Re: MC switches to local instance pressing Ctrl+O

[Paul Marwick <paul marwick gmail com>]

On 24/06/2019 12:28, Alex Sviridov via mc wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please, consider the following listing:
> 1) I run local MC and press Ctrl+O to enter to terminal
> 2) I run ssh to some server.
> 3) On server side I run remote MC and press Ctrl+O to enter to server 
> terminal.
>
> However, instead of remote server terminal I get local MC.
> Could anyone say if this is my mistake or this is a bug and how to fix it?
I think this is your mistake. You are running SSH from within the MC 
shell. It will still have control over the terminal in which it was 
started, and CTRL-O will be intercepted by that terminal, not by the MC 
running on the remote. While its not something I do often, I've 
sometimes used the MC shell in the same way so that I can perform some 
operation on a remote, then used the MC fish option to transfer files to 
or from the remote. In every instance, the local MC remains in control 
of the session.

As to fixing it, I don't think it is fixable - I would say it is working 
as designed.

Paul.