Midnight commander questions. menu file & associations file

Question

hi! i use tuxcmd all time, but find myself interested in try mc, first because it can be transparent and integrates with my transparent desktop:
but i read this manual  http://www.chm.tu-dresden.de/edv/mc/mc4.5/manual1.html  and dont know how to make a couple of things in first place...
1. when i start mc it sorts files in a confusing (for me) way tuxcmd shows me first the "dot" directories, next the "not dot" directories , next the "dot" files and finally the files, all in alphabetic order. how to achieve that sorting in mc?
2. in tuxcmd i have the options to sort (maintaining the number 1 item sort fashion) by date (newest files first) by name, by extension. how to do this in mc?
3. in tuxcmd i add to it a lot of file associations to my common use files, like when i right click a media file, i have my programs like open with mplayer, xine, vlc, ffmpeg -i (shows me info about the file), etc. what file or what i need to do to have file associations like that in mc? so i can just double click the file and it opens with his associated program?
THANKS!!!
my desktop:
Arch
Fluxbox
gkrellm (cronos skin)
aterm (command: aterm -tr -bl +sb)
mc (transparent mc: Copy this line to ~/.mc/ini
[Colors]
base_color=normal=white,default:directory=white,default:marked=yellow,default:selected=gray,white:executable=brightgreen,default:link=lightgray,default:stalelink=brightred,default:special=brightblue,default:device=magenta,default:editnormal=white,default)
Last edited by leo2501 (2008-04-12 13:12:47)

Answer 1

Well, right now i edited my ~/.mc/menu file so when i press F2 i get a menu with my additions, but the thing is, that i need that depending on the selected file when i press F2, the menu displays the corresponding options depending on the file type, but i barely understand the conditions and subconditions thing
#### Added by me ####
#### Video File Menu ####
+ f \.avi$ | f \.mpg$ | f \.mpeg$ | f \.mkv$ | f \.ts$ | f \.rm$ | f \.vob$ | f \.rmvb$ | f \.flv$ | f \.wmv | f \.ram | f \.mp4 | f \.asf | f \.ogm | f \.m2v | f \.evo$ $ & t n
1 ffmpeg -i (show audio/video info)
ffmpeg -i %f
2 vlc
vlc %f
3 Encode to h264 hq 96 700
enc2h264 hq 96 700 %f
#### Audio File Menu ####
+ f \.wav$ | f \.mp3$ | f \.au$ | f \.aiff$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mp2$ | f \.flac$ | f \.wma$ | f \.snd$ | f \.mpc$ | f \.ac3$ | f \.mid$ | f \.ogg$ $ & t n
1 mplayer
mplayer %f
2 aplay
aplay %f
3 ffmpeg -i (show audio/video info)
ffmpeg -i %f
4 audacity
audacity %f
5 Encode to *.mp3
enc2mp3 %f
#### Disk Image File Menu ####
+ f \.iso$ | f \.ccd$ | f \.img$ | f \.nrg$ | f \.mdf$ | f \.cue$ | f \.bin$ | f \.daa$ | f \.b6t$ | f \.b6i$ & t r & ! t t
1 mountiso
mountiso %f &
2 isomaster
isomaster %f
3 Convert BIN to ISO
bin2iso %f
4 Poweriso convert image to ISO
all2iso %f
5 Convert CCD to ISO
myccd2iso %f
#### Image File Menu ####
+ f \.jpg$ | f \.jpeg$ | f \.bmp$ | f \.png$ | f \.gif$ | f \.svg$ & t r & ! t t
1 feh
feh %f
2 gimp
gimp %f
3 gqview
gqview %f
4 mirage
mirage %f
#### PDF File Menu ####
+ f \.pdf$ & t r & ! t t
1 epdfview
epdfview %f
2 xpdf
xpdf %f
#### Text File Menu ####
+ f \.txt$ | f \.nfo$ | f \.cfg$ | f \.log$ | f \.srt$ | f \.sub$ | f \.ssa$ & t r & ! t t
1 leafpad
leafpad %f
#### Archive File Menu ####
+ f \.zip$ | f \.gz$ | f \.rar$ | f \.bz2$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.7z$ | f \.ace$ & t r & ! t t
1 xarchiver
xarchiver %f
2 Extract *.tar.gz
tar -xzvf %f
3 Extract *.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf %f
4 Extract *.rar Full Path
unrar x %f
5 Extract *.rar Current Dir
unrar e %f
6 Extract *.zip
unzip %f
7 Extract *.7z Full Path
7z x %f
8 Extract *.7z Current Dir
7z e %f
9 Extract *.ace Full Path
unace x %f
a Extract *.ace Current Dir
unace e %f
b Extract *.rar in *.rar_dir directory
unrar2dir %f
c Extract *.zip in *.zip_dir directory
unzip2dir %f
d Pacman Install Package
sudo pacman -A %f
e Pacman Upgrade Package
sudo pacman -U %f
#### Windows Executable File Menu ####
+ f \.exe$ | f \.bat$ | f \.msi$ & t r & ! t t
1 wine
wine %f
#### Internet File Menu ####
+ f \.htm$ | f \.html$ | f \.php$ | f \.asp$ & t r & ! t t
1 kazehakase
kazehakase %f
2 swiftfox
swiftfox %f
#### Document File Menu ####
+ f \.doc$ | f \.rtf$ | f \.php$ | f \.asp$ & t r & ! t t
1 abiword
abiword %f
2 OpenOffice Writer
soffice -writer %f
#### Spread Sheet File Menu ####
+ f \.xls$ | f \.csv$ & t r & ! t t
1 gnumeric
gnumeric %f
#### Presentation File Menu ####
+ f \.ppt$ | f \.pps$ & t r & ! t t
1 OpenOffice Impress
soffice -impress %f
#### Java File Menu ####
+ f \.jar$ & t r & ! t t
1 Execute
java -jar %f
#### Help/Manual File Menu ####
+ f \.chm$ | f \.pps$ & t r & ! t t
1 xchm
xchm %f
Last edited by leo2501 (2008-04-12 13:14:16)