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How to select files and access the menu in Midnight Commander on OS-X

This article is for my own documentation but still might be interesting for users of Midnight Commander on OSX.Ever wondered how to select files in an mc window when you do not have an insert key on your Mac keyboard?

On a Mac the insert key may be triggered by the <ctrl>+<t> shortcut. So you may use this key combination to select files in the Midnight Commander.

When using this Norton Commander clone, you may also want to access the menu. But the function keys are preassigned to OS-X functions. So how do you get them to work with Midnight Commander?

Simply use the <Esc>+<1>-<0> key combination instead!

 

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