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From: marco atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Cc: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: MC bug (to Marco Atzeri)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:59:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB8Xom8nQKefBJUZA3a4mmZHtv1RyGTCVQ8-Nf4nkTRyVOfsfQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ad33f1e-9617-f328-ea75-0cd19cce55c8@Shaw.ca>

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 4:24 PM Brian Inglis via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On 2023-03-15 09:10, Dan Pejchar via Cygwin wrote:

Hi Dan,

> > I am a linux user but I have to use windows sometimes and I would love to
> > use the midnight commander in my terminal, but there is a bug which doesn't
> > really allow me to use it. I am using it on Windows 10 and when I change
> > the directory in the mc, it only changes in the mc window, but when I press
> > CTRL+O it stays in the same directory. And when I press CTRL+O it doesn't
> > return to the previously opened directory. I will do a steps to reproduce
> > list below. Also it is sometimes very slow when changing directories.
> ...
> > Just for clarity, I am talking about this package
> > https://www.cygwin.com/packages/summary/mc.html .

Noted, but my personal PC  is dead and I need to travel for work,
so do not expect an investigation/solution short term.

> Have you tried installing xinit to run Cygwin/X and use pcmanfm?
> Only slow with directories containing thousands of files.
> Just don't stay in directories after other processes delete them - e.g. builds:
> when pcmanfm notices, it dies!

Hi Brian
the Cygwin version is a console only application

Regards
Marco

      reply	other threads:[~2023-03-15 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-15 15:10 Dan Pejchar
2023-03-15 15:23 ` Brian Inglis
2023-03-15 16:59   ` marco atzeri [this message]

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