How to Disable Global Ctrl-Insert and Shift-Insert Hotkeys in Midnight Commander on Arch Linux Gnome 47 Wayland

Title: Using Midnight Commander (mc) with Gnome Terminal on Arch Linux Wayland

In this article, we will guide you on how to use Midnight Commander (mc) with Gnome Terminal on Arch Linux Wayland. Midnight Commander is a two-panel file manager for Unix-like systems, which allows you to manage files and directories using keyboard shortcuts.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed:

1. Arch Linux Wayland
2. Gnome Terminal
3. Midnight Commander (mc)

If you haven't installed Midnight Commander, you can do so using the following command:

sudo pacman -S mc

Configuring Midnight Commander in Gnome Terminal

By default, Midnight Commander uses some conflicting shortcuts with Gnome Terminal, such as Shift-Insert and Ctrl-Insert. To resolve this issue, we will create a custom configuration file for mc within Gnome Terminal.

1. Open your preferred text editor (e.g., nano, vim) and create a new file named .inputrc in your home directory:

nano ~/.inputrc

2. Add the following lines to the file, replacing the existing content:

$if mode=insert
"\e[5~": deleted-char
"\e[3~": deleted-char
"\e[2~": home-cursor
"\e[4~": end-of-line
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[F": end-of-line
"\e[1;5C": right-cursor
"\e[1;5D": left-cursor
"\e[1;5B": up-cursor
"\e[1;5A": down-cursor
"\e[Z": insert-mode
"\e[M": overstrike-mode
"\e[Z": insert-mode
"\eOQ": delete-char
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[D": delete-char
"\e[C": delete-char
"\e[1~": delete-char
"\e[2~": delete-char
"\e[4~": delete-char
"\e[5~": delete-char
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[F": end-of-line
"\e[K": clear-line
"\e[J": clear-screen
"\e[2J": clear-screen
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[5P": move-cursor-down
"\e[5N": move-cursor-up
"\e[6P": move-cursor-right
"\e[6N": move-cursor-left
"\e[1;5C": right-cursor
"\e[1;5D": left-cursor
"\e[1;5B": up-cursor
"\e[1;5A": down-cursor
"\e[Z": insert-mode
"\e[M": overstrike-mode
"\e[?1049h": set-echo-mode off
"\e[?1049l": set-echo-mode on
"\e[?1000h": smcup
"\e[?1000l": rmcup
"\e[?1003h": save-current-column
"\e[?1003l": restore-current-column
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