Shift+Alt+Enter Memory

Asvod · Post by *Asvod » 2003-09-16, 14:38 UTC

One really cool feature in TC is Shift+Alt+Enter, which enables you to see the sizes of all the subdirs in the current dir.
Sometimes this operation takes a long time - esp. when dealing with CDs - so its frustrating when you wait a minute or so for it to count everything, then you just peek (without actually doing anything) into a subdir, and when you return to the main dir, you have to Shift+Alt+Enter all over again.

Or is there a secret I don't know about?

Aezay · Post by *Aezay » 2003-09-16, 23:29 UTC

If I do this in a directory, it takes lets say 10-20 sec. The second time I execute this, its finished in a second or 2. I assume it's the HD cache.

Post by *Hacker » 2003-09-17, 11:43 UTC

then you just peek (without actually doing anything) into a subdir, and when you return to the main dir, you have to Shift+Alt+Enter all over again.

Well, try peeking with Ctrl-Left or Ctrl-Right.

In TC 6.0 you'll be able to peek using tabs.

HTH
Roman

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2003-09-17, 16:59 UTC

Usually the second Ctrl+Shift+Enter is quite a bit faster, because Windows caches the dir lists internally.

Asvod · Post by *Asvod » 2003-09-17, 17:35 UTC

Hmm. True. It's a rare problem for me, although it does exist, since I use this feature on LAN disks, which tend to take more than a few seconds even when repeating.

The need to cache stuff like this would probably make TC bloated, anyway, and I like 'em slim.

Forget about it.

Thanks for quick reply, everyone!