Midnigt Commander Custom Configs

MC Installation

1. brew update
2. brew install mc

User Menu Installation

Copy the menu file from the project into ~/.config/mc/

Custom actions added to User Menu

7. Copy Filename

• Copies the selected filename to clipboard

8. Update Filename

• Renames the selected file using the filename copied in the clipboard
• Preserves the selected file extension

Using the custom actions

1. Select a file with mc then press F2 to open the menu options
2. Press 7 to copy the filename
3. Select the file to be renamed within mc
4. Press F2 to open the menu options
5. Press 8 to rename the file

Open video files with VLC

1. Create a vlc alias in your ~/.bash_profile: alias vlc='/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC'
2. Make a symlink to get access to env vars and aliases in mc subshell: ln -s ~/.bash_profile ~/.local/share/mc/bashrc
3. Make a symlink with the mc.ext: ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/midnight-commander/4.x/etc/mc/mc.ext ~/.config/mc/mc.ext
4. Edit mc.ext file: nano ~/.config/mc/mc.ext and add under include/video section: Open=(vlc %f >/dev/null 2>&1 &) # this is going to use the vlc alias set in the .bash_profile You'll have to scroll down until you find the video section
5. If the vlc alias does not work, until finding a fix, replace vlc with /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC under include/video section

Specify special keyboard maps:

1. ln -s ~/.inputrc ~/.local/share/mc/inputrc

Other commands

CTRL + O to switch between mc ui and subshell