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Support and Feedback / Re: Strange button assingement

« on: October 21, 2013, 17:47:27 »

Link is not support.
And Shift toggles the default choice of copy<>move

3002

Support and Feedback / Re: different color on same filetype?

« on: October 20, 2013, 13:42:52 »

File Coloring matches for a lot more then just file type.
Some of the files probably matches some rule and some some other.
The color of the first matching rule will be used and it will go from top to bottom of the rules listed in the "File Coloring Rules Editor"

3003

Support and Feedback / Re: Buttons disapear

« on: October 20, 2013, 11:28:25 »

Sounds like something is using a lot of CPU so the redraw then goes very slow and you notice how it is drawn.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Text is truncated

« on: October 19, 2013, 12:24:05 »

just upload it to http://multicommander.com/upload/ and I send it to the person responsible for the translation

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Support and Feedback / Re: copy speed on 1000 mbps network

« on: October 19, 2013, 12:20:09 »

Try if some of the other works better and you can also tweak them. The option there is all the kind of windows provides for changing how reading/writing should be done.
Also check the logfile to find what is slow, if it is the read or write that is slow. (Scroll to the right side of the log entry for a "copied : ...."  line  , there is a Read data time and Write data time info.

But so much external factors does also affect read/write speed. specially over the network.

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Search Tab: Rename, Multi-Rename

« on: October 19, 2013, 10:50:02 »

I have come to realize that the "problem" here lies with the users. (Crash+Burn and me)

As it has been said MC uses Perl compatible regex I decided to refresh my understanding of that interpretation.

Where I am expecting the backslash to "escape" the next character from the action performed upon the search items, what it actual does is serve as a metacharacter along with other characters to perform specific actions. Thus the error message I quoted earlier is in fact 100% correct and should have told me my use of "\" was wrong.

So I fall back on my previous comment that a lot of problems may be averted in the future with the addition of some kind of "legend of expressions" that are used in MC.
In the same manner as the "flyout" menu associated with the Multi-Rename tool when the "<" icon is selected.

More examples of user expectations not matching actual experience.

Yes, Some sample of regexp's would probably be needed. Both as tooltip and to on the doc page.
The thing is that I only have very basic knowledge of regexp and looking at it, looks like weeks of learning it. and I don't have the time.. but I will see if I can create some easy samples..

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Search Tab: Rename, Multi-Rename

« on: October 19, 2013, 10:45:37 »

Although it seems my original supposition above may be incorrect, I can't seem to match the "dot" of a file extension from a regular tab now either. It appears that MC's implementation doesn't have an option that allows for matching the whole filename as a single string - which you would think [Replace Name & Extension] would be.

I honestly don't know what you would use [Replace Name & Extension] for in its current form

given the following file:
everything.exe
Find: e
Replace: b
--> bvbrything.bxb

I would of expected [Replace Name & Extension] to allow access to the whole filename as a single string
thus permitting you to do something like:
everything.exe
Find: thing\.exe$
Replace: one.exe.bak
---> everyone.exe.bak

Now since you have to choose the matching type, of either [Name], [Extension] or [Name & Extension]
and since that choice affects all the Find/Replace fields, it's actually impossible to change filenames AND the extension.
Unless you want to match the same string in both the filename and it's extension... which seems unlikely.

Maybe the [Name and extension] settings should join the filename before doing the rename.
Right now there is code to do rename of name part and code that does rename of extension part. So when the N&E options was select both rename part was run.
I will look into if they the N&E option should join the name or if there should be another option.. but I think it would be safe to join them without breaking anything else.

3008

Support and Feedback / Re: copy speed on 1000 mbps network

« on: October 19, 2013, 10:37:52 »

Strange, I get over 60MB/s my self.

Copy speed depends on so much so it is impossible to say what.. try chaning read/write strategy. It might be that the strategy that is chosen is not liked by your system and target system.
In the log you can see separate read/write speed of the file and you see if it is the read or write part that is slow.

3009

Support and Feedback / Re: Some feedback and notices

« on: October 18, 2013, 17:10:03 »

1 Yes space key will toggle selection and calculate foldersize of item in focus.  It is so you can move up and down with arrow key and press space and to select file and also get their size.

2. Commander styled setup is best if you working with keyboard only.. then you can walk the list with arrow keys and toggle selection of files using space or insert key.
Ctrl + Space ? never seen that combo before..  not sure you can get it using Explorer Styled setup
In Explorer Panel settings you can uncheck the options under "Selection Methods" But that will probably mess with with setup you want to have..

• I meant I cannot get the size of all selected folders by Space. That's not a big problem, actually, don't matter.
• Yes. Try in WinExplorer or any type of standard listview: when you toggle Ctrl, the multi-selection mode is activated, so if you press Space - the focused element will be toggled selected/unselected, if you press any arrow, another element will be focused and you can make it selected/unselected with space. It's common practice in most listviews. I like the tabbed style interface with some plugins, but total/Multi/Other commander file selection style isn't what I really want. That's why I choose Multicommander yet Is there some way to make it possible? Maybe some hotkeys use Ctrl+Up/Down?

1. Ahh ok. No space only works for current folder.. hmm Might be possible to remove the hotkey for that and reassign it to the 'calculate folder size' command

2. Not sure it will be possible to include 'sticky selection' in WindowsExplorer mode. Commander Styled setup has priority and if it breaks something with that it will not be added. also when changing how one mode works something in the other mode can break, or something else in the same mode breaks.
There are so many options and settings for how mouse/keyboard work so when messing with how it works, something is going to break
But if I find a safe way to add it, I will..

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Support and Feedback / Re: Some feedback and notices

« on: October 18, 2013, 09:49:09 »

Hi again.
I'll continue here, if nobody minds (if you do, please, feel free to split the message to a new topic).
I've tried to use some keyboard combos and actions, and noticed two strange things with SPACE button:

• It is said that I can calculate the folder's size by Shift+Alt+Enter, and also with Space. When I press Space on single folder, all works OK. But when I want to do a trick with several selected folders, the result is given for a focused folder only. Is that OK?
• I tried to work with keyboard only, like I usually do in WinExplorer. I wanted to select several files/forlders coming not one after another. I pressed Ctrl and began to press Space and moving through the filelist with Up and Down keys. It fails. How can I change this behavior? Or what other manner I can use to get the selection I want? P.S. I use WinExplorer mouse/keyboard/selection style, so Insert won't help me.

Thank you.

1 Yes space key will toggle selection and calculate foldersize of item in focus.  It is so you can move up and down with arrow key and press space and to select file and also get their size.

2. Commander styled setup is best if you working with keyboard only.. then you can walk the list with arrow keys and toggle selection of files using space or insert key.
Ctrl + Space ? never seen that combo before..  not sure you can get it using Explorer Styled setup
In Explorer Panel settings you can uncheck the options under "Selection Methods" But that will probably mess with with setup you want to have..

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Support and Feedback / Re: Tree not updated

« on: October 18, 2013, 07:46:49 »

It is on my list.. I will try to see if this can be fixed for the next version

3012

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: NEXT Version v4.x (?)

« on: October 18, 2013, 07:44:32 »

1) allowing to set a min-max width on the "command line" or even the option to place it on the bottom -- which would also entail separating the Address-Bar icons from the Address-bar command line.

Is that really needed since it will auto size it self if you place more icons after it.
You can Disable the QuickLaunch part there and you can enable a QuickLaunch toolbar that is its entire row.

2) Ability to reorganize the other bars (drag, move), remove/add commands, and/or change icons.

The toolbar are a bit special, Because of the plugin/extension architecture and that they are created at runtime. There are some limits.
Changing Toolbar location/order can not be supported without major redesign.
Customizing the toolbars (Add/Remove buttons) is planed. But with some limits, Mixing buttons from many toolbar into one will not work.
 

3) Align the functionality of the ButtonBar with the toolbar: Allow editing default commands.

Not sure what you mean.. but all buttons in the button panel can be changed.

If the functionality of the ToolBar cannot be improved to match the flexibility of the ButtonBar - then consider:
1) Allowing the USER-Defined-Functions (ICON/Buttons) to be on their own line
OR if the "command-line" width can be limited, then at least the UDF's would have more space.

See QuickLauchbar..  Configure it to take an entire row.

The few changes to the ButtonBar, that might improve it as noted by others: allow icons,
* possibly allow individual buttons to be "split": customizable layout.
* multiple button-bars, left-right, or more than 1 that can be undocked.

"split": e.g.
[ Sample Button #1] [ Sample Button #2] [ Sample Button #3]
[ Split#4] [ Split #5] [ Sample Button #6] [ Sample Button #7]

* Icon support is coming.
* Splitting will cause issues. But.. What about the other way around. Allowing button to span multiple columns.. that might be possible.. should be able to create the same layout of it. I will investigate if that is possible.
* Multiple button panels.. Create multiple is supported in the code. But not sure they can be docked to left/right. I remember there was some issue with it. But It was a long time ago.

Buggy Large Icons in the ToolBar, when using "tabbed view" when you choose larger icons, it affects the AddressBar and UDF's but the bar doesn't gain any height to allow proper display of the icons. And none of the other tabbed icons get resized, they are still 16x16.

Also changing the ICON Size of the ToolBar could possibly be separated from choosing the icon-size of UDF's - especially if UDF's were allowed on their own line.

Yes the Tabbed toolbar is an old relic and should probably just be removed.
I'm now sure if it is worth the time to fix it..

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Search Tab: Rename, Multi-Rename

« on: October 18, 2013, 07:20:23 »

RegEx in Find/Replace will replace the entire match of the regex with find. If you want to replace some part of the regex match part I think you need some grouping or submatching thing. Im not sure. Im no regex expert.

Code: [Select]

"\[.\]"  then it matches "[A]"  and if you replace that with B.  then you get MyFileB.txt since it replaces the entire match. if you want to replace [<anything>] with [B] then put "[B] in "replace with"I don't see how the engine should possible know that it only should replace the things between the tags.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Some feedback and notices

« on: October 17, 2013, 22:48:07 »

@ Mattias
If tips was stored in an .ini file format, or xml/html, then help could be provided in bringing it up to date.

It might be better to split out the tips into individual files (if multiple people were involved), which could then be merged for distribution with the MC downloads.

Adequate documentation is usually where open-source projects fail too.

All the TipOfTheDay tips are stored in <mcinstall>\Config\TOTD\totd.xml
And the tips uses pseudo HTML..  Not all HTML tags works. but many of them do.
(Try to press Ctrl+E in the TOTD Window)

I actually been updating (text+images) the online documentation a lot lately and but some areas are still missing. But they are coming..

3015

Support and Feedback / Re: skiip does not work

« on: October 17, 2013, 22:01:24 »

I never seen that behavior.
Do you get any file operations errors in the log windows (Ctrl+L)
if the target/source local hardrives/network/other.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Rename Locked Tab

« on: October 17, 2013, 15:46:14 »

Not yet.
But naming tab is on my list for the next version..

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Support and Feedback / Re: Loose panel focus

« on: October 17, 2013, 08:41:27 »

There is a know focus issue that happens sometimes when opening new tabs from a locked tab.
It is on my list of issue to fix.

When it happens the only keyboard workaround (I think) is to a very bad keycombo.. Ctrl+shift+tab, and then Ctrl+Tab.. (Go to previous tab, go to next tab)

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Support and Feedback / Re: Save locked Tabs

« on: October 17, 2013, 08:37:10 »

There two way.

1. Open tabs by script and autorun a script on start
or
2. Or edit the Multi Commander shortcut and add command line parameter to a startup file where the tabs are defined
http://multicommander.com/docs/commandlineparameters

MultiCommander.exe -F Startup.ini

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Search Tab: Rename, Multi-Rename

« on: October 17, 2013, 08:30:49 »

The regex engine is a so called perl compatible... I have not written it my self, regex is supported by the C++ standard libraries now days and that is the engine that is used. The error messages comes directly from the engine.

Im no regex expert.
But if I have  a filename named "MyFile[A].txt" and in the Multi-Rename under "Search and Replace" I got "\[.\]" and Replace with "B"
and "RegEx" checkbox checked..
it works. It renames file to MyFileB.txt, I do not get an error

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Support and Feedback / Re: Having a problem with shell context menu

« on: October 17, 2013, 07:08:52 »

The problem is that there was other issues with the old context menu code that are fixed now.
Not sure what is so special with just that folder and why it fails only there..

The crazy thing is that
C:\Users\<username>\<anyfolder>  - Fails
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\<anyfolder>  - Works 

They are both the same location "C:\Documents and Settings" is a NTFS file Junction link to "C:\Users" so the real path does not work but the "redirect" works.

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Search Tab: Rename, Multi-Rename

« on: October 17, 2013, 07:00:31 »

regexp work in the Multi-Rename tool.

However the Name part and Extension part are handled separately. So there is do "." part to match the extension for.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Show Icon of folder instead of drive

« on: October 16, 2013, 17:49:40 »

I will check if that will be possible to add

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Support and Feedback / Re: Text is truncated

« on: October 16, 2013, 16:47:39 »

Thanks. I will see what I can do..

( I think germany needs to redo their language and come up with new word that use less characters.. All this loooooong text are messing up the UI )

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Support and Feedback / Re: Creating links

« on: October 16, 2013, 15:57:56 »

The file link tool is found in the Tools menu, if you want To automate it you need to create a custom command for it.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Tip of the day - some typos

« on: October 16, 2013, 14:45:59 »

The updater do not update the config/totd/totd.xml file.

If you really want the correct file you can download and portable version and replace your version of the file with the file in that release.
(or reinstall using full installer)