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Ticket #4138, comment 16
v6 v7 8 8 Firstly, I am not sure how you configure MC to show the column following the name column not numeric-only. Before writing down how I got it, I would like to mention I suspect the problem is not only the swapping of the columns. It could be related to the incosistency in justification of RTL, such as Hebrew, file names. I tried to change my MC into {{{Left ⇒ Listing Format… ⇒ Long file list}}}. And justification of RTL file names in the Name column, which were prevoiusly right justified, became left justified. Getting back into {{{Left ⇒ Listing Format… ⇒ Full file list}}} changed it back to right justification. I think this is too a bidi issue. Which is probably done, or should be mostly done, by the bidi layer of the underlying terminal. 9 9 10 I used [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/295846/how-can-i-set-the-default-user-defined-listing-mode-in-midnight-commander how can i set the default user defined listing mode in midnight commander] and [http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/MC/mc_tips.shtml#Creating__Custom_Format Creating Custom Format] to get a non numeric only column after the file names column. I stored a suitable format in {{{.config/mc/panels.ini}}}. And after exiting and reactivating MC, I could activate that format at {{{Left ⇒ Listing Format… ⇒ User defined}}}. And the outcome was like you wrote. No columns were swapped. However, in my case, the justification of the Hebrew file names changed as well. They became left justified. I guess the same happened to you. But you forgot to mention it. Possibly because perhaps that is what you are used to.10 I used [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/295846/how-can-i-set-the-default-user-defined-listing-mode-in-midnight-commander how can i set the default user defined listing mode in midnight commander] and [http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/MC/mc_tips.shtml#Creating__Custom_Format Creating Custom Format] to get a non numeric only column after the file names column. I stored a suitable format in {{{.config/mc/panels.ini}}}. And after exiting and reactivating MC, I could activate that format at {{{Left ⇒ Listing Format… ⇒ User defined}}}. And the outcome was like you wrote. No columns were swapped. However, in my case, the justification of the Hebrew file names changed as well. They became left justified. I guess the same happened to you. But you forgot to mention it. Possibly because perhaps you are used to left justification. 11 11 12 12 As I wrote above, even though it looks like the swapping columns depends on the listing format, I think this is not the full picture. Do note that even when the swapping columns is not seen, the wrong justification of Hebrew file names is there. The reason is that the problem is, probably, not only the swapping columns. I suspect it is also about the justification of the file names. In order to see that, I think we should talk about bidi in more length. I have already wrote that I suspect the justification of the names, and the swapping columns issue, are related. I haven’t proved that. I also suspect, but haven’t proved, the justification problem is bidi related. If that is not enough, my knowledge about bidi is poor. Still, I hope that if you follow, you will see that my suspicions might stand on solid ground.
