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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.8 RC

« on: November 17, 2015, 15:14:23 »

Having seen the new MC.Explorer.SetFilter + parameter FILTERID command. 
I wondered if something similar could exist for the user-saved Rename profiles.  Or does it already exist?

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: November 10, 2015, 18:50:34 »

maybe for selections where it select items based on different filters many times after each other

Yes that was my thinking.
A multipass script that would allow me to filter out different groups of entries within files/folders.

I imagine looking for specific values in multiple txts -

• run a filter/selection, then move the selection to a specific folder
• next search/select pass sent to different folder
• ....etc

Haven't thought much about how I will try to do it yet but it seems like it would be possible.

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: November 08, 2015, 18:12:24 »

Thanks for the latest build Mathias. 
I see what you mean about possibility of problems with filters.  I had been thinking of tight selections but that didn't take account of the MC possibility of settings creating clashes/odd behavior.  & I guess there are plenty of opportunities for crazy behavior

MC.Explorer.SetFilter will be useful

I am currently using find & then running multiple passes with different terms (regex etc.) I imagined the possibility of turning that into a single filter. 
Maybe a script would allow multiple pass searches...?  I haven't given myself a headache for a while
 
Nevertheless it is fun using MC to play with my data

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Support and Feedback / Re: Regex in Find Dialog broken?

« on: November 07, 2015, 18:28:21 »

OK Thanks Mathias.
I am giving it too many terms perhaps  - my entries have been based on c++ 2013
in a C++ example it would be inserted as -
std::regex re("(?:word)", std::regex_constants::icase);
I will try without the (?:
Hope the | works as I want to find multiple variable terms... 
Update
Yes I can make it work    Didn't like me using ?: I guess.
It passes the regex to the hi-lite & find fields in MDV, but MDV can't use it.
It would be useful if it could - is that beyond it's scope?

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: November 07, 2015, 10:38:16 »

I look forward to the time when it is working

Also having the filters applicable to delete function is a great idea.  

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Support and Feedback / Regex in Find Dialog broken?

« on: November 07, 2015, 10:36:38 »

I'm entering the following in the find dialog but cannot get it to work
e.g.
Find = *.txt
File Content= (?:word)
+switch= regexp
Returns nothing

Find = *.txt
File Content= word
+switch= (none)
Returns files containing 'word'

That form of regexp normally works or am I going mad again?
   
 

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: November 02, 2015, 15:02:44 »

If using filters>advanced filters> (preset option)
MC.Explorer.SetViewFilter FILTER="*.*" no longer works to restore the view, necessary to reopen filters dialog & choose 'all'.

I see what you mean about filter name display.  It does work & serves as info.  You already have a tooltip for switches, maybe another tooltip for these preset named functions?
Don't know how easy it is to add specific tool-tips option for Advanced Only filters (this would also allow user to annotate custom filter functions).

Like it all so far & really want to play about with it.   The Filter id # is a very useful addition too. 

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: October 26, 2015, 14:23:39 »

Thanks for the explanation Mathias.
I do use the find dialog +contains field currently.

The prospect of seeking multiple terms & being able to use regex's in a search got me excited 

BTW I am enjoying playing with the regex aspect of the new rename dialog as it makes so many possibilities available.

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: October 25, 2015, 12:37:47 »

Sorry Mathias, I wasn't clear. 
I meant 'internally' to allow use on smaller files until the issues are resolved.  i.e . so I can play around with it 
Or maybe I should try a script function to search txt content & filter as per your Advanced Selection with Script code.  Or am I going in the wrong direction?

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: October 25, 2015, 12:23:09 »

OK Thanks for clarifying that.
Would it be possible to restrict the matching side to a specific file & file size e.g. .txt <100kb?

Most of my initial ideas for using it would be on multiple txts none of which would be likely to exceed 20kb.

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6.1 Beta

« on: October 25, 2015, 11:55:53 »

The new filter dialog is awesome. 
Really want to use it with the content match active

Thanks for all your efforts Mathias

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6 RC

« on: September 22, 2015, 17:50:42 »

I noticed a possible error in MDV.
When opening multiple txts with shift-select <F1> the number
[#/#]
for file count, x of xx files, shows
[#/zd]
zd is a constant, # is the number in the selected group.

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.6 RC

« on: September 21, 2015, 11:27:04 »

Some good things in the new beta 2001. Thanks for the continuing work & development of MC.
Also, thanks for the copy on select Mathias.  Smart selection switch is a nice touch

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Folder Icons Mod

« on: September 18, 2015, 23:01:43 »

I tried it & it seems to use a theme style format.  It has a collection of icons of different designs & will extract icons from Win Theme packages & apply them.
So its not what I had initially thought....

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Support and Feedback / Re: File find

« on: September 15, 2015, 13:55:17 »

This is a useful free regex tester
http://antix.co.uk/Projects/Regex-Tester

If you want to go further with Regex this is a good place to look
http://www.regular-expressions.info/jgsoft.html
Some good regex progs as well (but paid-for).

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Support and Feedback / Re: MC unRAR sometimes fails

« on: September 15, 2015, 12:39:17 »

OK Thanks Mathias.

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Support and Feedback / Re: MC unRAR sometimes fails

« on: September 14, 2015, 10:42:36 »

I realized I should have kept a sample couple of days after I deleted them   
Next one I find I will upload. 
Is there anything in the properties that can indicate version?  When opening with WinRAR or 7zip they looked the same - buried in a header perhaps?

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Support and Feedback / MC unRAR sometimes fails

« on: September 11, 2015, 12:14:36 »

Just an FYI
I have seen a few files made with WinRAR & 7zip that MC cannot read properly or extract of late.
Sometimes MC will show only folders not files within an archive, sometimes it will show an empty pane.

Not exactly sure why as WinRAR 5.x & 7zip will read & extract etc without any trouble.   

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Folder Icons Mod

« on: September 10, 2015, 14:03:58 »

I found this -
Shedko Folderico 4 RC12
http://sur.ly/o/eng.softq.org/folderico/AA005599

As it doesn't seem more complex than your file coloring system I wondered if you intended to implement anything similar e.g. using the file system coloring dialog. 

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Beta Releases / Re: Multi Commander 5.5.1 Beta

« on: August 18, 2015, 19:17:51 »

Thanks for the new build Mathias.
Always find lots of good stuff in MC but wanted to say that I was especially pleased to see the MultiRename changes. 

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Support and Feedback / Re: Bug: all files and folders in the current folder randomly become duplicated

« on: July 29, 2015, 12:15:36 »

Wondering if scandisk shows any errors to the FAT or bitmap when this happens. 
USB connections can sometimes jumble the file tables, but do you have an actual copy - all sizes & CRC the same or is it a 'ghost' tree of files?
If the occupied drive space is the same in both conditions then maybe it is a file table problem on that drive.
Could be also be hardware/drive specific, if it does it with Win explorer I would try looking for info from the manufacturer also.

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Support and Feedback / Re: MDV click select

« on: July 29, 2015, 12:06:56 »

Ahh I see what you mean.   I hadn't considered the 'boundaries' of implementation in the structured way you had explained it.   
i.e. if a selection is set to auto-copy, does that process of auto-copy then become active throughout all selection scenarios or can it be restricted to only some selection methods.
I'm guessing the code will normally extend the function globally.  (I'm trying to recall what C++ does with these features but it's been a few hundred years since I was last trying it out )
Thanks for clarifying.

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Support and Feedback / Re: MDV click select

« on: July 28, 2015, 15:39:39 »

I was meaning double-click select (as already implemented) & auto-copy = select block + copy selected block to copy clipboard. 

Sounds like you already have the idea as I had envisaged it with opt-in etc.
I suppose this function has a lot of possible uses within MC such as for grabbing a path from the address bar.

I look forward to your future releases.  There is always something new to play with

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Support and Feedback / Re: MDV click select

« on: July 27, 2015, 12:43:34 »

Thanks Mathias.

Wondering if adding a 'select-on-double-click' function to options is a big task?
It occurred to me that the MDV having no editing function makes a good tool for string copying (passwords etc) with little danger of altering the source file.  A gimmick or a time-saver?
I wondered how easy it would be to create a plug-in that did it with C++.  Something for an amateur to mess with. 

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Support and Feedback / Re: MDV click select

« on: July 26, 2015, 12:02:16 »

Sorry Mathias I wasn't clear enough...
The 'error' occurs when selecting strings that have mixed chars. 
See screens
029_FV4101 is selected when using <f1>
FV is selected when invoking MDV from the find dialog.
Word boundary defined differently (?)

I was thinking of an auto copy to clipboard when double-click/selecting so no right-click or ctrl+c req'd.  Guess it would need to be an option that gets turned on/off by user if req'd.