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I want more space as shown here:

image of monitor with midnight commander full screen

Default mc with active panels has only one line where the user can type commands, I want to see more console output without pressing ctrl + o pressing.

How can I get it?

Zanna
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Two options here:

  • Try to press Ctrl+O. And forget your FAR, VC and NC :)

  • It seems that functionality is already here: press F9 (or Options), select Layout and find Console output here. It works in native Linux console (plain VT, such as Ctrl+Alt+F1) on 12.04 LTS, 17.04, 17.10 and 18.04 LTS, but not on 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS. There are upstream bug and launchpad bug about that.

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    Yes, I know this hotkey. My mistake, that I confused far and mc ... Thanks for answer. – Yura Shinkarev Dec 16 '17 at 11:29
  • It works on plain VTs on 17.10 and 18.04 LTS - see updated answer above. – N0rbert Dec 16 '17 at 11:40
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    In case it is not clear: this can ONLY work in a VT, NOT in a X terminal like gnome-terminal or Mac's Terminal.app. MC's [bug #2955](https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/2955) about this is marked as "wontfix" – mivk Sep 12 '20 at 15:53