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Tagging files

Post by *Wincomuser »

I'm trying to use TC to tag a large number of files. I found this thread which put me on the right track.

However, although I searched the forum a lot I'm still wondering if there's anything else to know about tagging files, and managing and accessing the tags.

Thanks for any advice.
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It's two years since this question regarding tagging was voiced, yet there's no interest. :o

Tagging is the single, sole, feature that I miss most after leaving XTree/ZtreeWin for TC.

Tags are not like marks or selects - they are 'temporary persistent' indicators: markers that can be placed on files, and when the focus moves from any given folder -> the tags persist.

So if you have a group of files tagged in a number of folders you can - in ZTree, say - perform an operation on all those files at once, whether they're currently visible or not. Many programs use them.

Then with the Untag/Untag All Files command, the tags are gone.

Using Ctrl-Z for comments is far too involved; tags are transient.

It's such a useful function I'm surprised there's so little interest. You get used to what you know, I suppose... Maybe it's time to stir up the meme.
I feel a déjà gnu coming on ...just try forgetting non-current folder, persistent, tags now.
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Post by *petermad »

It sounds interesting, now that somebody explained what it means. Where is the data about the tags kept - in a file or in NTFS streams or...?
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Post by *TLis »

XYplorer for example, stores them in a file (database). Having them stored in an NTFS stream would limit its usefulness to partitions formatted as NTFS only, wouldn't it?
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limit its usefulness to partitions formatted as NTFS only, wouldn't it?
Excactly - but maybe a mixed approach was used.
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Post by *sorcar »

How I wish TC had a robust tagging feature! I cannot overstate my desire more articulately than Phred, or Wincomuser above. I am a heavy user of comments, and toyed with NTFS streams as well, but still miss an intuitive tagging feature.
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