Total Commander

The reason behind this is to run the compare as a separate process.

Add the following line to the wincmd.ini [Configuration]-section.

CompareTool=%COMMANDER_EXE% /S=C

Start a compare between two files: also explicitly quoted

CompareTool="%COMMANDER_EXE%" /S=C

failed.
This time with an endless loop TC calling TC calling TC calling TC...
Only way to stop this was command line with: It seems that the one possible way is to use

CompareTool="%COMMANDER_EXE%" /I=null /S=C

but all settings for the compare tool are default in this case.

Is it possible to ignore the "CompareTool=" wincmd.ini setting if TC is called with parameter "/S=C"?
I guess everyone using "/S=C" as parameter would like to use TC and not windiff or any other comparer defined as CompareTool inside TC.

Regards
Holger

Wow, recursion is funny.
I found another way to stop it: I edited CompareTool key and saved wincmd.ini.

Confirmed using TC8.01 32bit.
I added to wincmd.ini: CompareTool="%COMMANDER_EXE%" /S=C

Tested OK using TC8.50b12 32bit. Except when files are equal. If the files are equal, I get a message saying the two files have the same contents. After I click OK in that message window, I get an AV error.
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Application Error
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Exception EAccessViolation in module TOTALCMD.EXE at 0000B934.
Access violation at address 0040CB74. Write of address 00000010.
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OK
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Sorry, this isn't supported. also %COMMANDER_EXE% isn't even defined outside of TC.

ghisler(Author) wrote:Sorry, this isn't supported. also %COMMANDER_EXE% isn't even defined outside of TC.

Thats not outside of TC !
They use it from inside of TC by defininig the Compare tool.

Tested OK using TC8.50b13 32bit.

ghisler(Author) wrote:Sorry, this isn't supported.

Yes, that's why i placed this under TC-Suggestions.

also %COMMANDER_EXE% isn't even defined outside of TC.

Yes, but usable inside wincmd.ini.

I will play a little bit with the /I= parameter to get an acceptable working solution for me, but i still think an easy configurable separate process for TC's compare window called via "Files->Compare by content" is something that is worth to think about.
- The compare window in edit mode would not be forced to closed if the TC main instance terminates.
- Comparing of large files (x86) would not be influenced by the memory consumption of the main instance.

Regards
Holger

Let me add one:
- If some plugin like Imagine does hard work in a foreground, separate compare window wont't hang.

I think there is no much sense in reading CompareTool option in case of /S=C parameter because it is much faster to call external compare tool directly instead of starting it via separate TC instance.

So I support request to ignore CompareTool option in case of /S=C parameter.

2HolgerK
2MVV
I see no problem when using TC8.50b13 32bit. Have you tried this 32 bit version?

Yes, I'm using TC 8.50b13x32.

white wrote:Have you tried this 32 bit version?

Yes.
Both versions ends up in a recursive call.
The only difference i see is that the x64 version took a while to terminate after creating the next instance (lot of totalcmd64.exe processes visible in taskmager).

Regards
Holger

You could use a different ini file for the compare tool:

CompareTool=%COMMANDER_EXE% /i=c:\totalcmd\other.ini /S=C

white wrote:2HolgerK
2MVV
I see no problem when using TC8.50b13 32bit. Have you tried this 32 bit version?

OK, I can confirm it now. I started the beta with /I parameter. That's why I couldn't confirm the problem. The TC instance started with "%COMMANDER_EXE%" /S=C used my default ini file.

So, indeed one need to specify a different ini file. Alternatively a command line parameter could be implemented which overrides the setting in the ini file. For example similar to the /S=L:N (use internal lister), you could have /S=C:N (use internal compare tool).

history.txt wrote:22.12.13 Fixed: Compare by content: Ignore ini setting "CompareTool" when calling TC via parameter /S=C, to avoid infinite loops when CompareTool points again to Total Commander (32/64)

This works fine now without any recursion and all previous set custom settings.
Tested with TC850B14 (x64&x32).

Many thanks!
Holger

Tested OK using TC850b14 32bit.