Do you know how to insert a Ctrl-A code aka “^A” in Midnight Commander in Linux? I’ve tried different ways and nothing works for me. Thanks.

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Hello The Millionaire!

On 01 Mar 2020, The Millionaire said the following...

Do you know how to insert a Ctrl-A code aka “^A” in Midnight
Commander in Linux? I’ve tried different ways and nothing works for
me. Thanks.

If you're on a PC, you may try holding down Alt while typing 001 on the
numeric keypad, to see if that does the trick (ASCII 1 decimal = ^A).

Similarly Alt+032 would yield ASCII 32 = a space, and so on.

YMMV, but it's worth a try at least. =)

Best regards
Zip

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On 01 Mar 20 08:19:03, The Millionaire said the following to All:

Do you know how to insert a Ctrl-A code aka “^A” in Midnight Commander Linux? I’ve tried different ways and nothing works for me. Thanks.

I think thats a paid feature?

Atreyu

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Hello The,

Do you know how to insert a Ctrl-A code aka “^A” in Midnight
Commander in Linux? I’ve tried different ways and nothing works for
me. Thanks.

I'm not really sure. Back around 1995 I used to enter those control codes for my RA BBS but I don't recall now how I did that.

You can copy & paste with mcedit, and that is usually what I do. Just be carefull what yo copy and what you paste.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Hello The,

I'm not really sure. Back around 1995 I used to enter those control codes for my RA BBS but I don't recall now how I did that.

You can copy & paste with mcedit, and that is usually what I do. Just be carefull what yo copy and what you paste.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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You can only copy in MC Al. I don’t know how to paste though.

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On 01 Mar 2020, Al said the following...

You can copy & paste with mcedit, and that is usually what I do. Just be carefull what yo copy and what you paste.

To add a small tip, remember you can use printf

example command:

printf "\033[1;33mThis is an ansi sequence for color.\033[0;37m\n"
printf "\001" >> /tmp/file_with_ASCII_OCTAL_001_appended.txt

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Hello The,

You can only copy in MC Al. I don’t know how to paste though.

Use F3 to mark and F5 to copy.

Digital Man's link to the mc wiki will probably give you better ideas as far as
using @CODES.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 03-01-20 08:19, The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

Do you know how to insert a Ctrl-A code aka "^A" in Midnight Commander
in Linux? I've tried different ways and nothing works for me. Thanks.

Sorry, I don't use MC, but DM did offer a link that may help you.


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Do you know how to insert a Ctrl-A code aka “^A” in Midnight Commander in Linux? I’ve tried different ways and nothing works for me.
Thanks.

Never had to try, does ALT-some mumber work?


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I think thats a paid feature?

I have to wonder though, who wouldyou pay for it?

Spec


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