Re: [aclug-L] Midnight Commander?

[j m wagle <jmwagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reply.  I do not have gmc (or other GNOME's) so far.

maybe later.
mike wagle

Jesse Kaufman wrote:
> 
> the dif b/n mc and tkmc is that mc (the orig) is a text interface similar to 
> pine
> or Xconfigurator (in RedHat)...  tkmc is a port of mc to tcl/tk, which makes 
> it a
> graphical X program...  also, gmc is another one...  this is GNOME's mc, 
> which uses
> the gtk+ widgets set... personally, i find it very nice, especially w/ the 
> GtkSTeP
> theme! : ^ )
> 
> hope this cleared some stuff up..
> jesse
> 
> "Clint A. Brubakken" wrote:
> 
> > first I assume tkmc uses the Tk widget set, like a lot of linux programs.
> > Try something elese that starts with tk, or zircon (one application of the
> > top of my had I know uses it), and the all look sort of similar.
> >
> > Never ran mc, so I'm not sure what it looks like, but maybe it just uses
> > xwindows calls, instead of a widget set.
> >
> > It looks like a problem in your TCL/TK distribution. Maybe tkmc was
> > written for an older version, or it was libraries a different place .
> >
> > try :
> > locate libtcl
> > (if it gives an erro about being old first as root run updatedb)
> > this will tell all locations were that lib is.
> >
> > If you see one in a different directory try adding that to your ld library
> > path
> > (csh: setenv  LD_LIBRARY_PATH <new dir>:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
> > bash: export  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = <new dir>:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> > you'll have to add this to your .cshrc or .bashrc respectively to get this
> > change every time )
> >
> > If you still have the same problem, look at redhat for patches for tkmc,
> > or Tcl/Tk.
> >
> > If none, you can go to  www.scriptics.com and get the newest tcl and
> > tk.
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, phrostie wrote:
> >
> > > i'm currently running rh 5.2 and every distrabution i have ever run
> > > wether RH, PHT,.... back to rh 3.0.3
> > > you just type "mc" at a xterm or text prompt and hit enter.
> > >
> > > never heard of tkmc
> > >
> > > let me know if you get it working
> > >
> > > phrostie
> > >
> > > j m wagle wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am running redhat 5.2 and have an application tkmc labeled
> > > > 'midnight commander' that fails with the following error message.
> > > >
> > > > tkmc: error in loading shared libraries
> > > > /usr/lib/libtcl.so: undefined symbol: stat
> > > >
> > > > two questions:
> > > >  1.) how does one find an undefined symbol and
> > > >  2.) what is the difference between tkmc and mc? (I do not have any
> > > > 'man' pages for tkmc.)
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance.
> > > > mike wagle, wichita