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| | 3 | == Fundamentals of Midnight Commander shortcuts == |
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| | 5 | === Explanation to the description of key combinations === |
| | 6 | Keyboard combinations are selected by modifiers. Following modifiers are used in mc: |
| | 7 | - '''Ctrl''' - "Control" key or "Ctrl"; |
| | 8 | - '''Meta''' - "Alternate" key, or "Alt", or "Meta", also can be replaced with a single "Esc" or "Escape"; |
| | 9 | - '''Esc''' - "Escape" key or "Esc"; |
| | 10 | - '''Shift''' - "Shift" key. It may also appear on the keyboard as a pointer showing up below the keys "Caps Lock" or below the key "Enter". |
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| | 12 | === The simultaneous pressing of several keys === |
| | 13 | If you need to press multiple keys simultaneously, then that pressing is described as the summation. For example, if you need to press "Control" and "r", it would be described as: |
| | 14 | {{{ |
| | 15 | Ctrl+r |
| | 16 | }}} |
| | 17 | If you need to press the keyboard combination with uppercase letters (for example Ctrl and R): |
| | 18 | {{{ |
| | 19 | Ctrl+Shift+r |
| | 20 | }}} |
| | 21 | keyboard key combination with Meta modificator described similarly: |
| | 22 | {{{ |
| | 23 | Meta+r |
| | 24 | Meta+Shift+r |
| | 25 | }}} |
| | 26 | Simultaneous pressing does not mean literally the same time - you must press the modifier, then the required key, then release the key modifier. |
| | 27 | For example, to enter the combination of ''Meta+r'': |
| | 28 | - Push '''Alt''' key and not released it; |
| | 29 | - Push the '''r''' key and immediately released it; |
| | 30 | - Release '''Alt''' key. |
| | 31 | In the case of adding a '''Shift''' modifier (''Meta + Shift + R'', for example), the steps that: |
| | 32 | - Push '''Alt''' key and not released it; |
| | 33 | - Push '''Shift''' key and not released it; |
| | 34 | - Push '''r''' key and immediately released it; |
| | 35 | - Release '''Shift''' key; |
| | 36 | - Release '''Alt''' key. |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | === Successive pressing of several keys === |
| | 39 | If you need to press a first key (or keyboard combination) and then the second such action is recorded as a sequence, separated by commas. For example, press a ''Ctrl+p'' a combination, and then further to press "p", it would be described as follows: |
| | 40 | {{{ |
| | 41 | Ctrl+p,p |
| | 42 | }}} |
| | 43 | Or, if you need to click twice ''Ctrl+p'': |
| | 44 | {{{ |
| | 45 | Ctrl+p,Ctrl+p |
| | 46 | }}} |
| | 47 | |
| | 48 | === Several shortcuts on one action === |
| | 49 | Each keyboard combination for some one action is described with a new line. Below are tables of keyboard combinations, and actions to which they are linked |
