Create multiple new folders with multiline F7 dialog

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luckylittle
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Create multiple new folders with multiline F7 dialog

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Steps to reproduce:
I would like to create numerous of folders (e.g. A1, A2... A100).

Expected result:
It would be nice to have multi-line new folder dialog:
Image: http://i53.tinypic.com/m9q5x5.jpg
And then result will be:
Image: http://i51.tinypic.com/1zzlv5w.jpg

Actual result:
I have to press F7 and manually specify each of them or use syntax (see below).

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Total Commander 7.50a, all versions affected.[/b]

Please note I understand the syntax to use multiple directories dir1|dir2|dir3 or c:\dir1|d:\dir2|e:\dir3 etc. but I think It would be better to have it in GUI - multiline dialog. This will simplify the process as I can just copy&paste text to the dialog and it will create all the folders (each line = each folder).
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Interesting, suppose there could be a session-only (not saved into wincmd.ini) checkbox on the dialog to enable a multi-line listbox instead of the single line text-box.
*BLINK* TC9 Added WM_COPYDATA and WM_USER queries for scripting.
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Post by *Vochomurka »

Another way to create sequentially numbered folders.
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Post by *MVV »

luckylittle, you can use regex to replace line breaks with pipe character using any text editor that supports regex or at least escape sequences.
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Post by *luckylittle »

None of your suggestions is user-friendly. I think my suggestion would be really useful for lot of users.
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I don't think TC wants to be user-friendly as Most of those types of suggestions (simplifying for the end-user) are never implemented. TC is like the linux of the Windows world. If it was easy to use and didn't require manually written scripts to keep it hobbled together -- then it would lose it's mystique: can't let just anyone use Total Commander.
*BLINK* TC9 Added WM_COPYDATA and WM_USER queries for scripting.
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luckylittle
Maybe this can help you.
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