciampa)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 18:38:26 +0300
> From: "Ian Brown" <ianbrn gmail com>
> Subject: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
> To: mc gnome org
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> Hello,
>
> I had installed mc on FC9.(mc-4.6.2-3.pre1.fc9.x86_64).
>
> When I open a file which has tabs inside, I see :
> <------><------><------> instead of the tabs.
>
> I did not have such a thing with Midnight Commander on earlier versions
> of mc.
>
> How I can replace these <------> with spaces ?
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 00:33:25 -0400
> From: Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>
> Subject: Re: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
> To: Ian Brown <ianbrn gmail com>
> Cc: mc gnome org
> Message-ID: <1211171605 3685 20 camel rd>
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> On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 18:38 +0300, Ian Brown wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I had installed mc on FC9.(mc-4.6.2-3.pre1.fc9.x86_64).
>>
>> When I open a file which has tabs inside, I see :
>> <------><------><------> instead of the tabs.
>>
>> I did not have such a thing with Midnight Commander on earlier versions
>> of mc.
>>
>> How I can replace these <------> with spaces ?
>
> I believe it's impossible without fixing the code.  visible_tabs is
> global, but it's not defined in any header file and it not used in any
> configuration dialogs.  Moreover, that variable is read-only.  It's
> never assigned a value except during initialization.
>
> The only work around is to disable color: "mc -b"
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 00:34:22 -0500 (CDT)
> From: kilgota banach math auburn edu
> Subject: Re: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
> To: Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>
> Cc: mc gnome org
> Message-ID: <Pine LNX 4 64 0805190024060 3328 banach math auburn edu>
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> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 18:38 +0300, Ian Brown wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I had installed mc on FC9.(mc-4.6.2-3.pre1.fc9.x86_64).
>>>
>>> When I open a file which has tabs inside, I see :
>>> <------><------><------> instead of the tabs.
>>>
>>> I did not have such a thing with Midnight Commander on earlier versions
>>> of mc.
>>>
>>> How I can replace these <------> with spaces ?
>>
>> I believe it's impossible without fixing the code.  visible_tabs is
>> global, but it's not defined in any header file and it not used in any
>> configuration dialogs.  Moreover, that variable is read-only.  It's
>> never assigned a value except during initialization.
>>
>> The only work around is to disable color: "mc -b"
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Pavel Roskin
>
> If I could put in two cents as an hymble user, I would say that this is a
> nice feature and is helpful in editing code because it helps to see what
> is going on. But it sure would be nice if it were not picked up if one is
> doing a mouse-copy from one window to another :(
>
> In other words, it is sometimes very nice and sometimes very not nice.
> What would really be a good thing if it were something which is easy to
> toggle on and off. Or, if it would automatically turn off if one hits the
> shift key and the left mouse button for highlighting, or something like
> that.
>
> Hey. I can dream, can't I?
>
> Theodore Kilgore
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:03:38 +0200
> From: "Marco Ciampa" <ciampix libero it>
> Subject: Re: Seeing <------> instead of tabs - how to disable ?
> To: mc gnome org
> Message-ID: <20080519090338 GA24791 ciampix net>
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> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:34:22AM -0500, kilgota banach math auburn edu
> wrote:
> [...]
>> if it would automatically turn off if one hits the
>> shift key and the left mouse button for highlighting, or something like
>> that.
> Totally agree...
>
> --
>
> Marco Ciampa
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