diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d6edaaaf..584b3339a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 	* mhl/types.h, mhl/escape.h: replaced bool type by stdbool.h (fixing #239, #240)
 	* lib/mc.sh.in: fixes for non-bash shells (fixing #196)
 
+2009-02-03 Enrico Weigelt, metux ITS <weigelt@metux.de>
+
+	* lib/mc.ext.in: command line options fix by adamw (#183)
+
 2009-02-03 Enrico Weigelt, metux ITS <weigelt@metux.de>
 
 	* lib/mc.lib: added patch on #219 by angel_il
diff --git a/lib/mc.ext.in b/lib/mc.ext.in
index cac84f355..efb2151c2 100644
--- a/lib/mc.ext.in
+++ b/lib/mc.ext.in
@@ -167,23 +167,32 @@ regex/\.(alz|ALZ)$
 # cpio
 shell/.cpio.Z
 	Open=%cd %p#ucpio
-	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc '%f' | cpio -itv 2>/dev/null
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f | cpio -itv 2>/dev/null
 
 shell/.cpio.gz
 	Open=%cd %p#ucpio
-	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc '%f' | cpio -itv 2>/dev/null
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f | cpio -itv 2>/dev/null
 
 shell/.cpio
 	Open=%cd %p#ucpio
-	View=%view{ascii} cpio -itv <'%f' 2>/dev/null
+	View=%view{ascii} cpio -itv < %f 2>/dev/null
 
 # ls-lR
-regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR(\.g?z|Z|bz2)?$
+regex/(^|\.)ls-?lR(\.gz|Z|bz2)$
 	Open=%cd %p#lslR
 
 # patch
-regex/\.(diff|patch)(\.(bz2|gz|Z))?$
-        Open=%cd %p#patchfs
+regex/\.(diff|patch)(\.bz2)$
+	Open=%cd %p#patchfs
+	View=%view{ascii} bzip2 -dc %f 2>/dev/null
+
+regex/\.(diff|patch)(\.(gz|Z))$
+	Open=%cd %p#patchfs
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f 2>/dev/null
+
+regex/\.(diff|patch)$
+	Open=%cd %p#patchfs
+	View=%view{ascii} /bin/cat %f 2>/dev/null
 
 # ar library
 regex/\.s?a$
@@ -558,11 +567,17 @@ type/^gzip
 	Open=gzip -dc %f | %var{PAGER:more}
 	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f 2>/dev/null
 
+regex/\.(gz|Z)?$
+	View=%view{ascii} gzip -dc %f 2>/dev/null
+
 # bzip2
 type/^bzip2
 	Open=bzip2 -dc %f | %var{PAGER:more}
 	View=%view{ascii} bzip2 -dc %f 2>/dev/null
 
+regex/\.bz2?$
+	View=%view{ascii} bzip2 -dc %f 2>/dev/null
+
 # bzip
 type/^bzip
 	Open=bzip -dc %f | %var{PAGER:more}