| 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 |
[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