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  1. samiraguiar revised this gist Dec 4, 2023. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
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    Shift + F3 View raw file (disregard extension)
    F5 Copy selected files
    F6 Move selected files
    Shift + F6 Rename file under cursor
    Shift-F4 Create a new file
    C-x d Compare directories
    C-x c Chmod dialog
    @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ Main View
    - Navigation
    TAB / / C-i Jump from one panel to the other
    F9 Select the top menu bar
    Esc Esc Dismiss menus/pop-ups
    Esc Esc Quickly dismiss menus/pop-ups (skip the timeout for "Single press" from the configuration)
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    C-s Search for item
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    - Navigation
    TAB / / C-i Jump from one panel to the other
    F9 Select the top menu bar
    Esc Esc Dismiss menus/pop-ups
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    C-s Search for item
  3. samiraguiar revised this gist Oct 26, 2022. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    In the shortcuts below, "C" stands for CTRL and "A" stands for "ALT". This is a convention
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here.

    You can also use "ESC" instead of "ALT" in all of the shortcuts below, which is useful on Macbooks.
    You can also use "ESC" instead of "ALT", which is useful on Macbooks.

    Main View
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
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    A-u Move to the next directory in the directory history
    A-Shift-h Show path history
    C-\ Directory Hotlist
    C-p / Up Arrow Move selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
    C-n / Down Arrow Move selection bar to the next entry in the panel
    C-p / Up arrow Move selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
    C-n / Down arrow Move selection bar to the next entry in the panel
    A-g Move selection bar to the first visible item in the panel
    A-r Move selection bar to the middle item in the panel
    A-j Move selection bar to the last visible item in the panel
    A-v / Page Up Move selection bar one page up
    A-v / Page up Move selection bar one page up
    A-p / Page down Move selection bar one page down
    A-< / Home Move selection bar to the top (first entry)
    A-> / End Move selection bar to the bottom (last entry)
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    Note for newcomers:

    In the shortcuts below, "C" stands for CTRL and "A" stands for "ALT". This is a convention
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here.

    You can also use "ESC" instead of "ALT" in all of the shortcuts below, which is useful on Macbooks.

    Main View
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    - File/directory operations
    @@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ Main View
    - Same as above, but for deselecting

    - Navigation
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    TAB / / C-i Jump from one panel to the other
    F9 Select the top menu bar
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    @@ -36,10 +39,13 @@ Main View
    A-u Move to the next directory in the directory history
    A-Shift-h Show path history
    C-\ Directory Hotlist
    C-p / Up Arrow Move selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
    C-p / Up Arrow Move selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
    C-n / Down Arrow Move selection bar to the next entry in the panel
    A-g Move selection bar to the first visible item in the panel
    A-r Move selection bar to the middle item in the panel
    A-j Move selection bar to the last visible item in the panel
    A-v / Page Up Move selection bar one page up
    A-j / Page down Move selection bar one page down
    A-p / Page down Move selection bar one page down
    A-< / Home Move selection bar to the top (first entry)
    A-> / End Move selection bar to the bottom (last entry)

  6. samiraguiar revised this gist Oct 17, 2022. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    Insert / C-t Select/deselect file
    * Invert selection on files
    + Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
    - The same as above, but for deselecting
    - Same as above, but for deselecting

    - Navigation
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
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    C-x s Create symlink dialog
    C-x l Create hard link dialog
    C-x v Run relative symbolic link tool on selected or tagged items
    C-x a List active VFS directories

    - Selection
    Insert / C-t Select/deselect file
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    - Navigation
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    F9 Select the top menu bar
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    C-s Search for item
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    A-u Move to the next directory in the directory history
    A-Shift-h Show path history
    C-\ Directory Hotlist
    C-p / Up Arrow Move selection bar to the previous entry in the panel
    C-n / Down Arrow Move selection bar to the next entry in the panel
    A-v / Page Up Move selection bar one page up
    A-j / Page down Move selection bar one page down
    A-< / Home Move selection bar to the top (first entry)
    A-> / End Move selection bar to the bottom (last entry)

    - Display
    C-r Refresh current panel
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    C-x i Toggle other panel to information mode
    C-x q Toggle other panel to quick view mode
    A-i Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    A-o Display the contents of the highlighted dir in the other panel
    A-t Change panel view (full, brief, long)
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature

    - Command prompt
    C-o Drop to the console
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-x t Put name of the selected items on command line
    A-Enter Put the name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-x t Put the name of the selected items on command line
    C-Shift-Enter Put the full path of the highlighted file on command line
    A-a / C-x p Put the full path of the pane directory on the command line
    A-h Show command history
    A-n / A-p Navigate up/down through the command history
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    - The same as above, but for deselecting

    - Navigation
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    C-s Search for item
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    C-\ Directory Hotlist

    - Display
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    C-r Refresh current panel
    C-u Swap panels
    A-, Toggle panel layout (horizontal/vertical)
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  12. samiraguiar revised this gist Aug 29, 2020. 1 changed file with 17 additions and 10 deletions.
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    Note for newcomers:
    In the shortcuts below, "C" stands for CTRL and "A" stands for "ALT". This is a convention
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here. "Meta" is also used sometimes
    to refer to "ALT".
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here.


    Shortcut Description
    Main View
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    - File/directory operations
    F3 View file
    Shift + F3 View raw file (disregard extension)
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    A-? Search dialog
    C-s Search for item
    A-s Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    A-h Show command history
    A-Shift + H Show path history
    A-y Move to the previous directory in the directory history
    A-u Move to the next directory in the directory history
    A-Shift-h Show path history
    C-\ Directory Hotlist

    - Display
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    C-r Refresh current pane
    C-r Refresh current panel
    C-u Swap panels
    A-, Toggle panel layout (horizontal/vertical)
    C-x i Toggle other panel to information mode
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    A-t Change panel view (full, brief, long)
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature

    - Command line
    - Command prompt
    C-o Drop to the console
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-x t Put name of the selected items on command line
    A-a / C-x p Put the full path of the pane directory on the command line
    A-h Show command history
    A-n / A-p Navigate up/down through the command history
    C-x ! External Panelize (fill current panel with the output of a command)
    C-x j Show background jobs
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    F2-@ 7za a foo.7z 7zip current directory as foo.7z

    - Others
    Shift-F10 Quiet exit, without confirmation
    Shift-F10 Quiet exit, without confirmation


    File View
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    C-f View the next file
    C-b View the previous file
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    Note for newcomers:
    In the shortcuts below, "C" stands for CTRL and "A" stands for "ALT". This is a convention
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here.
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here. "Meta" is also used sometimes
    to refer to "ALT".


    Shortcut Description
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    - File/directory operations
    C-x c Chmod dialog
    C-x o Chown dialog
    C-x s Create symlink dialog
    C-x l Create hard link dialog
    C-x v Run relative symbolic link tool on selected or tagged items
    C-x C-s Edit symlink
    F3 View file
    Shift + F3 View raw file (disregard extension)
    F5 Copy selected files
    F6 Move selected files
    Shift-F4 Create a new file
    C-x d Compare directories
    C-x c Chmod dialog
    C-x o Chown dialog
    C-x C-s Edit symlink
    C-x s Create symlink dialog
    C-x l Create hard link dialog
    C-x v Run relative symbolic link tool on selected or tagged items

    - Selection
    Insert / C-t Select/deselect file
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    - Navigation
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    A-Shift-? Find file
    A-s Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    C-s Search for item
    A-s Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    A-h Show command history
    A-Shift + H Show path history
    C-\ Directory Hotlist

    - Display
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    A-i Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    C-r Refresh current pane
    C-u Swap panels
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
    A-, Toggle panel layout (horizontal/vertical)
    A-t Change panel view ('Full','Brief','Long')
    C-r Refresh current pane
    C-x i Toggle other panel to information mode
    C-x q Toggle other panel to quick view mode
    A-i Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    A-t Change panel view (full, brief, long)
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature

    - Command line
    C-o Drop to the console
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    Shortcut Description
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    C-o Drop to the console
    Insert Select/deselect file
    C-t Alias for Insert
    * Invert selection on files
    + Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
    - The same as above, but for deselecting
    F5/F6 Copy/move selected files

    A-s Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-r Refresh current pane

    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    A-i Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    C-u Swap panels
    Note for newcomers:
    In the shortcuts below, "C" stands for CTRL and "A" stands for "ALT". This is a convention
    used in the Midnight Commander documentation and was kept here.

    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    A-h Show history

    C-x c Chmod dialog
    C-x o Chown dialog
    C-x s Create symlink dialog
    C-x l Create hard link dialog
    C-x d Compare directories


    F2 @ unzip Unzip selected file
    F2 @ zip -r foo.zip Zip current directory as foo.zip
    Shortcut Description
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    F2 @ 7za x Extract selected file with 7zip
    F2 @ 7za a foo.7z 7zip current directory as foo.7z
    - File/directory operations
    C-x c Chmod dialog
    C-x o Chown dialog
    C-x s Create symlink dialog
    C-x l Create hard link dialog
    C-x v Run relative symbolic link tool on selected or tagged items
    C-x C-s Edit symlink
    F3 View file
    Shift + F3 View raw file (disregard extension)
    F5 Copy selected files
    F6 Move selected files
    Shift-F4 Create a new file
    C-x d Compare directories

    - Selection
    Insert / C-t Select/deselect file
    * Invert selection on files
    + Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
    - The same as above, but for deselecting

    - Navigation
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    A-Shift-? Find file
    A-s Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    C-s Search for item
    A-h Show command history
    A-Shift + H Show path history
    C-\ Directory Hotlist

    - Display
    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    A-i Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    C-u Swap panels
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
    A-, Toggle panel layout (horizontal/vertical)
    A-t Change panel view ('Full','Brief','Long')
    C-r Refresh current pane
    C-x i Toggle other panel to information mode
    C-x q Toggle other panel to quick view mode

    - Command line
    C-o Drop to the console
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    A-n / A-p Navigate up/down through the command history
    C-x ! External Panelize (fill current panel with the output of a command)
    C-x j Show background jobs
    F2-@ Run a command on the currently highlighted item, e.g.:
    F2-@ unzip Unzip selected file
    F2-@ zip -r foo.zip Zip current directory as foo.zip
    F2-@ 7za x Extract selected file with 7zip
    F2-@ 7za a foo.7z 7zip current directory as foo.7z

    - Others
    Shift-F10 Quiet exit, without confirmation
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    C-o Drop to the console
    Insert Select/deselect file
    C-t Alias for Insert
    * Invert selection on files
    + Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
    - The same as above, but for deselecting
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    C-o Drop to the console
    Insert Select/deselect file
    * Invert selection on files
    + Specify file selection options (including custom pattern)
    - The same as above, but for deselecting
    F5/F6 Copy/move selected files

    A-s Incremental search
    A-s Incremental search (A-s again to jump to next occurence)
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-r Refresh current pane

    TAB Jump from one panel to the other
    A-i Make the other panel show the same directory as the current
    C-u Swap panels

    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    A-h Show history
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    C-o Drop to the console
    * Invert selection on files

    A-s Incremental search
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
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    C-o Drop to the console

    A-s Incremental search
    A-. Toggle "Show Hidden Files" feature
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-r Refresh current pane

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    Shortcut Description
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    C-o Drop to the console

    A-s Incremental search
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-r Refresh current pane

    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    A-s Incremental search

    A-h Show history

    C-x c Chmod dialog
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    C-x d Compare directories


    F2 @ zip -r a.zip Zip current directory as a.zip
    F2 @ unzip Unzip selected file
    F2 @ zip -r foo.zip Zip current directory as foo.zip

    F2 @ 7za x Extract selected file with 7zip
    F2 @ 7za a foo.7z 7zip current directory as foo.7z
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    Shortcut Description
    ---------------------------------------------------------------

    C-o Drop to the console
    A-Enter Put name of the highlighted file on command line
    C-r Refresh current pane
    A-c Quick cd dialog
    A-? Search dialog
    A-s Incremental search

    A-h Show history

    C-x c Chmod dialog
    C-x o Chown dialog
    C-x s Create symlink dialog
    C-x l Create hard link dialog
    C-x d Compare directories


    F2 @ zip -r a.zip Zip current directory as a.zip