How to use internal lister to view image files?

Li Yongzhen · Post by *Li Yongzhen » 2011-10-05, 02:28 UTC

TC 8.0 can use internal lister other than external plugins to view image filse such as bmp, png, jpg etc.
How to configue TC in wincmd.ini?
thanx

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-05, 06:21 UTC

It uses internal methods if no plugins installed that can handle theese files. All you need is to enable option 'Use plugins or load bitmaps as &graphics at startup' in Lister options (it is enabled by default).

Post by *petermad » 2011-10-05, 10:28 UTC

If you do have plugins for the filetype in question you can press 4 to cycle through viewing with the different plugins - after the last plugin TC then uses Internal function (for bmp, gif, jpg and png) or it uses IrfanView of XnView if configured so.

Li Yongzhen · Post by *Li Yongzhen » 2011-10-05, 11:44 UTC

MVV wrote:It uses internal methods if no plugins installed that can handle theese files. All you need is to enable option 'Use plugins or load bitmaps as &graphics at startup' in Lister options (it is enabled by default).

thanx
But where i can enable/disable the option?

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-05, 11:53 UTC

Li Yongzhen wrote:
MVV wrote:It uses internal methods if no plugins installed that can handle theese files. All you need is to enable option 'Use plugins or load bitmaps as &graphics at startup' in Lister options (it is enabled by default).
thanx
But where i can enable/disable the option?

Open Lister, Options - Configure.
Or open TC configuration, Edit/View, Configure internal viewer.
Or edit wincmd.ini and set BmpStartup in section [Lister] to 1 (restart TC is required in this case).

Li Yongzhen · Post by *Li Yongzhen » 2011-10-05, 14:45 UTC

MVV wrote:
Li Yongzhen wrote:
MVV wrote:It uses internal methods ...in Lister options (it is enabled by default).
thanx
But where i can enable/disable the option?
Open Lister, Options - Configure.
Or open TC configuration, Edit/View, Configure internal viewer.
Or edit wincmd.ini and set BmpStartup in section [Lister] to 1 (restart TC is required in this case).

sorry.
both methods can not work!
if enable "Load bitmaps as graphics at startup", TC uses plugins to disaply image files, if disable this option, TC can use internal lister to disaply image files with messy code.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-05, 16:52 UTC

Why do you need to use internal methods instead of installed plugins? Plugins (e.g. Imagine) can show graphics better, they support zoom and other features. Internal methods are only for cases when you have no any plugins.

However, you still can edit wincmd.ini and forbid plugins to display graphics, you need to edit detect string for every graphics plugin in [ListerPlugins] section and set it to e.g. empty string:

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1=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Lister\Imagine\Imagine.wlx
1_detect=""

(original detect string was "MULTIMEDIA")

Post by *Hacker » 2011-10-05, 17:11 UTC

Li Yongzhen,
Try pressing "4" repeatedly.

Roman

Post by *petermad » 2011-10-05, 22:14 UTC

2Hacker

As I wrote:

you can press 4 to cycle through viewing with the different plugins

Post by *petermad » 2011-10-05, 22:20 UTC

2Li Yongzhen

TC can use internal lister to disaply image files with messy code.

It sounds like you want to override TC's internal viewer and force the use of IrfanView/XnView? Unfortunately that doesn't currently seem possible.

Post by *Hacker » 2011-10-05, 22:56 UTC

petermad,

As I wrote

I know. Does not seem to have been tried, though.

Roman

Li Yongzhen · Post by *Li Yongzhen » 2011-10-06, 08:11 UTC

MVV wrote:Why do you need to use internal methods instead of installed plugins? Plugins (e.g. Imagine) can show graphics better, they support zoom and other features. Internal methods are only for cases when you have no any plugins.

However, you still can edit wincmd.ini and forbid plugins to display graphics, you need to edit detect string for every graphics plugin in [ListerPlugins] section and set it to e.g. empty string:
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1=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\Lister\Imagine\Imagine.wlx
1_detect=""
(original detect string was "MULTIMEDIA")

In fact, i want to use internal lister instead of external plugin like imagine.wlx to view graphics.

MVV · Post by *MVV » 2011-10-06, 08:15 UTC

As I said, using Imagine is much more convenient way to view graphics. And, it supports much more image formats.

Li Yongzhen · Post by *Li Yongzhen » 2011-10-06, 11:09 UTC

MVV wrote:As I said, using Imagine is much more convenient way to view graphics. And, it supports much more image formats.

thanx
i always use imagine plugin.
i only want to check if internal lister can view graphics as TC said.

HobbyMan · Post by *HobbyMan » 2011-10-09, 19:42 UTC

Li Yongzhen wrote:TC 8.0 can use internal lister other than external plugins to view image filse such as bmp, png, jpg etc.
How to configue TC in wincmd.ini?
thanx

There is a solution for it. I have found it revising command line parameters for TC.
What you need is: totalcmd.exe /S=L
It starts Lister directly, pass file name to it for viewing.

Go to Configuration - Edit/View - External Viewer (F3) - Associations.
Enter required extention (e.g. jpg or mp3) and associate with C:\TotalCmd\TOTALCMD.EXE /S=L (choose your own link with switcher /S=L)
Then OK, OK. Restart TC just in case and get it.

Total Commander

How to use internal lister to view image files?

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