More options when unpacking by F3/F4 to temp folder file that already exist

[SUKER]

More specifically - the option to rename and auto-rename the unpacked file.
In my work I frequently need to check logs from many different archives. All logs in archives have the same file name log.txt.
I enter archive, select file log.txt, press F3 and examine file...
Then I need to check another archive (and compare with previous) - enter it, select file log.txt, press F3 and see this:
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It wood be very helpful to be able rename/auto rename existing (unpacking) file here like in all others dialogs...

[petermad]

It is interesteing that if you use "Compare contents" (cm_CompareFilesByContent), the two files are opened in %TEMP%\_tc and %TEMP%\_tc_ - why doesn't TC just do the same for F3 and F4?

[Dalai]

2petermad
Just a guess: When comparing files by content, TC already knows that it will need two directories when extracting two files subsequently. It doesn't know that when a Lister window is open and another files is about to be extracted. I've been annoyed by TC's overwrite dialog when pressing F3 or F4 more than a couple of times myself...

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

TC already knows that it will need two directories when extracting two files subsequently

Rather: TC already knows that it might need two directories - because it also uses two directories, when the files to compare has different names, either files in the same dir or in opposite dirs.

[SUKER]

It is interesteing that if you use "Compare contents" (cm_CompareFilesByContent), the two files are opened in %TEMP%\_tc and %TEMP%\_tc_ - why doesn't TC just do the same for F3 and F4?

Ha, I think it's like a bug F4 will do such a thing, but F3 - not.
F4: 1 file go in _tc, 2 file go in _tc_, 3 file show dialog with overwrite options.
F3: 1 file go in _tc, 2 file show dialog with overwrite options.

But any way my suggestion is still valid - in case of opening more then 2 files.

[petermad]

F4: 1 file go in _tc, 2 file go in _tc_, 3 file show dialog with overwrite options.

Yes, you are right - it is only F3 that don't use two temp directories!

But any way my suggestion is still valid - in case of opening more then 2 files.

TC could maybe do the same as it does when going into nested archives (archive in archive in archive etc.) - here TC uses directories like %TEMP%\_tc0, %TEMP%\_tc01 and %TEMP%\_tc2 etc.

[Usher]

I think that using more temp folders could be implemented long time ago, when tabs were introduced in TC.
That's why I suspect that there are some difficulties with implementation.