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robinsiebler · Post by *robinsiebler » 2003-07-10, 21:45 UTC

In 4NT, if I want to change to a dir, I can simply type 'cd foo' and if foo exists, I will be taken there. If there are more than one foo, I will be presented with a list of dirs. I wonder if there is a way to do this in TC? Since TC saves a list of all of the directories (if you have this enabled), I would hope this is possible. I know about (and use) the directory menu, but I was looking for a quick and dirty way to jump to a directory.

fabiochelly · Post by *fabiochelly » 2003-07-10, 22:41 UTC

The hotlist (CTRL+D) is not enough ?

robinsiebler · Post by *robinsiebler » 2003-07-10, 23:01 UTC

If you have dirs that you only occasionally jump to,
you might not want to clutter your menu with such directories or have to create a menu (that you might forget about) for them.

Horst.Epp · Post by *Horst.Epp » 2003-07-11, 08:44 UTC

Use the Directory Tree command (Alt-F10) for this.
You type the first few characters of the name and it shows you the first match. Typing CTRL-Enter shows you the next and so on...

wanderer · Post by *wanderer » 2003-07-11, 10:44 UTC

robinsiebler wrote:In 4NT, if I want to change to a dir, I can simply type 'cd foo' and if foo exists, I will be taken there. If there are more than one foo, I will be presented with a list of dirs. I wonder if there is a way to do this in TC? Since TC saves a list of all of the directories (if you have this enabled), I would hope this is possible. I know about (and use) the directory menu, but I was looking for a quick and dirty way to jump to a directory.

I see your point. Something like the command line in Win2k and above, you type the first 2-3 letters and then you can press TAB and the system cycles you through all dirs starting with what you typed. Neat, i'd like that too.

pdavit · Post by *pdavit » 2003-07-11, 13:32 UTC

You also have the directory history feature (Alt+Down Arrow) and the up coming tabbed architecture. Too many available options!

Here’s the list:
- Directory HotList
- Directory History
- Directory Tree
- Tabs (not available yet!)

I have to admit though that I had made in the past a suggestion for a “temporary folder bookmarking” system as I was experiencing similar problems.

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2003-07-11, 13:55 UTC

Horst.Epp wrote:Use the Directory Tree command (Alt-F10) for this.
You type the first few characters of the name and it shows you the first match. Typing CTRL-Enter shows you the next and so on...

Directory Tree is a nice idea to jump to another directory, but it is completely useless on my machine: my "Treeinfo.wc" file is about 5MB large....-> very slow

Horst.Epp · Post by *Horst.Epp » 2003-07-11, 20:25 UTC

Lefteous wrote:
Horst.Epp wrote:Use the Directory Tree command (Alt-F10) for this.
You type the first few characters of the name and it shows you the first match. Typing CTRL-Enter shows you the next and so on...
Directory Tree is a nice idea to jump to another directory, but it is completely useless on my machine: my "Treeinfo.wc" file is about 5MB large....-> very slow

Sounds strange.
My Treeinfo.wc is about 150k and has over 3000 directories
So how many dirs do you have ?

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2003-07-11, 20:30 UTC

Horst.Epp wrote:
Lefteous wrote:
Horst.Epp wrote:Use the Directory Tree command (Alt-F10) for this.
You type the first few characters of the name and it shows you the first match. Typing CTRL-Enter shows you the next and so on...
Directory Tree is a nice idea to jump to another directory, but it is completely useless on my machine: my "Treeinfo.wc" file is about 5MB large....-> very slow
Sounds strange.
My Treeinfo.wc is about 150k and has over 3000 directories
So how many dirs do you have ?

~42000

pdavit · Post by *pdavit » 2003-07-12, 09:14 UTC

Lefteous wrote:42000

!!!

So your treeinfo.wc should have been approx 2.1Mb not 5Mb based on the fact that 3000 dirs are 150k.

Any ways, if I’m not wrong the treeinfo.wc is saved whenever you call it and especially from wherever you call Directory Tree. Based on the fact that it can be found in sub-dirs it might be a good technique to call it within your frequent dirs. It might speed up the process. That’s a suggestion with reservations though and only Christian can tell us how treeinfo.wc behaves.

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2003-07-12, 09:27 UTC

pdavit wrote:
Lefteous wrote:42000
!!!

So your treeinfo.wc should have been approx 2.1Mb not 5Mb based on the fact that 3000 dirs are 150k.

It's just my pathnames seems to be longer than Horst.epp's.

pdavit wrote: Any ways, if I’m not wrong the treeinfo.wc is saved whenever you call it and especially from wherever you call Directory Tree. Based on the fact that it can be found in sub-dirs it might be a good technique to call it within your frequent dirs. It might speed up the process. That’s a suggestion with reservations though and only Christian can tell us how treeinfo.wc behaves.

It takes up to 9 seconds to load the tree - everytime.

pdavit · Post by *pdavit » 2003-07-12, 09:41 UTC

Lefteous wrote:It takes up to 9 seconds to load the tree - everytime.

Hmmm, so I guess the file includes the whole dir structure and not the structure of the current dir. Oh, well!…

Black Dog · Post by *Black Dog » 2003-07-22, 01:33 UTC

[face=courier]On 11-07-2003 12:44:03 +0000 wanderer wrote:

w> I see your point.

No, you don't. JP Software Inc. command processors (i.e. 4DOS, 4NT&Take Command) support Extended Directory Search mode (actually "borrowed" from NIX shells as well as almost all other useful features):

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Extended Directory Searches use a database of directory names to facilitate changing to the correct directory. The database is used only if Extended Directory Searches are enabled, and if the explicit directory search and CDPATH search fail to find the directory you requested.
An extended directory search automatically finds the correct path to the requested directory and changes to it if that directory exists in your directory database. If more than one directory in the database matches the name you have typed, a popup window appears and you can choose the directory you want.

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Actually this is what dagoon talking about.
Well, TC's TREEINFO.WC pretty much look and behave like JPSTREE.IDX so I guess such a mode is possible in TC too. But I don't think Christian would like this idea.

w> Something like the command line in Win2k and above, you type
w> the first 2-3 letters and then you can press TAB and the
w> system cycles you through all dirs starting with what you
w> typed.

AFAIK this functionality presented in NT command shell from very beginning (though was always not active by default) and also "borrowed" from NIX, actually NT was designed as UNIX killer... %)

w> Neat, i'd like that too.

Well, I use TAR - it supports BASH model of EasyType and can be integrated with TC.[/face]

sergeycentral · Post by *sergeycentral » 2003-07-24, 03:13 UTC

Lefteous wrote:
Horst.Epp wrote:...but it is completely useless on my machine: my "Treeinfo.wc" file is about 5MB large....-> very slow
so delete Treeinfo.wc, and re-build ur tree.

would it be possible if you had many outdated dirs?

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2003-07-24, 06:49 UTC

sergeycentral wrote:
Lefteous wrote:
Horst.Epp wrote:...but it is completely useless on my machine: my "Treeinfo.wc" file is about 5MB large....-> very slow
so delete Treeinfo.wc, and re-build ur tree.

would it be possible if you had many outdated dirs?
The number of directories did not change no speedup
Maybe the algorithm isn't efficient?

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