Feature Suggestion

[Peter Aird]

"Total Commander" is my favourite "utility" program. It would be just that tiny bit better if it had a "Print to File" capability in the Print Directory function.

I (and I suspect other user) occasionally need to anotate details relating to a particular file and it would be so easy if the Print Directory function could output to an ascii or notepad file.

[Aezay]

I think I've read or heard something about a printer driver, that emulates a real printer, but writes the output to a file. I've never had the use for such driver, so I cant tell u where to get it, maybe another one knows where to get this driver, if one exist that is.

[Peter Aird]

Thanks, I know you can do it in DOS and there may be indirect alternatives, but it would be nice as a direct feature in Total Commander.

[bago]

You should try the CatalogMaker and the DiskDir packer plugins: this would allow you to make files from a selection as like as you pack them in a compressed file.

The DiskDir file is simple text and is readable with a generic editor/viewer and has the great advantage that you can open it from TC and view content like the original one!

[Peter Aird]

Thank you too - I am not familiar with the plug-ins but will try them out. I stand by my suggestion however, that it would all be easier as a standard function - especially as TC does such a great job of formatting the output already - all the hard work is done.

[jb]

I recommend FinePrint (currently V4.80). It is a universal printer driver with many features. One of them is to save print jobs to text, bmp, tiff, emf and jpeg formats. I use it since years and can only confirm what another user wrote: "It saves space, time, money and trees." A single license costs 40 US$. Updates are free since years as with Total Commander.

However in your case it may be sufficient to go to the command line and just write one of the following:
dir /s > MyDir.txt
tree /f /a > MyDir.txt

[batchman61]

Hi,
WINDOWS provides this functionality for years by a "Text only Printer". Under Win2K you have to install an additional printer "Standard", "Generic / Text Only" connected to "File". Printing to this device (from any application) raises an "to which file" Dialog and you're done.

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, the Text only printer will do this, BUT you need to choose one of its fonts, otherwise the line breaks will be really ugly in the resulting text file!