Re: mc Digest, Vol 87, Issue 12

[chris glur <crglur gmail com>]

That's good code to save and analyse for a tricky problem.
I still think someone knows how to <List which desktop,VT each of the
`mc`s is open on, so that you don't have to manually search>.

The <save & restore the latest pwd> is related to a similar problem that I
solved: <point this file, navigated to by mc, to another app. to use>,
by having <f2>-6 do:
<append This-dir, This-file to <someFile known to all apps> >.

So I've got:  /usr/shar~/mc.menu ==
6       Write pwd / currentFile = to /s4 for LEO =sys
        echo -n "EditTools.OpenUnix " >> /s4
        pwd >> /s4
        ls %f >> /s4
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My choice of "/s4" was not good.

== Chris Glur.


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>    1. Re: mc 4.7.5.2 always exits to its starting directory (Guus)
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> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:35:04 +0200
> From: Guus <gbonnema xs4all nl>
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> Subject: Re: mc 4.7.5.2 always exits to its starting directory
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> On 07/14/2011 02:24 PM, Boyandin Konstantin wrote:
> > > >   Is this a 4.7.5.2 bug/feature, or a quirk of the mentioned build?
> > > This is done on purpose.
> > >
> > > Fedora packages source a wrapper script to start mc that remembers the
> > > current directory before actually launching the program, so that after
> > > you quit mc your pwd is restored.
> > I see.
> >
> > OK, I'll run the binary mc directly. I suppose it's of no purpose
> > discussing why such changes are made, the rules of the list prevent me
> > from expressing my thoughts about this.
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> > Thanks.
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> You only have to disable the alias or alter it. the command "mc" is
> aliased to a script that remembers the pwd.
> For me it works properly i.e. it happily forgets the pwd, but for the
> life of me, I don't remember how I did it.
>
> [gbonnema athene etc]$ alias mc
> alias mc='. /usr/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh'
> [gbonnema athene etc]$ cat /usr/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh
> MC_USER=`id | sed 's/[^(]*(//;s/).*//'`
> MC_PWD_FILE="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/mc-$MC_USER/mc.pwd.$$"
> /usr/bin/mc -P "$MC_PWD_FILE" "$@"
>
> if test -r "$MC_PWD_FILE"; then
>      MC_PWD="`cat "$MC_PWD_FILE"`"
>      if test -n "$MC_PWD" && test -d "$MC_PWD"; then
>          cd "$MC_PWD"
>      fi
>      unset MC_PWD
> fi
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> P.S. why would the list rules forbid you to express your thoughts on
> this? As long as you use neutral language and refrain from attacking
> anyone personally, I don't see what you could do wrong by saying what
> you think abou the subject.
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> Guus Bonnema.
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