Total Commander

Fedorov · Junior Member Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 20

TC is great and I've found how to do most things with it so far - only thing I don't like is that yellow box icon used to show "packed" files (.zip/.rar etc...)

I would prefer it if in my file listings it showed the same default file icon that Windows Explorer uses... e.g. WinRAR icon for .rar files and WinAce icon for .ace file etc..... is this possible please?

Thanks a lot.

Fedorov.

SanskritFritz · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:33 am Post subject:

It is definitely possible.
To achieve this you need to create an icl file, described on TCs homepage. There you can download a sample icl too:
http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm#other
Then edit your wincmd.ini:

[Configuration]
IconLib=<icl file>
_________________
I switched to Linux, bye and thanks for all the fish!

Lefteous · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:41 am Post subject:

2SanskritFritz

Using an iconlib you can specify an alternative packer icon for all archive types, but not one icon for every archive type as requested by Fedorov.

Fedorov · Junior Member Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 20

Actually, just an option to stop TC from overriding the windows default icon with the packer icon in my file listings. I already have .zip .rar .ace listed in a different font color, just want them to show their own default icons the same as every other file type being listed Very Happy

Fedorov.

Black Dog · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:16 am Post subject:

On 19-01-2004 16:44:37 +0000 Fedorov wrote:

F> only thing I don't like is that yellow box icon used to
F> show "packed" files (.zip/.rar etc...)

F> I would prefer it if in my file listings it showed the same
F> default file icon that Windows Explorer uses... e.g. WinRAR
F> icon for .rar files and WinAce icon for .ace file etc.....
F> is this possible please?

You can change an icon for all archives and use it instead of "yellow box", but the answer for your question is no, this is not possible.
And actually, this is right.
Commander works with all archives in a same way. So 'till I can do the same things with them regardless of archive type it doesn't matter for me what archive exactly I'm working with. It's enough for me that Commander says "this is archive" by "yellow box" (I use green one, but that' doesn't matter, actually %).
Of course Commander do not provide exactly the same functionality for all packers (specially for supported via plugins ones). So as for me it would be nice to have different icons (I'd prefer "boxes" of different color's %) for different functionality supported by archive - e.g. one for read only ones, another for not supported search ones etc.
_________________
The Protoss do NOT run from their enemies.
It is here, that we shall make our stand.

Aezay · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject:

With the new Configuration dialog in v6.0 it would be easy to add an "Icons" entry to the list. It could contain some options like the following:

Use this icon library for the standard icons: [editbox]
[checkbox] Use archive icon in the icon library instead of the shell default.
[checkbox] Use directory icon in the icon library instead of the shell default.
[checkbox] Show exclamation mark icon when the file has the hidden or system attribute set.

There are properly more options that could be added.

I have always felt that Christian has hold back on adding options to this dialog, you have to edit the WinCmd.ini all the time, even novice users.
For instance, I don't understand why the option to enable/disable brackets around directories has to be edited through the ini.
_________________
Of all the planets I've been to, this one is my favorite.

Fedorov · Junior Member Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 20

I think a simple solution would be that if I've got "Treat archives like directories" turned OFF i.e. when I dbl-click a .rar file it opens in WinRAR like I prefer then TC should not override the default shell icons for archive file types as I've pretty much told it I don't want it to handle them.

Just want it to show me the same icons that I see in Explorer like it does with every other filetype.

When it's in v6.1 I'll be purchasing it Very Happy

Will no doubt purchase it sooner than that though!!!

Fedorov.

Black Dog · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:41 am Post subject:

On 20-01-2004 02:26:45 +0000 Fedorov wrote:

F> I think a simple solution would be that if I've got "Treat
F> archives like directories" turned OFF i.e. when I dbl-click
F> a .rar file it opens in WinRAR like I prefer then TC should
F> not override the default shell icons for archive file types
F> as I've pretty much told it I don't want it to handle them.

You can be sure you are not the first one who ask something like this for that ten year Commander exists, but as you can see there is still no such a possibility. So I rather doubt it ever appears %). BTW, to open archives in associated program w/o "Treat archives like directories" disabling you can hit "Shift"+return.
_________________
The Protoss do NOT run from their enemies.
It is here, that we shall make our stand.

j7n · Junior Member Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 46

I was just gonna create a thread for this problem...

I've used to recognize file types by their icons. I think it is why icons are there for. Why should all of them have the same icon?

While TotalCmd may behave equally with many types of archives, their formats differ. One of them might be better for a certain application. There might be a format you never use yourself and this way you could recognize a newly downloaded file.

The packer interface has 'extended' to a point where not only archives can be created. What makes a listfile created by DiskDir or a Windows Installer package the same as Rar or 7-Zip? Or a game package TC is able to extract? Completely different files are made look similar this way.

There must be a way to remove this icon overriding.
_________________
#148174 Personal license
Running Total Commander v6.53

icfu · Power Member Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 6059

j7n · Junior Member Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 46

Thank you for the solution.

While there is no change to the 'internally' recognized formats, I am using different (wrong) extensions. Ziz for zip, Raz for rar, etc. Can be replaced later with the Multi Rename. Perhaps someone finds this useful.
_________________
#148174 Personal license
Running Total Commander v6.53

QuarrellaDeVil · New Member Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 1

The_underdog · Junior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

icfu · Power Member Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 6059

You cannot change packer icon of archives supported by TC internally this way but have to use an icon library:
http://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php/Filelist_icons#Customize_filelist_icons

Icon libraries you can find here:
http://www.totalcmd.net/search.php?s=icons

Or create yourself, with @icon sushi for example:
http://www.towofu.net/soft/e-aicon.php

Icfu
_________________
This account is for sale

The_underdog · Junior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 4