New Colors in TC 7.55 - Your settings for them

[Samuel]

TC 7.55 brings some new colors for Path-Bar-Control and Compare-Files. Thanks a lot Christian!
They cannot be customized in Configurations for now, so change them in "wincmd.ini".

To get the color value I currently use Paint to get the RGB values then I put them in an excel sheet.
There I calculate TCs code like this: (A1 red value, A2 green value, A3 blue value)

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=A1 + 256*A2 + 256*256*A3

You can use the Hex values if you put a "$" sign in front, e.g. "$FFFFFF"
You may also use this French tool or Color Cop (you can get the color for TC with the mode color PowerBuilder - Ctrl+P).

Here are my settings for Path-Bar-Control: (Image)

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ActiveTitle       = 12476675   (R:   3, G:  97, B: 190)
ActiveTitleText   = 16777215   (R: 255, G: 255, B: 255)
InactiveTitle     = 13864005   (R:  69, G: 140, B: 211)
InactiveTitleText = 16777215   (R: 255, G: 255, B: 255)

Here are my settings for Compare-Files inspired by Winmerge: (Image)

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CompareText=213
CompareBinary=213
CompareTextSel=213
CompareBinarySel=213
CompareNormalText=0
CompareNormalBack=16777215
CompareDifferenceBack=379887
CompareSelText=144721
CompareSelBack=11395825

Actually the image is a mockup for an additional background-color for differences. Not based on lines, but based on chars. (top with this color - bottom without)

[MVV]

There I calculate TCs code like this: (A1 red value, A2 green value, A3 blue value)

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=A1 + 256*B1 + 256*256*C1

Maybe A1, A2, A3 instead of A1, B1, C1?
Maybe it would be better to use R, G, B instead of A1, A2, A3?

[Mikefield]

2Samuel: Could you please describe how the Path-Bar-Control works?

mf

[Samuel]

2MVV
Thx corrected it.

R, G, B

I use excel cells, so I cant use R, G, B in the formula.

2Mikefield
Its the control where you see the path. (Where breadcrumb is located.)

[theosdikaios]

I choose only

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[Colors]
CompareDifferenceBack=-2

-2=slightly darker/lighter (depending on background color)

Thanks for this useful feature.

[jjk]

Just for information :
those settings for Path-Bar-Control have to be put in [Colors] section of wincmd.ini, not in [Configuration].

[MVV]

I choose only

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[Colors]
CompareDifferenceBack=-2

-2=slightly darker/lighter (depending on background color)

BTW, -2 is default value for CompareDifferenceBack so TC will use it even if this parameter is not set.

[yeskky]

Now you can change these settings with Ultra TC Editor directly.
Just select one of them and press Ctrl+B in Ultra TC Editor.
You need English and Russian data files updated for Total Commander 7.55 Beta 1.
Refer to this post http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=198825#198825

[nn1k3]

You explained that
R + 256*G + 256*256*B = N

Given N, how do I solve for R, G, B?

[Samuel]

Randomly choose R, G and B and if the equation does solve you guessed right.

R = N mod 256
G = (N div 256) mod 256
B = ((N div 256) div 256)

The result of div is the quotient of a division:
520 div 256 = 2
10 div 3 = 3

The result of mod is the remainder of a division:
520 mod 256 = 8
10 mod 3 = 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation

[nn1k3]

Thank you Samuel. All set now. FYI I implemented your advice in Excel with these formulas:
Given named ranges R_ G_ and B_ [Excel often likes the underscore for one-letter named ranges]
Calculate N_
Then back-calculate RR GG and BB

N_=R_+G_*256+B_*256*256
RR=MOD(N_,256)
GG=INT(MOD(N_/256,256))
BB=INT(N_/(256*256))