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I've taken a closer look at this and I believe that the functionality would be improved by changing the recalculate logic to:

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if (any folders are selected)
  only calculate selected
else
  calculate all folder sizes
endif

This way you always get what you need (ie., folder sizes!) and no selections would be lost.

Feedback, anyone?

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Well, strangely, it seems to be working today  :-\

No wait - just retested...  If only files are selected, then it will not calculate any folder sizes.

378
Mathias,

In the spirit of WasabiNME's post here http://forum.multicommander.com/forum/index.php/topic,1774.0.html, this has to be, I believe, a bug or at least an oversight.

It is a folder size issue:  if any file/folder is selected in the active tab then calculation of folder sizes - using shortcut Shift+Alt+Enter or Menu->Tools->Calculate folder size - fails.  If this were changed, it could, for example, allow users to determine if they can copy/move the selected files/folders to the target.

Can you please take a look and either add it to the next release, or explain why it would not be practical.

TIA

Alan

379
OK - I see why you feel you have the need.

But no version of Micro$oft Windoze has had it since v1.0, and - again IMHO - a single keypress is not a terrible price to ask  ::)

And not a reason to abandon or overlook an otherwise damned good file commander!

As I say, IMHO...

380
Hi WasabiNME.

Playing devil's advocate here, but why do you need to see all folder sizes all the time?

Folder sizes can change by the second (or less), depending on how you use your PC.  IMHO, there are very few that you need to monitor regularly; and if you do, I would go for dedicated software that does just that.  Drive free space is surely a more important figure (and that is available and dynamic).

I have no SSDs and my SATA data drive (700Gb of 1T used) takes about 1 second to refresh (default: Shift+Alt+Enter) all folder sizes.

No?  Am I missing something?  Happy to be educated  ;)

Alan


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Support and Feedback / Re: symbols in folder names
« on: June 21, 2016, 09:51:40 »
I can confirm this bug.

I tried several workarounds, including wrapping the path to the folder in double quotes (which cause the default icon to disappear), escaping the '&' (as '&&') and escaping the backslashes ('\\').

In every scenario, after restarting MC, the path is broken before the '&'.

382
Support and Feedback / Re: command line focus
« on: June 20, 2016, 18:58:52 »
Not that old  :D

383
Support and Feedback / Re: command line focus
« on: June 20, 2016, 13:33:34 »
Neither luck nor trial-and-error.

It is buried in the documentation here: http://multicommander.com/docs/ExplorerPanel2 under the section 'Forward Keys'.

I'm one of the few who really does RTFM  ;D

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the key to the left of the '1' key on a normal keyboard

I'll tidy up & expand that bit of the documentation if Mathias is OK with that.

384
Support and Feedback / Re: command line focus
« on: June 20, 2016, 10:41:54 »
Tolis,

 type backquote (`).  On a QWERTY keyboard it's the key to the left of '1' and above Tab.

385
Hi Dusty.

My bad; I should read more carefully.  You did say focus and not selected...

The only workaround I can find (admittedly a compromise) in Commander-style setup is to check "Select and Unselect when navigating over files and folders" under Explorer Settings -> Display.

386
Script / Re: ${sourcefocusname}
« on: June 18, 2016, 20:02:02 »
Can be done with MultiScript ;-)

387
Dusty,
  does the attached screenshot show what you are after?

388
User Contributed Content / Re: Updating MC Documentation in 2016
« on: June 08, 2016, 23:37:36 »
Hi Mathias.

Nope.  Not received & nothing caught in filters :-(

Please re-send (or forward to my MC Forum email address).

TIA

389
Sounds like you are using a Custom Command (which can be only a one-line command).

You need Multi Script to issue a sequence of commands.

Which is why I said
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Sounds like the perfect opportunity to learn some Multi Script  ;)

390
Support and Feedback / Re: efficient renaming
« on: June 06, 2016, 23:42:55 »
Select menu: Configuration -> Keyboard Customization
Select Module: Explorer Panel and Category: Global Menu Commands
Scroll down to: Rename current file/folder
Assign F2 as the Shortcut key

391
User Contributed Content / Re: Updating MC Documentation in 2016
« on: June 06, 2016, 17:11:06 »
Replied privately.

392
Support and Feedback / Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
« on: June 06, 2016, 09:58:34 »
There are some gaps in the documentation...

But keeping documentation (especially Help documentation) up-to-date is as much work as developing and maintaining the programs behind the application.

I have recently offered to help update it...

393
Nolly,

all the information you need is here:

  http://multicommander.com/docs/UDC_multiscript (follow the links).

Help is always on hand in this and the 'Scripts' forum, especially with folk like Jungle and Mathias (the inventor of Multiscript) contributing :)

Alan

394
User Contributed Content / Updating MC Documentation in 2016
« on: June 05, 2016, 23:27:50 »
I would be very happy to help with updating the online documentation; there are quite a few omissions by now and (without any disrespect whatever intended) some of the English could be "tidied up".

I fully understand the additional workload that documentation places on a developer (I was one for 40 years), and we cannot expect Mathias S to do everything in his spare time ;)

395
Support and Feedback / Re: CTRL-PAGE-UP / DOWN not changable
« on: June 04, 2016, 11:20:27 »
I've just been experimenting a bit and it seems you cannot override the (internal) key binding of Ctrl+PageUp.

FWIW, Backspace only needs 1 finger ;).

396
Support and Feedback / Re: Purpose of locking Tab option
« on: June 04, 2016, 10:51:12 »
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I allso expected that when I open a new folder in a locked tab - but allowing subpath change, it would create a new tab and jump to it...

Nolly,

  to have the behaviour you want, set the tab to "Lock Tab" and under Configuration -> Explorer Panel Settings -> Tab section,
check "Open new tab when going to new location if tab is locked".

HTH

Alan

397
Sounds like the perfect opportunity to learn some Multi Script  ;)

It's not that difficult, and as a recent adopter of Multi Commander, I promise you the results are worth the effort.

398
Support and Feedback / Re: How to create a shortcut?
« on: May 31, 2016, 19:11:50 »
Hi Andrew (I assume  ;)).

Sorry - should have said it was a Multi Script (Custom Commands can only be 1-line commands).

Have you tried running it through the Multi Script Debugger (1st entry under the Help menu)?  If not, before you do, make sure Multi Commander has focus on a file you want to create a shortcut for...

If you are suffering from customized keyboard (Hotkey) conflicts, try assigning your Multi Script to an obscure key combination that cannot possibly be assigned already.  Say, Ctrl+Shift+Alt F4, for example.

FWIW, I have a User-Defined menu for testing commands:  I attach the new command to the menu and test it works before I assign a Hotkey to it.

As for your missing menu entries, as a WAG, under Configuration -> Manage Plugins and Extensions, with Extension type: set to "Application Extensions", are "File Utils" and "Multi Rename" both checked?


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Support and Feedback / Re: How to create a shortcut?
« on: May 31, 2016, 12:06:31 »
To create your shortcut, try:

@var $FileName = GetSourceFocusPath();
@var $LinkName = $FileName + ".lnk";
MC.Utils.CreateLink LNKSRC="{$LinkName}" LNKTRG="{$FileName}" LNKTYPE=4

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Support and Feedback / Re: How to create a shortcut?
« on: May 31, 2016, 11:56:51 »
I use only the portable version and I have both
 Extensions -> Multi-Rename and
 Tools -> File Links

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