Write file comments for R/O filesystems

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DrShark
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Write file comments for R/O filesystems

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Currently Total Commander can create/edit comments using Crtl+Z only if commented item is on filesystem that TC can write.

I suggest to use internal database similar to one TC uses for storing thumbnails to store comments for items on read-only filesystems.
To write a comment to r/o fs item that already has comment in descript.ion format, TC may display descript.ion part in Ctrl+Z dialog as not-editable text, with ability to add a new text from a new line and store that part in internal db.
If the file/folder with comment from internal db is copied from r/o fs to writable one, comment may be converted to descript.ion/files.bbs format.
To detect that comment belongs to certain file/folder on removeble media (where path could be the same but files are different) TC may use media (drive) serial number, label or both.
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Post by *Horst.Epp »

Thats much to complicated as TC must remember the full Ids
of any external file system to assign the correct internal stored data.
Alsp I never expected to write file comments on a R/O file system.
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