Comments (descript.ion) not carried over if file move, copy

[Rumble]

I tried to copy or move a file, but the comment (as kept in the descript.ion file did not go with the transferred file. After spending an hour figuring out what was wrong, I thought it would be useful to point out to anyone else having this problem that (at least) TWO settings need to be right.

1. Configuration > Options > Operation > File Comments -
Copy comments with files should be checked

AND

2. Configuration > Options > Operation - Copy/Delete -
Use standard copy method (recommended) should be checked

[karlchen]

Hello, Robert.

Confirmed.

Copy comments with files should be checked

Confirmed, hm, sort of:

Use standard copy method (recommended) should be checked

As a matter of fact, if you wish to preserve comments when copying / moving, you must not use the Explorer copy / move method (ctrl-c ctrl-v, ctrl-x ctrl-v), because Explorer does not support the 4NT style comments stored in the descript.ion files nor comments stored in files.bbs.

Kind regards,
Karl

[Rumble]

Which leaves the question, I guess, of whether any copy option OTHER than
"Use Standard copy method (recommended)" would ensure that comments (descript.ion) would be carried over during a copy/paste operation.

[ts4242]

2. Configuration > Options > Operation - Copy/Delete -
Use standard copy method (recommended) should be checked

This is not true, the option Copy comments with files is enough to make TC handle comment files

[Rumble]

Sorry TS4242, but your assertion that "the option Copy comments with files is enough to make TC handle comment files" [implying it will work regardless of any other option selected RPR] is at odds with karlchen's assertion that "you must not use the Explorer copy / move method" [implying that even if one selects the copy comments with files, it still won't work if Explorer copy/move is selected RPR] (Sorry karlchen). I'll let you guys come up with a consistent position . . . .

Thanks for your attention to my post
RPR

[ts4242]

2Rumble

As a matter of fact, if you wish to preserve comments when copying / moving, you must not use the Explorer copy / move method (ctrl-c ctrl-v, ctrl-x ctrl-v)

karlchen here was not talking about TC's option but about Explorer method where you copy/move files using the clipboard.

[karlchen]

Hey, guys.

The answer is pretty simple:
There are two ways of making Total Commander use the Explorer mode for copy / move:
Either activate this option inside the T.C. configuration as the default copy/move mode or use the key combinations Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V (copy) and Ctrl-X / Ctrl-V (move) on demand.
In both cases, file comments stored in descript.ion files will be ignored.

Cheers,
Karl

[ghisler(Author)]

Indeed the comments can be copied with all methods EXCEPT for the Explorer method, because the Explorer knows nothing about these comments.

[Rumble]

My apologies to all of you for misunderstanding what you were trying to tell me. I confused your explanation of moving some or all of the _contents_ of files (using Explorer Ctrl-V etc.), with moving files (by clicking on "handles" (i.e. file names) and using Windows Explorer-like ctrl-click-drag or shift-click-drag to copy or move the _entire_ file.

Thank you for your patience and tolerance
RPR

[Andrzej Hirszowski]

As old as this thread is, my question seems valid after all: is there a chance that the shortcuts CTRL+C, CTRL+X, CTRL+V when used in Total Commander will not use Explorer’s feature and – instead – use TC’s file copy/move functions (F5/F6) in a manner that Explorer’s shortcut commands work, i.e. keep the command CTRL+C/CTRL+X in memory until CTRL+V is hit? That would greatly ease copy/move file operations as far as copying file comments is concerned?