-Lister: ANSI vs. ASCII depends on prev. file

[Hacker]

Hi *.*,
Take the attached .b64 file and extract it, you should get files 1.txt and 2.txt.
Using a clean INI:
- select both files and press F3
- 1.txt opens in Lister as ASCII
- press N
- 2.txt is displayed as ASCII
- close Lister
- deselect both files
- focus 2.txt
- press F3
- 2.txt is displayed as ANSI

Expected: ANSI vs. ASCII detection should not depend on the previously displayed file.
Similar behavior can be observed when looking at 1.txt using Quick view and moving the cursor to 2.txt.
Checked in both 8.51RC2 32-bit and 64-bit.

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Roman

[MVV]

AFAIK when you switch to hex view in quick view panel, TC keeps this mode between files, so maybe here same thing is applied.

However behaviour is not constistent: when TC calls plugins, view mode is not preserved, also when I switch to text file, TC switches to text view.

[ghisler(Author)]

"N" is not the same as loading a new file, it tries to keep previous mode if the type cannot be determined.

[Hacker]

Christian,

"N" is not the same as loading a new file, it tries to keep previous mode if the type cannot be determined.

Well, I consider this as a bug at least when using Quick view. I don't think it should keep the previous mode when switching files.
I also disagree about keeping the mode when using "N" in Lister but I don't use the "N" key in Lister, so I do not care that much about that specific scenario.

Roman

[MVV]

What if I want to view multiple files in same mode? E.g. hex or Unicode (when there is no BOM)? Such feature may be very useful. However it should be more consistent: ignore previous mode if some option is disabled or keep strict mode (and ignore plugins) if option is enabled. In case of Lister this option may be added to menu, but what's with quick view?..

[Hacker]

MVV,

What if I want to view multiple files in same mode?

Well, I would never expect Lister to decide for me when to keep the mode and when not to. But in case somebody really uses this feature we could perhaps introduce a simple "Keep mode" or "Lock mode" menu item in Lister. The question is if it would reset automatically after closing Lister or if it would need to be deactivated manually.

Roman

[MVV]

As I see, we need two lock options: one for view mode and other one for current file (in quick view)... another nice option would be auto-scroll logs to the end:) but it is a question how to switch such options in quick view, maybe via shortcuts but plugins may catch them... internal commands?