Re: Alt-O behaviour

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>]

Hello,

> > was the change in 4.6 which made Alt-O function differently from older
> > version intentional and if it was is this behaviour configurable back?
> > This keeps me using 4.55 still.
>
> This was an intentional change because the original behavior was
> inconsistent.  The documentation claimed that it was compatible with emacs
> dired, but it wasn't.
>
> The patch was introduced in a PLD package.  PLD is Polish Linux
> Distribution.  I thought that if distributors considered it necessary to
> change that command, then they considered it as a bug.
>
> I think mc will have "advanced options" soon, and the old behavior of
> Alt-O could be one of them.  But I don't think it should be restored as
> is.  Do you miss Alt-O on directories or on ordinary files?

I do miss both.  I have reverted the patch on the copy I use locally,
some of us did use that functionality on a day-to-day basis.

Miguel.