Controlling menu/button bar from command line

[alexjak]

Hi,

It would be nice to be able to specify an alias for menu and button bar commands, so that they could be invoked from TC command line. For example, if I have a notepad in my menu and specify an "np' alias for that menu item, then typing np<ENTER> in TC would invoke notepad.

In Opera browser, for example, similar feature is called Nickname (for bookmarks).

Regards,

Alex

[HolgerK]

Configuration -> Options.. -> Misc. : "Redefine hotkeys"
(x) Alias

You need to define a usercmd (em_..) to call external programs this way.

HTH
Holger

[Balderstrom]

A little more clarification:

If you want Notepad in a ButtonBar to open the file that the cursor is on.

Create a User-Command:

em_NotePad__OpenFile
Command: notepad.exe
Parameters: %N
IconFile: %windir%\notepad.exe
ToolTip: NotePad

1) Use em_NotePad_OpenFile for the "Command" on the ButtonBar.
2) And create an Alias, np -> em_NotePad_OpenFile

[MVV]

Same thing may be achieved if you put link np.lnk to folder that is in %PATH% variable.
However it won't be portable. But you may use Autorun.wdx plugin to change internal TC value of %PATH% variable and to add some special folder with links.