save tabs command

[ChuckBuhler]

Is there a cm_SaveTabsOnBothSides command similar to opentabs or appendtabs that I can assign a button to? Is there a list of these types of commands, somewhere?

I have gone through the help file and the totalcmd.inc files. Probably just haven't figured out the correct name of the command.

thanks.

[ChuckBuhler]

Or, maybe there's a different way to do what I want.

I use tab files to configure TC to the various tasks I do alot. For
example, if I'm going to be programming, I can press ctrl-D, T, P and TC
loads the correct tabs that I use for programming. (T is the key for
Tasks in the directory hot list, and P is for programming. This is set
to "opentabs %Commander_Path%\Programming.tab")

What I would like to be able to do is, either click on a menu button, or
press some hotkey (ctrl-alt-D) and have TC save the current tab settings
to a file in my TC directory and name it Current.tab.

This way, when I'm working on a project and get a call to take care of
something else, I can save the current tab settings, jump to whatever
other tab setting I need for the task at hand, and when done, return to
the saved (Current.tab) tab settings.

Loading a tab file is very handy from the keyboard, but I haven't figured out any way to save one, other than running through the menus. I don't use the mouse very much, so a keyboard solution would be the best.

[XPEHOPE3KA]

You can't save tabs via a hotkey unless you use a script.
BTW, you can use a hotkey to opentabs command, so you don't have to use three keypresses as you do now.
For your problem: I prefer using several TC instances with different ini-files and buttonbars. See this topic for details.

[ChuckBuhler]

That thread is where I origionally go the idea to work this way, and what I am currently doing,is I keep one instance of TC for my main tasks, and a second instance that varies, depending one the support calls I get. Sometimes it would be very handy to combine this all into one instance.

Also, I occasionally have a brain fart, and change the directory tabs in the wrong instance. I have reason to kick myself for dumb things often enough without this added point of screw-up.

I have played with AutoIt, and it could solve the problem, just was hoping that there was a good built-in keyboard alternative, as there seems to be a cm_something command for nearly everything else that can be accessed through the menus.

[ChuckBuhler]

This is the autoit3 script that I'm currently using.

winwait ( "Total Commander" )

send ( "!T" )
send ( "M" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{ENTER}" )
send ( "Current" )
send ( "{ENTER}" )
send ( "Y" )

Not very bullet proof, but does the job.

[majkinetor !]

interesting script.... so original....


btw, this is is somewhat shorter:

send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
send ( "{DOWN}" )
=
send {DOWN 7}

[Stance]

Is there a cm_SaveTabsOnBothSides command similar to opentabs or appendtabs that I can assign a button to?

You could use the command: cm_DirTabsShowMenu (Show tab menu) somewhere in your mainmenu or create a button with this command in your buttonbar. It will show the TC-Contextmenu for Foldertabs.

Inside this contextmenu are for example:
"Save tabs to file"
"Save tabs on both sides to file"
"Load tabs from file"
"Load tabs from file, keep current"
"Load tabs from file, replace tabs"

Kind regards
Stance

[Vochomurka]

http://ppro.totalcmd.net/Scripts/LoadBar.htm
Is this the one you are looking for?

[majkinetor !]

hej, Vocho, that ContentAlt in your menu is great.

[Vochomurka]

hej, Vocho, that ContentAlt in your menu is great.

I've used it once or twice. Let it be

[majkinetor !]

I've used it once or twice. Let it be

It isn't something U use every day, but it is there when you need it. How many times you wanted to copy content of some coloumn on clipboard ? Without this app this is impossible currently in TC.