QuickSearch eXtended

[Samuel]

QuickSearch eXtended for Total Commander 7.5+


Download:

QuickSearch eXtended (QuickSearch eXtended.zip, QuickSearch eXtended - source.zip, tcmatch.pdf, tcmatch_de.pdf, tcmatch_hu.pdf, tcmatch_ko.pdf)

If you have problems downloading the files try to checkmark two or more files, then they are packed together and you can download them as a full package.

Image: https://abload.de/img/apng-animation2023-06tlilr.png

Extract the plugin to TC-Folder or use auto install by entering the zip from within TC. You have to restart TC to make it work.


Very important:

Please, please, please read the readme to get more and better informations about installation, usage, possible customization and the last changes.
Its useful - trust me.


Features:

• Search substrings in random order.
• RegEx search
• Similarity search
• Possibility to use presets
• PinYin support
• Highly customizable

Suggestions are welcome.


Examples:

It's possible to search substrings in a random order:

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Search for: "dog cat"

Find:
 A dog and a cat moved to china.txt
 CaTs and dOgs.avi
 bulldog catalysator.doc

Search for: "cat music|dog fun"

Find:
 Musical cats.pdf
 funny Dog.avi

It's also possible to do a RegEx search:

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Search for: "?_\d"

Find:
 tcmd_75b4.exe
 AutoHotkey_104800_Install.exe
 IZArc_4b1.exe

It's even possible to do a Similarity search: (using Levenshtein Distance)

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Search for: "<color"

Find:
 colourful.bmp
 my favorite Color.jpg

Search for: "<2lefenstein"

Find:
 Levenshtein.cpp

You may also do a Srch:

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Search for: "*dwn"

Find:
 Download.zip
 dewdrops.png
 Sandra went to town.docx

Presets:

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Save Preset: ".pdf|.doc|.ppt|.xls|.txt>a"
Restore it: ">a"

PinYin support:

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Search for: "ext sz zgrand"

Find:
 中国randomtext 神舟.bmp

[fenix_productions]

2Samuel
That was quick.

Question: are you willing to share a code?

Suggestion: real regexp would be very handy.

I could take a look and try to write it but I wonder how to workaround the problem mentioned by you in other post.

[Boofo]

Sounds interesting. I will try it out.

[fenix_productions]

2Samuel
I've just remembered something…

You can find the "biggest" suggestion here:
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=147461

Feel free to take anything you like

[Samuel]

I will share code. But currently the Unicode string is converted to normal string, because I know normal strings better.

4.1, 5, 5.1, 5.2 are not supported by TC. (presets and columns)
Regex and similarity sound good.

Beside this:
Using the current Quicksearch is just really fast.
I almost think no need of regex, etc at all.

Edit:
2ghisler (Author):
Saveable presets for Quicksearch would be nice. (and or a history)
Also column support for the dll would be nice.

[Samuel]

Anyone knows a good Regex lib for C++?

[m^2]

Never used it, but pcre is standard.
ADDED: Just tried your tool: Thumbs up.

[Boofo]

2Samuel,

Quickserrach knows to use the tcmatch.dll on its own? Or do we need to add something somewhere?

[Samuel]

Just install it to TC folder and restart TC. It should work now.
Try it by use filter with "dll match" (tcmatch.dll should not be filtered)

[Boofo]

Where do I set the filter?

[Samuel]

Its automatically used in the quick search filter.

[Boofo]

Ok, I see now. It works great! Slick little idea, sir.

Any way to add this to the regular search, too?

[Samuel]

Only by Mr. Ghisler himself.

[Boofo]

Do you think it would be good to have in the regular search? I don't want to suggest it if I am the only one who thinks so.

[Samuel]

I would like it and it seems like no big deal.

Im working on RegEx right now. But I think I need support from Mr. Ghisler for that. Currently when you would filter out all files with another letter, this letter is not written to the filter.

This gives problems using regex.
You cant write for example: "\d" because no file would match "\". So you have to paste this string to Quicksearch.