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Using ubuntu 10.10 the editor in mc (midnight commander) is nano. How can i switch to the internal mc editor (mcedit)?

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Press the following keys in order, one at a time:

  1. F9 Activates the top menu.
  2. o Selects the Option menu.
  3. c Opens the configuration dialog.
  4. i Toggles the use internal edit option.
  5. s Saves your preferences.

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Can you also add how to change the editor to any other editor? – trusktr Nov 4 '12 at 20:34
    
It would be better to specify a way to change this from the command line, but not by changing the OS default editor. – sorin Apr 30 '13 at 8:10
    
This is great, but is there a way to do the same in the command line, say, by adding/changing an environment variable? I'd like to automate this. – Nickolai Leschov Apr 5 '14 at 17:34
    
Looks it has changed to 't' instead of 'i' image – pshirishreddy Feb 15 '16 at 5:43
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Run MC as usual. On the command line right above the bottom row of menu selections type select-editor. This should open a menu with a list of all of your installed editors. This is working for me on all my current linux machines.

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Thank you! That was the only solution that worked for me with the mc version in the Ubuntu 14.04 repositories. – Sledge Hammer Aug 9 '15 at 11:57
    
Doesn't work for me. I get a "Command not found" error from Bash. – marlar Mar 17 '16 at 8:50
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If you want to leave mc and system settings as it is now, you may just run it like

$ EDITOR=mcedit mc
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Or change the standard editor...

Open a Terminal and type this command:

sudo update-alternatives --config editor

You will get an list of the installed Editors in your Ubuntu, and you can chose your favorit.

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OP is not asking how to change the system default editor. – Ryan Thompson Dec 9 '10 at 18:33
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Open Midnight Commander, go to Options -> Configuration and check "use internal editor" Hit save and you are done.

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