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From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth)
Subject: Re: MC problems
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Message-ID: <1996Jul15.185156.27733@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de>
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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 18:51:56 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:

: > > I just installed the mc package. It works fine, except if I try
: > > to edit a file (pressing F4). I always get an error:
: > > 	
: > > 	missing }
: > 
: > I've also stumpled across this once.  It looked like an error in the
: > mc setup files, but we eventually got it solved.  Contact me at my
: > *work* email address, please, i should be able to dig up this machine
: > for you.

: Btw., it turns out that mc apparently incorrectly uses ${SHELL}.  As
: long as this is set to a C-alike shell, it breaks.  Set ${SHELL} to
: /bin/sh, and it works.  (Even from within a csh, naturally.)

Yes it does! I setenv SHELL to /bin/sh and all works fine!

Thanks!

Regards, Stephan

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