Terra
10-30-1998, 05:26 PM
I have noticed a few people trudging around with 'vi' and 'emacs' for their file editing. We have something much simpler to use, and is packed with MANY features to make your file management on Linux much easier.
If you are familiar with the old 'Norton Commander' for DOS, then you will feel right at home with 'Midnight Commander'.
After Telneting or SSH in to your account, just type 'mc' at the command prompt. This will invoke 'Midnight Commander' in your current session.
The very first (one time only) thing you will want to do, is synchronize your keyboard configuration to Midnight Commander.
After typing 'mc', press 'esc-9' and arrow over to 'Options' pull-down menu. Select 'learn Keys' and follow the directions given. The only caveat to this is that the [+, -, * keypad (keys)] don't always show as working, but 9 times out of 10, they are. So don't be discouraged if those are the only 3 not showing 'OK'... Also, be aware that [Function key 11-20] is to be mapped as [shift F1 - shift F10]... The F11 and F12 keys, are not used within Midnight Commander... This is the only part of the keyboard setup that can be confusing to first time users...
Midnight Commander is very intuitive, and if you would like more information, then please view their web page at http://www.gnome.org/mc ...
[This message has been edited by ccTech (edited 10-30-98).]
If you are familiar with the old 'Norton Commander' for DOS, then you will feel right at home with 'Midnight Commander'.
After Telneting or SSH in to your account, just type 'mc' at the command prompt. This will invoke 'Midnight Commander' in your current session.
The very first (one time only) thing you will want to do, is synchronize your keyboard configuration to Midnight Commander.
After typing 'mc', press 'esc-9' and arrow over to 'Options' pull-down menu. Select 'learn Keys' and follow the directions given. The only caveat to this is that the [+, -, * keypad (keys)] don't always show as working, but 9 times out of 10, they are. So don't be discouraged if those are the only 3 not showing 'OK'... Also, be aware that [Function key 11-20] is to be mapped as [shift F1 - shift F10]... The F11 and F12 keys, are not used within Midnight Commander... This is the only part of the keyboard setup that can be confusing to first time users...
Midnight Commander is very intuitive, and if you would like more information, then please view their web page at http://www.gnome.org/mc ...
[This message has been edited by ccTech (edited 10-30-98).]