From 083ca51fa515980b9747cec25223318a3af8dc76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Roskin Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:44:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add questions about Ctrl-O. --- FAQ | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 9fb0e5676..9801aedbe 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Frequently Asked Questions .kshrc within MC? + 6.5 Is there any way to include additional options or hot keys to MC? + + 6.6 When I use Ctrl-O I don't get a subshell. How do I fix + this? + + 6.7 Ctrl-O doesn't work at all. What happens? * 7 Virtual file systems + 7.1 How can I see the contents of a tar archive? @@ -618,9 +621,9 @@ MC? 6.5 Is there any way to include additional options or hot keys to MC? - Yes, F2 invokes an user menu which fully configurable. You can add - any shell commands to the user menu. See the mc(1) man page for more - info. + Yes, F2 invokes an user menu, which is fully configurable. You can + add any shell commands to the user menu. See the mc(1) man page for + more info. Another way to add functionality is the external panelize feature. See the mc(1) man page for more info. @@ -630,6 +633,21 @@ MC? are some limitations to make sure MC stays free. See GNU General Public License for details. +6.6 When I use Ctrl-O I don't get a subshell. How do I fix this? + + Only bash, tcsh and zsh can be used as subshell. Use one of those + shells as your default shell, and it will be used as subshell in GNU + Midnight Commander. + +6.7 Ctrl-O doesn't work at all. What happens? + + Ctrl-O works if either the subshell is used or the terminal can save + the output of the commands so it can be restored. If neither is + true, there is absolutely nothing interesting behind the panels! + + Only few terminals support screen saving. It's xterm, rxvt and other + xterm-like terminals and virtual terminals on Linux and FreeBSD. + 7 Virtual file systems