More and more tools are using pluginst.inf file for autoinstalling. Although this usually means more comfort, it's not that great to allow them to pollute TC directory with dozens of directories (and even files).
So, I suggest a default directory "Tools" to be implemented in TC for applications and a new INI setting "toolsbasedir" as an equivalent to "pluginbasedir" to prevent chaos.
Edit:
It should be COMPLETELY forbidden to add ANY files to the tools base directory. Only one single directory (defaultdir setting) should be allowed.
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[REQ] new INI-Setting toolsbasedir
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[REQ] new INI-Setting toolsbasedir
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type=tools ?
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I suppose this would mean you need another type in the file pluginst.inf too like
type=tools
I suppose this would mean you need another type in the file pluginst.inf too liketype=tools
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I know that, thanks. As I said in my first posting:
I don't want to have archives allowed to dump their content into my TC directory, so personally I would prefer to nuke the present behaviour of type=prg and to replace the current target location (TC directory) with the new one (toolsbasedir).
Anyway, if there is a need to keep the present behaviour, I am not against it. Better an additional prg=tools entry than no change at all.
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I don't want to have archives allowed to dump their content into my TC directory, so personally I would prefer to nuke the present behaviour of type=prg and to replace the current target location (TC directory) with the new one (toolsbasedir).
Anyway, if there is a need to keep the present behaviour, I am not against it. Better an additional prg=tools entry than no change at all.
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So do I. As it is now, I don't want any tool to use type=prg. It's just bloating a folder that should contain only the things I want it to. And moves the program out of my sight ( my main TC directory is %COMMANDER_PATH%\.. ).icfu wrote:I don't want to have archives allowed to dump their content into my TC directory, so personally I would prefer to nuke the present behaviour of type=prg and to replace the current target location (TC directory) with the new one (toolsbasedir).