-[8.50b2a] cm_SwitchLongNames messes up History

[white]

(It's not a new problem introduced in version 8.50)

* Execute cm_SwitchLongNames (turn off long names)
Look at the folder history using the button with triangle image. The current folder has been uppercased.
* Execute cm_SwitchLongNames again (turn it on again)
Look at the folder history using the button with triangle image. The current folder is no longer uppercased.
The uppercased folder is however included in history when using the Go back and Go forward buttons (buttons with arrow images).

Consider a button to copy full file name to clipboard in 8.3 DOS notation.

Define custom command:

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em_CdPathShortNames
Command: cd
Parameters: %p

Create a button and set the command as mentioned below. Use the button by selecting exactly 1 file and then click the button.


The following button command does not work:

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em_CdPathShortNames,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_CopyFullNamesToClip,cm_GotoPreviousDir,cm_SwitchLongNames

This one does (but history is messed up):

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em_CdPathShortNames,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_CopyFullNamesToClip,cm_GotoPreviousDir,cm_GotoPreviousDir,cm_SwitchLongNames

The following command does not work:

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em_CdPathShortNames,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_CopyFullNamesToClip,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_GotoPreviousDir

The following command does not work:

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em_CdPathShortNames,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_CopyFullNamesToClip,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_GotoPreviousDir,cm_GotoPreviousDir

This one does (but history is messed up):

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em_CdPathShortNames,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_CopyFullNamesToClip,cm_SwitchLongNames,cm_GotoPreviousDir,cm_GotoPreviousDir,cm_GotoPreviousDir

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, it's expected that the list gets messed up when switching between long and short names, because they are simply different.

[white]

I understand it better now. cm_SwitchLongNames does a change folder and an entry is added to the folder history. So, the behavior is actually consistent.

I did not realize that "duplicates" (ignoring case) are filtered out of the visible history list (button with triangle), but not out of the actual list when using the Go back and Go forward buttons. So I got confused.

[ghisler(Author)]

Yss they are! The Go back/Forward history records all the dirs you went through. The Alt+Down list removes them because it doesn't make much sense to show the same directory 10 times...