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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: ** Summary of Requests and Suggestions *

« on: January 30, 2013, 19:13:32 »

First, thanks for the excellence program.

My requests:
1. Open a cmd window from here.  Right click on a folder and have an option to "Open cmd window from here", with the folder path set as current directory in cmd.  Also, an option to "Open cmd as administrator from here"
2. Predefined target directories for Copy and Move operations.  Let users pre-define target directories.  Once copy or move was invoked, prompt user for target selections.

1. You can kind of do that now using the command line field.. by typing "cmd" or "*cmd" (open as admin)
But the entire context menu thing will be reworked and then it will be added there too.

2. You can set presets for the copy to dialog that auto set target path/filter/option. This preset can be loaded from the F-key or also autoload if you starta a copy/move from a specified folder.  Expand the CopyTo dialog completely and at the bottom you can defined presets.

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Support and Feedback / Re: BUG: files got deleted if dropped from external 7-zip

« on: January 30, 2013, 19:09:52 »

The problem is that 7Zip temporary unpack the file and tell MC that the files is location at path X. and then MC starts to Copy the files. But since MC copy the file using a background thread then the control is returned to 7Zip when the copy starts and it thinks that the process is finished and deletes the tmp file. (While MC is copying them.)

I will see if this can be fixed.. I think the program need to block and wait until copy is finished. However this will block the program until the copy is finished.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Support for other OS's

« on: January 30, 2013, 14:59:29 »

Running under wine is no the exactly the same. But it might be okey for some. But I do not have the resource to do special testing and fixing for wine.
Either it works or it does not. If MC crashes and sends a crash report then good, but it will not tell me that it is a wine issue or not. And a lot of strange issues cannot be tracked down with only a crash dump so the risk is that wine issues will not be fixed.
I'm not sure how wine works. But If you can run a program under different OS compatibility modes. Try run it as if it would run on XP. Then a lot of the newer API's are not used.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Pack selected files crash

« on: January 29, 2013, 11:07:17 »

Im not sure. But I think what is happening is that instead of recreating Pack.zip it tries to Include the new files to it, And since they already exists it tries to delete the old from the zip at the same time first. and things goes wrong..

I will take a look at it. (It should recreate the zip. not append to it. )

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Request for new options while selecting items

« on: January 28, 2013, 19:29:17 »

Most Norton Commander clones follow the Commander style default key setup and there Space is for "select+folder sizing" and insert for "select+go to next".
Thats why the keys are what they are.

But MC also allows keys and mouse to be setup for Windows Explorer Style. And when using that setup the default keys for this commands maybe should be changed?

But it should also be possible to reconfigure it..

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Request for new options while selecting items

« on: January 28, 2013, 19:03:52 »

1. If you press the "Insert" key you will select item and go to next item.

2. It is actually one of the most liked features. You can go in and out of folders without loosing the selection.
For example if you stepping down the list of folder and selecting folder to copy and you wonder if you should select a folder or not. You can enter that folder and check its content and decided if you want to select it or not, and when you get back out you have not lost all the other selection and can continue. But, depending on how you are used to work with files it might not be optimal for you. but there is an option for it. And if you get used to it you can't be without it.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Problem updating 64-bit version

« on: January 28, 2013, 07:01:43 »

The 1671 bytes is the version information it get.
It looks like it never even start to download the actual update file.

Why it does not do that is impossible to say. Some AV, Corporate firewalls, ISP or other might block the request.

You can try to start MultiUpdate manually and then go into settings and there you can check
the option "Use IE User Agent" this will trick some to let the request through. You can also try "Use WinInet for download".
And if none of that work you can download the update file manually  (You see the link to the file in the window.. Just copy that. )
When you got the update file you then go to the settings page in MultiUpdate and check "Update from a MultiUpdate file" and then select the downloaded update file.
Then you start the update and it will do the update from that file.

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Beta Releases / Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA Build 1330

« on: January 27, 2013, 15:55:28 »

Multi Commander v3.0 ALPHA (Build 1330)

Download
   Portable 32bit
   Portable 64bit

Changes 200+ Changes since v2.8.1

-- Build 1330 - 60+ Changes since build 1315

  ADDED - Audio,Video,NTFS,Picture file properties now has support for MultiLanguage texts.
  ADDED - Language editor can now restore/import language packs.
  CHANGE- Lots of API Cleanup and changes.
  FIXED - Script engine can not return a const array of variables correct.
  FIXED - Update program can will now remove old language files when updating.(We are now using LangPack files instead)
  ===[Added Fixes from v2.8.2 ] == >
  ADDED - MultiScript function for working with file attributes ( AddFileAttributes/Set.../Remove.../Get../Has...)
  ADDED - MultiScript function MoveFile(....)
  ADDED - Search now support exclude filtering.
  FIXED - If 'New version' checking at startup was aborted or timed out could hang MultiCommander.
  FIXED - Some wildcard matching problem with Search Tool.
  FIXED - Crash issue if Multi Commander was closed before all of the startup tasks was finished.
  FIXED - Favorites Windows is now shown in the places that HotPath was shown before.
  FIXED - Some issues with the Favorites Windows
  FIXED - 2 Crashes reported by crash report system
  << ==[Added Fixes from v2.8.2 ] ==

Changes from previous alpha versions is found here

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Support and Feedback / Re: Swap Left and Right Panes?

« on: January 27, 2013, 11:04:52 »

The you have to use create a own command using MultiScript

Code: [Select]

@var $source = GetSourcePath();
@var $target = GetTargetPath();

MC.Explorer.Goto SOURCE={$target} TARGET={$source}

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Support and Feedback / Re: Swap Left and Right Panes?

« on: January 26, 2013, 23:44:45 »

Ctrl+U will move each active tab to opposite side.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Ability to change position of the button panel.

« on: January 26, 2013, 11:45:32 »

I understand the issue. But I'm not sure if that is possible to add without major rewrites on how core stuff works.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Request for new options in Find files

« on: January 26, 2013, 11:41:49 »

There are a lot I want to change with search and I'm planing to redesign big parts of it.

I will add your requests my list. And see if I can include some of them

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Support and Feedback / Re: Title bar question

« on: January 24, 2013, 07:46:00 »

You see the [Admin] tag in the title bar when Multi Commander is run by an account with an elevated access token.
Processes with elevated access has admin access.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Copying path to clipboard with forward slashes

« on: January 23, 2013, 07:21:32 »

Thanks Mathias.

This works fine but when I select the ".." directory and execute this script I do not get the source path. Where as when I do Ctrl+P when ".." is selected I get the source path. Is there a way to modify the script to get the source path even for ".." directory with this script?

Essentially I am trying to have a replacement for Ctrl+P and make the script do whatever Ctrl+P will do but with forward slashes instead of backward slashes.

Thanks.

If current item is the ".." item then get current path else get full path with filename, just like Ctrl+P

Code: [Select]

@var $path = GetSourceFocusName();

if( StrIsEqual($path,"..") )
{
   $path = GetSourcePath();
}
else
{
  $path = GetSourceFocusPath();
}


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Support and Feedback / Re: Copying path to clipboard with forward slashes

« on: January 22, 2013, 15:00:40 »

See Doc lots of function for getting different filename part

GetTargetFocusName() / GetTargetFocusName() will give you the current file that are in focus, without path

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Support and Feedback / Re: Copying path to clipboard with forward slashes

« on: January 18, 2013, 13:30:20 »

Second parameter is optional so should work both with and without it.

(I will update the doc abort it being optional. )

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Support and Feedback / Re: Copying path to clipboard with forward slashes

« on: January 18, 2013, 13:07:18 »

Try this.

@var $arr = GetSelectedPaths();
@var $str = StrLinesArray2String($arr);
$str = StrReplace($str, "\" , "/");
SetClipboardText($str)

(You can compress it into two lines.)
@var $arr = GetSelectedPaths();
SetClipboardText( StrReplace( StrLinesArray2String( $arr ) , "\" , "/" ) );

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Beta Releases / 2.8.2 Beta

« on: January 16, 2013, 18:55:19 »

Since v3.0 will not be out for a while, There will be a 2.8.2 first that contains mostly the bug fixes for existing issues.

Beta of 2.8.2 is now out and contains the following fixes

Build 1289
ADDED - MultiScript function for working with file attributes ( AddFileAttributes/Set.../Remove.../Get../Has...)
ADDED - MultiScript function MoveFile(....)
ADDED - Search now support exclude filtering.
ADDED - Pressing Ctrl+Q in the Favorites Window will now toggle between the Name and Path
FIXED - If 'New version' checking at startup was aborted or timed out could hang MultiCommander.
FIXED - Some wildcard matching problem with Search Tool.
FIXED - Crash issue if Multi Commander was closed before all of the startup tasks was finished.
FIXED - Favorites Windows is now shown in the places that HotPath was shown before.
FIXED - Some issues with the Favorites Windows
FIXED - 2 Crashes reported by crash report system

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Support and Feedback / Re: Confusing button text while moving files (and typo)

« on: January 15, 2013, 17:21:31 »

When you move a directory with a hidden file in it, the following message is displayed:
The file '...' is a marked as HIDDEN! It might be an important file
Move it anyway?
But there is only an Overwrite, Overwrite All, Skip, Skip All and a Cancel button present.
It would be more clear if the buttons would be labeled Yes and Yes to All instead of the overwrite buttons.

I know. I was waiting to fix this because Im planing to do bigger changes there. But maybe I fix it anyway.

There is also a typo in the message: The file '...' is a marked... should be The file '...' is marked...' (loose the a).

I will fix

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Support and Feedback / Re: Getting file list

« on: January 15, 2013, 17:19:08 »

I guess a script command for changing the file attribute would make it even easier. Then no external command would be needed to be executed.
I will see if I can add that.

 

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Support and Feedback / Re: Folder refresh not happening immediately

« on: January 15, 2013, 07:11:22 »

I am using MC 64-bit latest (beta) version. Here when I copy files to folders (local drive or shared network drives), the files get copied but the files don't show up in the explorer pane. Even after I do the refresh button it doesn't show up. Only after I restart MC it shows up. Could you let me know what could be the cause of such a problem. Thanks.

Where does files not show up. on the local or shared network drive. and what is the shared network drive ? another windows machine ? Linux based NAS ?
some network filesystem does not report back to windows when the filesystem has change so it can be automatically updated.

When you force a refresh it will flush caches and do rescan. It is very strange that it does not show up after a refresh.  I never seen that.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Small spelling bug

« on: January 14, 2013, 16:28:34 »

Whops.  I will fix.. thanks.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How to make Listary work with MC in single instance mode?

« on: January 14, 2013, 16:28:10 »

Menu > Configuration > Explorer Panel > (DisplayTab)

Almost at the bottom there is a "Default settings for new tabs"
There you check a settings if new tabs should show the folder tree by default.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Focused tab color

« on: January 14, 2013, 13:40:53 »

The colors can not be customized.. (yet).

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Support and Feedback / Re: How to make Listary work with MC in single instance mode?

« on: January 14, 2013, 13:39:41 »

Thanks Mathias for your quick reply.

If "Allow only a single instance of Multi Commander" is checked then if another instance is started the currently running will only pop to the front.

But if I check "Allow only a single instance...", there can surely only be one instance, not two. And sure enough, when I check this box, Listary does not open a new instance, it tries to open its folder in the same instance of MC - only nothing happens.

If you want it to open a new tab with a specific path you need to tell the launching program to start MultiCommander with "MultiCommander /OPEN <Path>" then the <path> is sent to the other running MultiCommander and a new tab for that path is opened.

But I don't want to have another running MC, nor do I want an extra tab opening in the same pane in the same instance; I want to change the current tab in the current pane in the current instance, as happens in other Listary-compatible apps (Dopus, XYplorer, Total Commander, and of course Windows Explorer). It would be exactly the same as clicking an entry in MC's Favorites list.

If the "allow only one instance" is check you only get one instance of MC. So if you tell "listary" to open MultiCommander.exe with the "/OPEN <path>" parameter. then the <path> will be transfered to the running instance of MC and it will open a tab there.