Hello,
Is there any option to compare by content two files selected in the Directories synchronization window?
(I do know of the existing internal command "Compare left & right by content", but its functionality is very limited. It does not allow to compare any similar files by a user's choice, but only those two which are considered to be the versions of the same file by TC itself and thus are shown in the same line in the sync window.)
Another question. There is a stock command to copy file properties (timestamps, permissions, attributes). Is there any trick to copy a filename as well, that is to apply the source file's name to the target file?
May be, some adaptation of the AHK (AutoHotkey) script suggested by StatusQuo in this http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=19713 topic as a solution to open in the 2-nd instance of TC the folder currently selected in the Directories synchronization window.
Thanks in advance!
BTW, is there any option to call the regular OS context menu for an item (file or folder) in the synchronize directories windows instead of this special synchronizing menu?
Synchronize dirs: compare files by content, copy name etc
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Well, using AutoHotkey or some other similar keyboard macros handler it is not very hard to compose some script like this:
F6
Ctrl+C
Shift+F6
Ctrl+V
Enter
But actually is does not solve the problem.
As one can see, copying the name may have a sense only in the case, that files names in the left and right columns are different. But in this case TC does not treat such files as a tied pair source<=> target, that is TC shows them in two different lines. Thus after the source file name has been copied to clipboard you need to move the focus manually to the target file.
Thank you for the hint, but actually my question was for a bit another operation.you can rename a file even at sync window using F6 on the left and SHIFT-F6 on the right side
Well, using AutoHotkey or some other similar keyboard macros handler it is not very hard to compose some script like this:
F6
Ctrl+C
Shift+F6
Ctrl+V
Enter
But actually is does not solve the problem.
As one can see, copying the name may have a sense only in the case, that files names in the left and right columns are different. But in this case TC does not treat such files as a tied pair source<=> target, that is TC shows them in two different lines. Thus after the source file name has been copied to clipboard you need to move the focus manually to the target file.