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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: MC problems Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 16:48:13 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 27 Message-ID: <31E04CBD.57D7@www.play-hookey.com> References: <1996Jul7.114523.24917@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Stephan Forth wrote: > > Hi networld, > > I just installed the mc package. It works fine, except if I try > to edit a file (pressing F4). I always get an error: > > missing } > > I've gone thru all configuration files, but couldn't find anything > about it. > > Thanks for your assistance. > Have you defined an EDITOR variable in your .profile file? If not, mc uses (shudder) vi. Check the mc man page, too. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |