Total Commander

[xbeta]

update 2008-07-25：
thanks to icfu's reply.
conclusion:
- yes, find text did not work in this case directly
- for performance reseons
- if you really want it, use content plugin

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TC can define colors by file type,
and here, I think, file type means a set of options of file search.

among these options, there is a "find text".
It works for search, but NOT work for color.

eg: highlight *.txt ONLY with string "done"
but all .txt highlighted.

[icfu]

TC would not be usable anymore if on each directory change it would have to scan big files for text...

If TC will be equipped with some kind of desktop search functionality one day, it would be feasible to do that, because then it could load the information from database, without stressing the hard disk permanently.

Until then, as explained in the linked thread, you have to use content plugins, like TextSearch:
http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/TextSearch.html

Read the readme, you have to uncomment plaintext searching!

Anyway, make sure that your box is fast enough and the files are small enough...

Icfu
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[petermad]

[xbeta]

thanks a lot.
this requriement is from somebody else.
I have forward these explanations and solutions to him.
and, suggest him to avoid using TC this way.