Oh well so much for a day off... found this prog & the day has disappeared!
Some of the following are possibly requests, but as I have only had today to play with your outstanding prog I wonder if some things are achievable with scripts or features I haven't found yet.
I personally have a favourite file manager - Dir Opus, but I cannot justify the price-tag for a prog of which I could only use about 25% of the features. I dislike NC & the many clones / off-shoots for some reason & Win explorer is just too irritating for words. (How the hell does MS create an 'explorer' without panes, tabs or whatever!!??
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MC seems to have about 75% of what I need so I will be investigating further.
I am wondering how to emulate some of the Dir Opus features that I actually do use. Please excuse me if I am mis-posting all this.
I wanted to start the prog with multiple tabs pre-loaded - achieved via an ini & -F
But what else can I add to the ini?
Can I add these other options on load:-
- Calculate all folder sizes in pre-loaded tabs (call shift+alt+return for tabs xyz) A one-time scan.
- Load folder tree to x tabs (call Alt+num* for tabs xyz)
i.e. for 'tabs xyz' = 'panel_x' in the ini
Something like:-
[PANEL_131]
Path=I:\Nowhere
Side=R
Cmd=Alt+*
- Save & reload panel sort state on MC start, e.g:- tab b has date sort asc; tab z has size sort desc etc
I modified a button to open device manager successfully
Used this string :- MC.Run CMD="devmgmt.msc" SHELL
I wondered how to drag & drop folders with media into VLC via a button. I tried both vlc.exe & the full path c:\....exe but it didn't work. I based the attached screen on the 'Notepad' button but I just get an invalid path msg when dropping files & folders on the button.
What did I do wrong?
I'd like to know if I can do the following :-
invert selectioncustomize (add/remove/edit) top toolbar buttons (e.g. I would like to add the existing F3 search command/icon to the default top toolbar)
set background colour for inactive pane (eg grey instaed of white) [Found it! config>exp panel>color]
Alter size & number of the buttons at the foot of the main dialog.
Run files from the search dialog (i.e. Double click a result & have it run (in its' default handler where req'd))
Undo (call ctrl+z, or use the MC history log to step backwards)
BTW I like the idea of preview panels at opposite ends of the main dialog, that would be very useful.
Sorry for such a long Noob 1st post!
Thanks for an awesome program!