===== Midnight Commander MC =====

==== Shortcuts ====
^ List of shortcut keysShortcut ^ Command ^ 
^ Common Functions ||
| Ctrl + r | Refresh active panel | 
| Ctrl + x c | Opens chmod dialog for marked file | 
| Ctrl + x o | Opens chown dialog for marked file | 
| Alt + ? | Opens search dialog | 
| Ctrl-x a | Open VFS list. If a ftp session times out, you can use this to free the open vfs so you can log in again | 
^ Panel Functions ||
| TAB | Switch focus between left and right panel | 
| Insert | Marks or removes mark on file(s) | 
| Alt + g | Marks first file or directory in active panel | 
| Alt + r | Marks middle file or directory in active panel | 
| Alt + j | Marks last file or directory in active panel | 
| Alt + s | Incremental search | 
| Ctrl + / | Look for filename given in last line of active panel (not whole screen), and jumps on first file | 
| * | Marks removes marking for all files in active panel (not directories) | 
| + (Plus) | Brings up the input box where it can be given regular expression. All files with names that fill condition(s) in regular expression will be marked. | 
| \ (Backslash) | Remove marking for more data (opposite to + ) | 
^ Shell Functions ||
| Alt + Enter | Copies selected filename in command line | 
| Ctrl + Shft + Enter | Copies full path of selected file in the command line | 
| Alt + H | Shows command line history | 
^ Function Keys ||
| F1 | Help | 
| F2 | Opens user menu | 
| F3 | View selected file content | 
| F4 | Opens file in internal text editor | 
| F5 | Copies selected file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first. | 
| F6 | Moving file. Default is to another panel, but it asks first. | 
| F7 | Make directory. | 
| F8 | Delete file or directory. | 
| F9 | Opens main menu at the top of the screen. | 
| F10 | Ends current action; editor, viewer, dialog window or ends mc program |

==== für mich wichtige Einstellungen unter ''.mc/ini'' ====

  [Midnight-Commander]
  use_internal_view=1
  use_internal_edit=1
  clear_before_exec=1
  confirm_delete=1
  confirm_overwrite=1
  confirm_execute=1
  confirm_exit=1
  editor_word_wrap_line_length=72
  editor_tab_spacing=3
  editor_fill_tabs_with_spaces=0
  editor_return_does_auto_indent=0
  editor_backspace_through_tabs=0
  editor_option_save_position=1
  editor_edit_confirm_save=1
  editor_syntax_highlighting=1
  editor_cursor_beyond_eol=0
  editor_visible_tabs=0
  editor_visible_spaces=0
  editor_check_new_line=1
  
  [Colors]
  base_color=normal=white,default:selected=blue,white:marked=yellow,default:markselect=yellow,gray:menu=brightgreen,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=white,blue:menuhotsel=cyan,default:dnormal=brightgreen,default:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,default:dhotfocus=brightcyan,gray:executable=brightgreen,default:directory=blue,blue:link=cyan,default:stalelink=red,defaultdevice=brightmagenta,default:special=lightgray,default:editnormal=lightgray,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=blue,lightgray:errors=red,lightgray:input=white,gray:reverse=green,default:gauge=brightgreen,lightgray
  xterm=
  color_terminals=

Für Syntax Highlighting bei Shell Skripten oder HTML Dateien ist die Datei ''/etc/mc/filehighlight.ini'' mit folgendem Inhalt wichtig:

  [executable]
      type=FILE_EXE
  
  [directory]
      type=DIR
  
  [device]
      type=DEVICE
  
  [special]
      type=SPECIAL
  
  [stalelink]
      type=STALE_LINK
  
  [symlink]
      type=SYMLINK
  
  [core]
      regexp=^core\\.*\\d*$
  
  [temp]
      extensions=tmp;$$$;~;bak
      extensions_case=false
      regexp=(^#.*|.*~$)
  
  [archive]
      extensions=gz;bz2;tar;tgz;rpm;Z;rar;zip;arj;cab;lzh;lha;zoo;arc;ark;xz;tbz;tbz2;
  
  [doc]
      extensions=txt;doc;rtf;diz;ctl;me;ps;pdf;xml;xsd;xslt;dtd;html;shtml;htm;mail;msg;lsm;po;nroff;man;tex;sgml;css;text;letter;chm
  
  [source]
      extensions=c;h;cc;hh;cpp;cxx;hpp;asm;py;pl;pm;inc;cgi;php;phps;js;java;jav;jasm;sh;bash;diff;patch;pas;tcl;tk;awk;m4;st;mak;sl;ada;caml;ml;mli;mly;mll;mlp;sas;prg;hs;hi;erl
  
  [media]
      extensions=mp2;mp3;mpg;ogg;mpeg;wav;avi;asf;mov;mol;mpl;xm;mod;it;med;mid;midi;s3m;umx;vob;mkv;flv;mp4;m3u
  
  [graph]
      extensions=jpg;jpeg;gif;png;tif;pcx;bmp;xpm;xbm;eps;pic;rle;ico;wmf;omf;ai;cdr
  
  [database]
      extensions=dbf;mdn;db;mdb;dat;fox;dbx;mdx;sql;mssql;msql;ssql;pgsql;xls;cdx;dbi