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3526

Support and Feedback / Re: How to I save settings?

« on: December 26, 2012, 17:10:06 »

No.
Because it is not recommended to always run in 0/100 mode. Since a lot of features depends on what is showing in the "target" panel.
and if that is always hidden you might do something there without knowing and seeing it.

3527

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Move color settings to its own category

« on: December 26, 2012, 12:29:54 »

There will be a lot of changes regarding settings in v3.0
But I can not pull out all color settings for all parts and put them together because everything in MC is an extension.
MC is built around an extension/plugin API,  Explorer Panel is an extension (UI only, the actual file copy and stuff is part of the Core), Search UI is an extension, Settings panel is an extension, All file systems (local, rar, zip , ftp, reg) are different plugins, and so on.

(Hmm I should draw a picture or somethings and have in the doc, Is a bit complicated to explain how everything works.)

Anyway. More of the extensions/plugins will move over and use the "Settings Panel" for their settings. And specially for the core part some of the settings will be moved to other files and so.

A lot of internal changes are coming in v3.0.  More information about that, and how to test it is coming shortly.

3528

Support and Feedback / Re: Unable abort copy operation while it's preparing

« on: December 26, 2012, 12:20:56 »

Thanks.  I will look into that...

3529

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Print

« on: December 25, 2012, 14:40:11 »

It all depends on what you mean by "Print".  A lot of things can be printed in different ways.

3530

Support and Feedback / Re: How to I save settings?

« on: December 23, 2012, 16:55:34 »

No.. but you can specify a file as parameter to MC. and in that file you can configure the tabs you want MC to open.
See http://multicommander.com/docs/commandlineparameters

3531

Support and Feedback / Re: Update to v2.7.2

« on: December 22, 2012, 15:41:25 »

Not been able to reproduce that issue.

Sounds like the update might have been failed to update. and some files got updated and some not.

Configuration can be saved. for portable version it is save in config/ folder of the folder it starts from.

For installed version it is saved in "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\MultiCommander\Config\"

You can type ":goconfig" from inside MC to go that the config folder that MC load the config from. And then just backup it.
There is also a backup and restore option in the help menu that exports/import configuration.

3532

Support and Feedback / Re: 32 bit and 64 bit

« on: December 22, 2012, 15:33:42 »

Well it depends on what you do and need. 32bit version works for the most parts. but there are some minor issues.

The difference is that Windows will redirect some parts of the filesystem and registry for 32bit program that run on 64bit OS.

But the biggest issue is with installed shell extensions (Programs that shows up in right click menu)
32bit programs on 64bit system will only show 32bit shell extensions and 64bit program will only show the 64bit shell extensions.
And by default many programs will only install 64bit shell extension on 64bit OS so you will not be able to use them when running 32bit version.

Also 64bit program can use more of the memory for cache and stuff, But that is normally not an issue.
64bit version is also little faster then the 32bit version running on 64bit OS. but not much.

3533

Support and Feedback / Re: duplicate tab in panel

« on: December 20, 2012, 11:58:37 »

There is a command to move tab to other side.. you should be able to create a script so it first call the Dupicate Tab command then then Move to other side.

User Defined Command of type CustomCommand can run an internal command with the command "MC.Run ID=<command id>"

And the "Command ID" it is found in the Keyboard customization dialog under the "name tag", For example for the command "Move Tab - Move Active panel to other side" you will see that it has a the value "Core.1061" This is an internal reference to this command and can be used from CustomCommand scripts.

But Custom Commands can only run one command. And you want to run two.. (Dupe and move )
But the more advanced Multi-Script Can also run CustomCommands and can run multiple commands of them.

So.

Create a User Defined Command of "Multi-Script" type
and insert

Code: [Select]

MC.RunCmd ID=Core.1322
MC.RunCmd ID=Core.1061
Then save the command and then assign a hotkey/menu option for the command.

3534

Support and Feedback / Re: duplicate tab in panel

« on: December 20, 2012, 09:47:08 »

Ctrl+. will not duplicate.. it will sync the path so that target panel is the same are the source panel (currently in focus)
To duplicate the current tab you can press Ctrl+T.  (Right click on the tab to see more commands )

3535

Support and Feedback / Re: Strange Tray Icon

« on: December 19, 2012, 07:53:16 »

Im not able to reproduce that.

That sound very strange. Sure that "Show a tray icon" is uncheck ? and not just the option for it below ?

3536

Beta Releases / Re: 2.8 BETA - Bugs

« on: December 16, 2012, 17:04:43 »

List view navigation bug (like already mentioned). Video attached.

Should work better in the next beta (build 1267). But might still be situation where it happens, Not heavily tested

3537

Script / Create date folders for a whole year

« on: December 15, 2012, 13:36:38 »

Somebody ask me for how to create date folders for a whole year using script.
Well here is how you do it.

This script will create 365 date folders. 

D:\Test\2013-01-01
D:\Test\2013-01-02
D:\Test\2013-01-03
and so on

Code: [Select]

// set time to "2013-01-01 00:00:00" - the value is seconds from 1970-01-01 00:00:00 - use http://www.epochconverter.com/ to get the start value
@var $time = 1356998400;

// Path to where you want to create the folders
@var $FolderBaseName = "D:\\Test\\";

@var $date = "";
@var $folder;

@var $n = 0;
for( $n = 0; $n < 365; $n++ )
{
 $date = FormatDate( "yyyy-MM-dd" , $time );
 
 $folder = $FolderBaseName ^ $date;
 MC.Filesystem.Makedir PATH="{$folder}"

 // Increase value by the seconds of a day
 $time = $time + 86400;
}


3538

Beta Releases / Re: 2.8 BETA - Bugs

« on: December 15, 2012, 13:03:43 »

P.S. Why sliding effect is used in splitting panels szie (View > Split size) instead of immediate change?

It was a cool effect back in the day.. But It is a bit overplayed today. So it will be removed

3539

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar shown in statusbar can now be configured.

« on: December 12, 2012, 18:49:03 »

Ahh no that will not happen at this time..  the entire progress dialog will be redesigned. So it has to wait until then..

3540

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar shown in statusbar can now be configured.

« on: December 12, 2012, 17:05:08 »

It is in the beta as you saw.. 
(else from where did you get the "ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar file operations can now be configured." info from. if not from the beta ? )

And if something is in the Beta for 2.8 then it would likely also be in the final. unless some serious problem is found with it.
 

Final will be out before X-Mas..( I hope ), So If you find any issues that need fixing before release.. report them ASAP. so I get the time to fix it.

3541

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar shown in statusbar can now be configured.

« on: December 12, 2012, 08:02:33 »

Yes in v2.8 that will be possible

3542

Beta Releases / Re: 2.8 BETA - Bugs

« on: December 11, 2012, 18:26:15 »

If you enable file operations logging.

Core Settings > Logging > Filesystem Log
and make sure Log copy operations is active and debug level is "Debug Eval"
Then when the error happens you will have a row in the file operation log (Ctrl+L to show log view) that says
"<date> <time> Activitystatus of writethread is <num>, Should be 2."

What would be interesting to know is what digit is says in <num>

3543

Beta Releases / Re: 2.8 BETA - Bugs

« on: December 11, 2012, 15:34:12 »

Thanks.  Will see if I can fixa that.. again.
It is not a new issue. It is a old thread timing Issue. I never been able to recreate it my self. I thought it was fixed. but apparently not.
The small file you copy.. how small are the..   2-3kb per files or 50K, 100 K ?

However. When it happens, It does not destroys anything. If the issue happens it will wait before continue when you press Ok. The issue is that it should not have to wait.

If you get the question about deleting incomplete file then the abort happen in the middle of the file. so that you now have a incomplete file. thats why it ask to delete it.

3544

Support and Feedback / Re: Quick Lauch Item command path problem

« on: December 11, 2012, 09:46:04 »

I do not think so. I get it to work with both space and dots in the path

3545

Support and Feedback / Re: Quick Lauch Item command path problem

« on: December 11, 2012, 08:58:06 »

I not sure I understand.

When you drop a file on a QuickLaunch button. It will launch the file using the path specified as "Program Path" for that QuickLaunch button,
and the dropped button will be place as last parameter for that button.

MC does not limit the running of files from a long path. But starting program from extra long paths are not recommended. It would require that the program that is being started fully support long paths it self. And A lot of Windows own API does not support long path. so if they are used by the program there will be problems. And also Im not sure if windows even will run files from long path.
However windows does require that the extra long paths starts with \\?\
eg

Code: [Select]

"\\?\C:\Looooooong.....path\Long....Path\runme.exe"

3546

Beta Releases / 2.8 BETA

« on: December 10, 2012, 20:56:25 »

Beta of v2.8 has been delay quite a bit, But it is finally out.

Major new feature is the new Favorite/Bookmark system.
The new favorite system has something called QuickPaths that will replace the old HotPath.
Current HotPath items will be converted into QuickPaths automatically.

To show the Favorites window press Alt+Backspace (The default hotkey might change for the release) or press the Favorite Button (star) on the Commandline bar.

( Updated 2012-12-16 with Beta Build 1267 )

Changes
Over 90+ Changes.
Over 120+ Changes.
  ADDED - New Favorites/Bookmark System. Press ALT+BackSpace or press Favorites icon on commandline bar to show it.
  ADDED - New Language : Hungarian - Provided by Zityisoft
  REMOVE- HotPaths removed. Replaced with quick path in the the Favorite manager. (HotPath will be converted automatically)
  ADDED - The colors for the ProgressBar shown in statusbar can now be configured.
  ADDED - Highlights in FileViewer can easier be removed and added from the context menu.
  ADDED - Selection status in Explorer Panel can now be configured to show 0,1,2 decimals
  ADDED - Selection status in Explorer Panel can now be configured to mini/short/long size unit after the size
  ADDED - Explorer Panel can now show 0,1,2 decimals in the size column.
  ADDED - Explorer Panel can now show none/mini/short/long size unit after the size.
  ADDED - Command to load selection from clipboard.
  ADDED - Drive bar in main window can now show Special Folders, Virtual Devices and Cloud folders.
  ADDED - MultiScript can now show a window asking user to select one of many items from a dropdown list. See : "AskOption"
  ADDED - MultiScript function to convert date/time as text to number value. See : "ParseDateTime"
  ADDED - Settings to force what panel side that should be set as active at startup.
  ADDED - Default settings for new tabs, View Mode and FolderTree can be configured.
  CHANGE- Date format settings is now a global settings for all open Explorer Panels.
  FIXED - Fixed problem with launching programs from the QuickLaunch bar, If the path had dots in a folder name.
  FIXED - Multi-Script Debugger will now list script sorted, Work faster and better.
  FIXED - Scrollbar problem in List mode.
  FIXED - Problem when running an empty MultiScript
  FIXED - Problem with custom command "MC.Run" The parameter "STARTIN" did not work.
  FIXED - Pack/Unpack/CopyTo dialog will now use filesystem auto completion.
  FIXED - Selection status in ExplorerPanel will now use the thousand separator defined by Windows.
  FIXED - FTP Log tab will now use the same font and colors defined for the other logs.
  FIXED - Will now warn if codepage that can be defined for zip is invalid
  FIXED - Crash problem is zip codepage is invalid.
  FIXED - Rare crash problem with settings.
  FIXED - 5 other Crash problems reported by crash report system

3547

Support and Feedback / Re: mouse file select / activate

« on: December 05, 2012, 12:31:34 »

#1: Cursor is on FileA (No other files Selected)
----| Ctrl+Click on FileB
Result ------> FileB is selected.
Expected --> FileA & FileB are selected.

Im not able to make this happen. I turned on Window Style mouse/key in Quick Look'n'Feel Setup. No other customization.
Maybe you have tweaked some other settings that makes it break ?

#2: Cursor is on FileA
----| Ctrl+Click on FileA
Result #1--> Inline-Rename activated.
Result #2--> File is selected/deselected (after you move the mouse)
Result #3--> Nothing Happens.
Expected --> FileA selection toggles (without moving the mouse)

That is because the rename action is configured to click and wait.
Maybe can be tweaked a bit to not fire command if ctrl is pressed. However. for some actions you might want that.

#3: Selection of Files via Left-Click Box-Drag
----| Behaviour appears to be consistent with #2.
Normal Select/Deselect with quirks if the cursor is on the file that you Ctrl+Click.

Same issue. Action fire on click and wait.

#4: Selection of Files via RButton Click, or RButton Drag
----| Behaviour here is the most inconsistent.

Ctrl|Shift + Click & LButton Box-Drag seems to be a different type of selection than RButton.

It appears to take at least two Ctrl+Click's to deselect a file that was selected via RButton.

Im not able to recreate that. Might be because of some conflicting settings.

3548

Support and Feedback / Re: mouse file select / activate

« on: December 05, 2012, 11:53:08 »

When running Windows Explorer Styled mouse/key setup. It will try to emulate how it works there. But it will never match 100% . The Commander Styled mouse/key setup has priority and if fixing something in WE Style would break something in Commander Style. then it will not be changed.
It might be possible to tweak the mouse configuration in settings to make it work better.

But I will check the issue you listed and see if they can be fixed.

3549

Support and Feedback / Re: Quick Search ( Match from Beginning of Filename )

« on: December 05, 2012, 11:47:07 »

1) If you set Quick Search to match from the beginning of the FileName, there doesn't appear to be a way to:
---> Use an asterix (*) wildcard to allow the search to match any characters in the beginning.

The QuickSearch popup window does not allow any wildcards.
You can in option specify if it should match from beginning of file or use substring matching.
( Explorer Panel Settings > Display (Tab) > Keyboard handling > Quick Search > "Search for text parts anywhere in the file/folder name"

2) There doesn't appear to be a way to activate Quick Search via a Command/Button.

You mean so that you can assign it to a button or another hotkey ? Hmm that might actually be useful, I will investigate and see if it is possible.

3550

Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: midfilenamequick search

« on: December 05, 2012, 11:42:01 »

wildcard search was available before too

I don't see any way to use wildcard in quicksearch field.

Why not? An asterix (wildcard) '*' and question mark '?' are not allowed in file or folder names. So if it they were used in the Quick Search field, they could easily represent what they do almost every where else, all the way from GLOB matching, basic CMD.exe|Batch and many other editing-type applications use '*' and '?'.

I been thinking about maybe adding wildcard support.. However it would require a bit of redesign. So Im not sure If Im up for that.