[SOLVED] troubleshooting midnight commander

Hello,
I am trying to have .doc files opened in word (through wine) when I hit ENTER on the file in midnight commander (mc). However, when I hit ENTER, the screen briefly flashes, then nothing happens. Somewhere I read that if you hit M-! then you can see the output of your command so I tried that to see what exactly mc is calling when I hit ENTER, but for some reason M-! just pulls up a filter view.
Anyone know how to figure out what command mc is executing when I hit ENTER on a .doc file, or any other means of troubleshooting/logging events in mc so I can figure out where my problem is or something is not working?
Last edited by awayand (2011-07-30 04:49:39)

Sounds like you need to edit the /etc/mc/mc.ext file so that it knows what to open and where when it sees a .doc file.
Better still copy that mc.ext file to your ~/.mc directory and work on it there.

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