alias mc='vim' works really well for me! :-P Just make sure you have a solid syntax highlighter installed, custom or otherwise. On Thursday, May 1, 2014, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > > midnight commander provides a convenient script that allows exit to the > present working directory of mc instead of returning you to the directory > in > which mc was started. All that is required is a simple alias: > > alias mc='. /usr/lib/mc/mc-wrapper.sh' > > This simply invokes mc with the -P option saving the present dir to a tmp > file, then changing to it on exit. > > Any reason not to make this the default? > > Just a convenience suggestion with a simple fix -- for consideration. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. >