Re: skitzoid start/quit location

[Bob McIsaac <bobmc_net rogers com>]

On 06/03/2012 10:31 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> I'm a heavy MC user with multiple installations of Fedora, Mageia,
> Mandriva, *Buntu, & openSUSE, including devel versions. Since v4.7.5
> or v4.8.0 or so, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to where MC is
> located when initialized, or the dir current on exit. On some it
> always starts in a particular location, while in others it starts in
> the dir current when started, and same for quitting. I've turned off
> auto save setups wherever I've been able to find them.
>
> What controls this location of start and quit behavior? Looking in
> mc.ini nothing jumps out at me, same as in menu options. What I want
> is the old behavior from 4.6.1 or so, starting in the dir current when
> started, and staying in the dir current on exit. How can I get what I
> want in recent versions like 4.8.1 & 4.8.3?
MC is typically hosted on the desktop within a terminal so that probably
determines where MC is looking. On Sabayon XFCE, MC is not a menu item
so I start a terminal and type MC which shows my home directory. Why set
a directory hot-list for your favourites?