don't record the intermediate directories into history

[darylz]

for example, my workshop has directory structure like this:

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a
|_b1
| |_c1
|
|_b2
| |_c2
|
...

I may travel between c1 and c1 frequently during working, (another window for something else...) and will never stop in directories b1, b2 or a. in this case, what I'm hoping is, don't record the intermediate directories like b1, b2 and a into the directory history list.

I think totalcmd can filter out them with a time threshold.

Is it possible?

Thanks,
Daryl

[MVV]

I think it is not possible because each user has its own act speed.
I suggest you to use drive tree in order to jump between directories instead. So, your directory list will contain only used dirs.

[darylz]

I don't think it's impossible.

First, though every user has different act speed, the time that the fastest user stays in a directory and do something will be much longer than that the slowest user just travel through a directory.

Second, we can also identify the "passing through" directories from the "working" directories by checking if other keys have been pressed over there. That is the identifier would be "Time + Operation".

Finally, actually, a configurable time threshold can be provided for user to tweak as per their own act speed.


Daryl

[MVV]

What if your intermediate directory have many files and folders and you lost some time (and press some keys) to find and enter its subdirectory? It is very hard to determine if opened folder will be needed by user or not (and a lot of different cases and exceptions should be checked here).

If you need to switch between two folders (or even more) often, just create two tabs with this folders, and use Ctrl[+Shift]+Tab (or your mouse) to switch tab.

[Balderstrom]

Why not add them to the DirectoryHotlist then?
The ParentFolders wont be recorded in the History, as you went there directly, without clicking thru folders...

[Hacker]

There has already been a suggestion to only include directories to the directory history where an operation has been performed.

Roman