Re: Midnight Commander suggestions

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hi, Aleksander!

> 1. In the find dialog, during a search in progress, if ESC is pressed 
> the search is aborted and the dialog is closed. Expected behaviour would 
> be to stop the search, but leave the dialog open with search results up 
> to date visible. In other words, ESC should work like the 'Suspend' 
> button in the find dialog

Actually, single ESC works as "Suspend" in the CVS version of MC.  But 
it's rather a bug than a feature.

I don't think that ESC should suspend the search.  This button is 
traditionally used to close the current dialog in the text-based 
interfaces.

> 2. During file operations such as copying or moving, ESC aborts the 
> opertaion. However, the response is far form instant (unlike using cp 
> -R, then pressing ^C... but we use mc to not have to cope with cp, mv 
> and the likes...). It seems that only the copy operation can't easily 
> aborted, as removing is aborted instantly.

I'm adding it to my TODO list, but it basically means nothing.  I'm now to
busy even to reply to the personal e-mails fast.  If you or somebody else
make a patch that won't require hours to understand and recheck, I'll
gladly apply it.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin