Thank you, included in
RC3.
petermad wrote:If I use an external lng_dan.ini file and open the new Language configuration dialog, then it shows that "CHN - Chinese" is active. Maybe it could show that lng_dan.ini is active in stead?
Fixed in
RC3. - thanks for reporting this bug.
I've also added a new feature in RC3 which lets the user to change the external languages from the Configuration dialog / Language tab's list.
SAPetrovich wrote:The path "c:\t" does not exist.
In this case, the window is not closed and into file "Log\tc extDir.log" is written: [...]
Fixed in
RC3.
In this case, TC works with history in the file "c:\tc+SAP\WinCmd-History.ini".
But "extDir" use history in "c:\tc\WinCmd_Screen & Unknown.ini". This is wrong!
Fixed in
RC3. - thanks for the reports & testing.
EricB wrote:I've done a quick test with RC2 on my configuration (no full install, just a replace of RC1 by RC2). It does not matter whether I let ExtDir determine the MkDirHistory path or set it manually: the MkDirHistory section is now correctly addressed in the correct file. No exceptions occur anymore.
Thanks for trying it out, nice to hear that it works for you without any exceptions.
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About the remarks:
Peter wrote:Manual:
Pressing F1 or starting the menu results in a very quick "flimmering" (changing the focus betwen TC and Extdir). I have to shut down TC, then I can see the manual.
Maybe it is better to create a CHM-file?
You're right, i shouldn't stick to the current idea of the Help dialog
(pretend to be the part of Total Commander & display it inside the opposite TC pane), cause its a bit buggy.
In the final version i'll display it in a normal, single dialog window.
Preview of templates
The preview is only refreshed when I select a template in the upper part of the dialogue ("New dialogue"). Selecting a template in the list below refreshes name and content, but not preview.
Fixed in
RC3. - thanks for reporting it.
New template dialogue:
The naming is a little bit confusing. For me the "Template" consists of "Name" and of "Content" (or "Definition"). Now the word "Template" is used for the "Content of the template". Just a small remark ...
Actually i see your point, the naming is a little bit confusing - however i won't change it in the near future... the reason is simple: it would need
every single translator to retranslate this line, and that wouldn't take place in a short interval of time - and the mixed lines (in one language: Content, and in the other: Template
[in the current lng]) could cause plenty of misunderstandings... beside this, it's not so hard to figure out what does "Template" means, cause it immediately changes the preview when you type anything into this control.
Pressing a modifier removes the selection for "Replacement allowed".
Thats not a bug: the utility
automatically decides is "Replacements" is needed to be checked or unchecked (based on the content of directory edit control) - the only thing you can change is unticking the checkbox, if you don't want to use replacements for the current session - that way the utility won't tick it automatically if you change the directory edit control.
So ticking the replacement checkbox doesn't make any sense in case the directory edit control (combobox - Normal / memo - Extended)
doesn't contains a line which includes one or more special variable(s)
(%s, %S, {un} etc) or environment variable(s)
(%APPDATA%, %OS%, etc).
The leading strings in the list of the templates ([1], [2], [A], [A], (Yes, double)) - what are they good for?
The first alpabet between the brackets indicates that what key is needed to be pressed after pressing the CTRL + T hotkey to instantly activate a template.
For example, pressing Ctrl + T then pressing the key
2 activates the second template ("New directory (%D-%N-%y)").
The same applies to user-defined templates: for example if you have a template, which is named to "
OS + user", after pressing CTRL + T you can press the "O" key to activate this template.
The "OK-Button" changes between OK and ENTER. Why?
Thats pretty easy to figure out: in case you type a directory which
already exists in the current path, the utility detects it, and allows the user to
enter into this directory instead of creating it
(which wouldn't be possible).
Text-size, Dialogue-size:
EDIT: "Text-size and colour" is solved (can be configured in INI-File), but some dialogues (example: Templates) should be resizeable.
I can make the template dialog resizable in the future, if it's good for you
(but the Configuration dialog won't change for sure, that would cause too much work regarding control realigns & resizes and other GUI-things...).
Placeholders:
Seem to work fine for the first test. Two little questions:
- Is it possible to load the structure with placeholders from an extra file?
- After creating the structure the tool changes to the last (deepest) folder. Bug or feature?
Thanks for trying it out. =) Yes, i plan to improve this feature by adding the capability of detecting & loading the structures from external files (for example files named "struct_AnyName.ini" would be loaded to the "Load" popup).
About your second remark: it's how the utility works - after the creation of dirs it automatically changes the Total Commander's path to the deepest level. In the current version there's no way to turn it off, but i think thats not too disturbing at all - however if you'd like to, i can add an option which lets the user decide if he/she wants this feature to be active or not.
MKDir - History:
If it is set to "Automatic" - where is it saved?
First of all, the utility checks if the wincmd.ini is Unicode-encoded or not. Reason: currently it can't properly handle unicode ini's (only ANSI & UTF8).
The current steps:
1) wincmd.ini
is unicode-encoded: the application will automatically create an external file inside the utility's directory called "tc extDir.lst", and use it to save MkDirHistory into.
2) wincmd.ini
is not unicode-encoded: the utility checks some additional things, in the following order:
- a) does it contains [Configuration]AlternateUserIni section - if yes, save the MkDirHistory to this file
- b) does it contains [MkDirHistory]RedirectSection - in case yes (and AlternateUserIni was "null"), save the MkDirHistory to this file [actually a) and b) point needs to be switched - fixed in RC3).
- c) if can't find any of the sections / keys above, then save it to "wincmd.ini" (MkDirHistory section)
3) If the file that has been set in AlternateUserIni or RedirectSection
is Unicode encoded, save to "tc extDir.lst" instead.
* Change: show the built-in "Load" popup instead of "Open file..." dialog in case the utility has been started on a ".txt" file (the TC's caret is on a txt file)
Does not work for me.
"Load" appears
- only in "Extended" mode
- with all files and not only with TXT
I think you misunderstood this changelog-item.
It means that previously that didn't matter if you started the utility with the Total Commander's caret set to a .txt file: when you pressed Ctrl + O hotkey, the "Open..." dialog was the one which instantly showed, instead of the utility's internal "Load" popup
(which lets the user to quickly select the file that is "selected" in TC).
Load button is visible & active in the following cases:
Normal mode:
Generally never,
except:
a) the user has set directory structures in "tc extDir.ini" - that way the "Load" button can be seen in Normal mode too
(lets the user quickly select any of the user-given directory structures)
b) the Total Commander's caret is set on a .txt file
(before starting the utility)
(in both cases the Load popup is showed instead of "Open..." dialog)
Extended mode:
Always. There are two ways it operates:
a) In case there are user-given directory structures in wincmd.ini
OR the utility has been started with TC caret set on a ".txt" file: Show the Load popup
b) No user-given directory structures & the TC's caret is not on a .txt file: show the "Open..." dialog window
Creation of empty files:
Does not work at the moment (?)
Not yet implemented
(and i think i never told that it already is).
Will be ready in
RC3 (at soonest), or in the final 1.6
(much likely).
Shortcuts in Menus and Tooltips:
Maybe you can add the shortcuts (F3, Ctrl+...) to tooltips?
Do you mean to add the shortcut tips to the menus
(e.g. Configuration popup)?
File without extension:
Select in TC a file without extension - press F7 - the default value is now "filename BLANK filesize" (example: "myfile 16").
Bug or feature?
Aww... i thought i fixed all these kind of bugs in RC1 - unfortunately it seems not. However i
can't reproduce the problem...
Are there any special options in your wincmd.ini? In case yes, could you please send it to me, or tell me exactly which are these special options?
The only advice i can tell is to
turn on the new (WM_CopyData) method to get the initial informations from Total Commander... you can use this method by pressing Ctrl + P in the utility (or click on Options -> Configuration), then select the Advanced tab, and choose the "
New & more stable method (from TC v8.0B10)". However - as the caption says - you can only use it if you use Total Commander 8.0 Beta 10 or a newer version.