MC bug (to Marco Atzeri)

MC bug (to Marco Atzeri)

[Dan Pejchar]

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Hi,

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.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open mc by running the command mc
2. Go to another directory by selecting it and pressing enter
3. press CTRL+O
4. Do run ls

Expected behaviour: I should be in the directory I have changed to in mc
previously
Actual behaviour: I am still in the home directory in which I was, when I
started mc

My mc version:
GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.29
Built with GLib 2.54.3
Built with S-Lang 2.3.3 with terminfo database
Built with libssh2 1.10.0
With builtin Editor
With subshell support as default
With support for background operations
With mouse support on xterm
With support for X11 events
With internationalization support
With multiple codepages support
With ext2fs attributes support
Virtual File Systems:
 cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ext2undelfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, fish
Data types:
 char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 64;

Just for clarity, I am talking about this package
https://www.cygwin.com/packages/summary/mc.html .

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,
Dan Pejchar

Re: MC bug (to Marco Atzeri)

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-03-15 09:10, Dan Pejchar via Cygwin wrote:
> 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 .

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!

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Re: MC bug (to Marco Atzeri)

[marco atzeri]

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