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midnight commander: use default editor
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Thiago Perrotta
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Aug. 26, 2025, 1:08 p.m.
vim
customization
development tools
Text Editors
Summary
This blog post discusses how to configure Midnight Commander to use a user-defined text editor instead of the default mcedit, enhancing the user's editing experience. The author prefer using vim for better muscle memory.
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