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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.3 BETA

« on: July 07, 2017, 14:35:04 »

Hi Jungle - that is what I expected to happen but I got extra " added when I submitted the string to the dialog.
Your solution does show me where I was 'wrong'.  Normally a <space> needs to have " ", so I added them, giving me the result in the attached jpg.
However had I not manually typed in the string in the ... form, MR would have given me the format you have that works. I didn't expect that format could work given the restraints of the " "s.  Assumed it would try a literal " ($1)" as the name string.     


Hi AJB - you would be right about the escapes but \ will not enter the equation as a character that the rename form allows for output.  (Cannot output a regex from a regex, does that ever work in the ancient mists of Perl?)
I guess you were thinking something like (?:what|the|hell)
In the case of the MultiRename dialog you will see the format can be only:-  regex in|acceptable folder-file name out
MR is a very useful tool for renaming, & I use it quite a bit in my MC toy-box. 

So I guess that is panic over!   

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.3 BETA

« on: July 06, 2017, 17:09:55 »

Hi AJB, the regex finds any 4 digit value starting with 19 (a year in this case).
If that is found the 1st instance is called to be renamed with ()s;  1923 = (1923)
(&The | is from the Rename dialog text entry field.   

Hi Mathias, yep \ is normally used but I can't pass that to the output field.
[& I also discovered that with the width of the rename window there is no horizontal scrolling for loooooong names, vertical scrolling is OK for multiple rename entries over-filling the window whitespace.]
The issue is with MR adding """s to a <space> which is normally OK e.g. _|" ", but with a regex it adds several automatically & I cannot edit it out as it won't let me... 

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.3 BETA

« on: July 05, 2017, 13:52:00 »

Using the rename dialog I had some issues adding a space to a regex with a selection group.   I had a regex for bracketing dates, (19[0-9][0-9])|($1) & I wanted to add a space but "s are added in a strange way e.g.

(19[0-9][0-9])| ($1)

becomes

(19[0-9][0-9])|" "($1)"

Manual adjustment via ... dialog won't persist.   

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.3 BETA

« on: June 27, 2017, 07:16:48 »

Thanks Mathias - my column issues have all been fixed

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Beta Releases / Re: Dialog sizing & columns

« on: June 16, 2017, 12:47:49 »

OK thanks Mathias.
I will see if toggling autoresize helps.  Had thought that might override the 'saved' layout.

Was it ever possible to save the column size in the rename dialog?  It will save dimensions when being resized but always shrinks columns far left regardless of size/position on close

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Beta Releases / Re: Dialog sizing & columns

« on: June 15, 2017, 12:02:22 »

Unfortunately those few pixels make a lot of difference with some of my long filenames...
Isn't saving a default supposed to be a persistent setting? 
The window position & size is persistent between closing down/reboot, as are my open tabs.  But not my column width settings 

Here's the same window opened after clean boot (so settings should be saved)  'whitespace' appeared on some tabs columns.  I have yet to discern a fixed pattern to this behavior, it isn't always the same tabs & sometimes they are all OK.   

I can see this isn't the end of the world but it is curious & maybe a symptom of something you &/or I need to look at. 
Thanks for your time Mathias

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Beta Releases / Re: Dialog sizing & columns

« on: June 14, 2017, 12:39:38 »

Thanks Mathias, these are 2 pics of MC after startup (+cold boot), #1 is how it loaded, #2 is how it is once I rmb & 'restore'.
This time it isn't much but it is still something I don't think should occur + I haven't resized the main window.

For the rename dialog - the pics in the post above show that the column width divider goes far left as default, previously it would be more like a 50/50 split between the old & new name fields.  Now I have a big whitespace field that is irritating for long name view.

I wonder if it is related to the VGA driver, I know sometimes a 'tweak' by the manufacturer in there can be a root cause of dialog draw issues. 
I updated that recently, now using nvda 382.53-desktop-win8-win7-64bit-international-whql.

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Beta Releases / Re: Dialog sizing & columns

« on: June 13, 2017, 14:26:26 »

Thanks for reply Mathias.
Hmmm well I previously had a rename dialog which would make some allowance for name string length when it opened....it always seemed to anyway.
These 2 pics show what I have now vs what I *remember* having before.  One squashed to left + one as I expect it to be.

Pic 3 - This is the setting for my columns, I made it global default once I had my widths set.  ('Details' view is my default option.)
I have found in the past that columns would resize, (ref - http://forum.multicommander.com/forum/index.php/topic,1919.msg7298.html#msg7298) this is the first time I've had it really scrambled & sometimes adding whitespace on the right squashing the other columns randomly. 

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Beta Releases / Dialog sizing & columns

« on: June 12, 2017, 13:28:15 »

I have noticed that since 7.3 bd2532 I need to use the 'restore columns' command after every reboot & in most/all tabs.
Additionally the mass-rename dialog will not save its' state.
This is a bit annoying for long names as it shifts the column width back to the left (see pic) & shrinks the whole dialog to a default size window everytime I re-open it. 

Just me?

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Support and Feedback / Re: exciting learning, Filters, how to add folders in the filter.

« on: June 07, 2017, 11:02:47 »

AI would be nice
I liked the idea as a starting point. 
Your Audio & Music filters do have differences (but clashes are inevitable) so I modified the basic filters to track down music or audio.  I just alter names with something to show if non-music (with mass rename a pattern is easy to introduce).  Then I add that to my filter.

I think setting name patterns matching filters is a good use of MultiScript, when/if you always have a fixed set of categories or date-stamps to select.  I use that method for sorting & cataloging images.  Not a huge leap to apply that to audio categories if required.

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Support and Feedback / Re: exciting learning, Filters, how to add folders in the filter.

« on: June 06, 2017, 10:47:24 »

Hi Mathias, I liked your choice of both - as Audio & Music are both useful categories. 
eg:- if you had files of audio-books & music Audio could allow files non-music audio to be separated from Music audio.
Just a thought. 

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.0.0 (RC)

« on: April 10, 2017, 10:38:41 »

Thanks for the new toys in b2340 Mathias

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.0.0 (RC)

« on: April 08, 2017, 12:01:35 »

No doc yet.. But most of them are pretty much guessable how they work

Maybe easy for you!   
I will give it a try.  I am trying to think of test scenarios.  

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v7.0.0 (RC)

« on: April 06, 2017, 11:56:43 »

I had 5 minutes to look at the new build & inevitably wondered about
  ADDED - MultiScript function min/max/IsAllTrue/IsAnyTrue (also supports array support)
  ADDED - MultiScript function mod/FormatDateTime/GetTimeInfo/GetRandomValue

Any sign of documentation for these? Or can I find similar commands in something else so I can grasp the functionality?

Thanks for the continuous effort & new features Mathias!

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v6.9.9 (BETA)

« on: March 25, 2017, 15:40:33 »

Thanks Mathias.
It saved it this time, it hadn't the first few times, may have been blocked by the AV when I tried initially (?).
I nearly edited the xml, but it is nice to have the GUI

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v6.9.9 (BETA)

« on: March 25, 2017, 11:04:04 »

Liking the look of the Custom Context Menu Editor.  Thanks Mathias.

I wondered what the * (top right) is for, it seems to remove entries... but they come back on reopening the editor.   
I thought I'd remove the copy & move options as these are in the base right-click menu &/or on my button panel.  Didn't persist tho.
I like being able to drag & drop in the right panel to rearrange entries.

All looks very promising

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v6.9.9 (BETA)

« on: March 01, 2017, 15:14:01 »

Thanks for the info Mathias.

The key cmd config - [export] +<shift> is a neat tip.
I am waiting for your GUI of course but I wanted to look at the Menu options possible.

It may only have been the weather that influenced the USB sticks but it coincided with this update ! 

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Beta Releases / Re: MultiCommander v6.9.9 (BETA)

« on: March 01, 2017, 11:31:36 »

Only just catching up to these new features....

I am pleased to see more new MS functions for me to mess with
Not yet in the docs?

Context menu - I was recently thinking about possibilities if I was to edit that, so I am looking forward to using it.   
Your current MC context menu has the essentials, have you made any lists of the operations etc ID numbers available already?
eg - <MenuItem Command="core.1360" Options="0"/>    =  copy
(Perhaps for Internal Commands from the cmd line?)

& Am I correct to think you could call the Unique ID of a button (& thus a script function) in this way?

I noticed some of my USB drives behave better with this build.  Before they might be much slower when initiating things like 'copy'.

Thanks Mathias, you don't disappoint

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Support and Feedback / Re: Config backup & Tab coloring

« on: February 28, 2017, 12:29:38 »

Portable version do not store session data in the registry, but a file.

Not sure why you used a regscanner.  The regpath for everything is pretty obvious  ( HKCU\Software\MultiCommander\ ) 

Yes if numbered item are missing it will stop trying to find the next one.

Thanks for the info Mathias.

Regscanner - Thankfully MC doesn't hide keys everywhere !  
But I decided it would be good to play with AlanJBs recommendation. 

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Support and Feedback / Re: Config backup & Tab coloring

« on: February 27, 2017, 13:28:51 »

I have found the tab session registry values & I think I can use the data effectively

Off-Topic
I found many values in the registry (using Nirsoft Regscanner) & I see a lot of entries that I feel like deleting.....
This is esp. true of the Find Dialog history dropdown which IIRC cannot be cleared without also clearing other things as well via 'Cleanup user data'
I see a lot of lookfor entries eg -

Code: [Select]

HKCU\Software\MultiCommander\SessionHistory\...\LookFor Item24 REG_SZ *.* 27/02/2017 12:10:38 6
So I experimentally deleted some lookfor keys& now on MC restart the drop-down search history dialog is 100% clear.  So not quite what I expected but it isn't a problem.
Curious to know if I could selectively edit history items via the registry & why deleting some wipes the whole history despite there being some entries left.  Item## need to be numerical order (1,2,3.. not 1,5,6 etc) perhaps? 

What limitations should I expect if I want to selectively delete certain history items? 
Basically there are some things I 'always' look for & need to recall but others are rare & just fill up the history lists.

This feels like it could be a MC plugin, which does make me wonder if I could write one...  What is the worst that could happen....I can only kill my OS right?!   

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Support and Feedback / Re: Config backup & Tab coloring

« on: February 27, 2017, 11:21:08 »

Great
I will track down the key/file give that a try for migration
Thanks Mathias

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Support and Feedback / Config backup & Tab coloring

« on: February 25, 2017, 15:11:22 »

I often use my config backup to setup/configure my portable install.

Works great for my buttons etc but I have not been able to migrate the Tabs config where I have used the Tab Properties customization eg coloring.
Can I export these settings or manually edit something to export these?

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Support and Feedback / Re: Tree Panel Jump to Explorer Panel

« on: February 25, 2017, 15:04:59 »

I think that function only works with the mouse.

Maybe custom hot-key would do it?

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Support and Feedback / Re: Registry search?

« on: February 25, 2017, 15:03:27 »

Thanks AlanJB, I wondered about implementation. 

I like NirSoft generally.  Hadn't noticed this one tho!  Will try it.

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Support and Feedback / Registry search?

« on: February 25, 2017, 12:21:06 »

I normally use regedit but decided to play with MCs registry feature as I haven't explored it properly. 

I find navigating generally & jumping straight to a key much better in MC than in regedit, but I don't seem to get any results when using the MC Search function on REG:\

Regedit give results for terms I've entered in the Search dialog, but MC won't find anything.  I've tried different approaches but get nothing - my fault with incorrect registry search terms or is the Search function unable to search REG:\ directly?