Are remarks in wincmd.ini possible?

[lezerogan2]

Hi,
A very minor question,
Is there a way I can write a remark line (like documentation)
in file wincmd.ini?
Thank you

[Horst.Epp]

No.
You can add comment lines but the sort order will not be preserved.

[Stefan2]

Is there a way I can write a remark line (like documentation) in file wincmd.ini?

Yes, with an semicolon ;      (it's a unsupported features, but I use this for ten years)

May NOT work for every parameter as the programmer didn't had foreseen a user would ever use comments in the INI.

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[Configuration]
UseIniInProgramDir=7 ;7=nimm diese INI im TC-Programmordner
;TitleExtraText=$THIS IS MyTestTC used as %USERNAME%
;TitleExtraText=$%USERNAME% @ %ComputerName% ÄöÜß?
InplaceRenamePath=1  ;1=Pfad wechseln per Klick auf parent in der Pfadzeile
SpaceMovesDown=1     ;1=Auswahl per SPACE-Taste, dann springe eine Datei weiter nach unten
DirBrackets=0
;ExecUseContextMenu=0
ExecUseContextMenu=0
InplaceOkButton=0    ;2=Bestätigungsschaltfläche 
MinimizeOnClose=3    ;1=X-Button; 2=A-F4; 3=both; hold Shift to force close.(03.11.10 Added)
RenameUpDown=0       ;turns off jumping to previous/next file
firstmnu=2667
DrivesShowUpcase=1
[Shortcuts]
;Enable 'F2'-key to start inline-rename mode, additional to origin 'Shift+F6'
F2=cm_RenameOnly
; Load Search with saved setting
;;C+F=em_search_CurrDirOnly
;Enable 'Ctrl+F' to start find-files, additional to origin 'Alt+F7'     
C+F=cm_SearchFor
;Use 'Ctrl+O' to launch DOS-Box in current path 
C+o=cm_ExecuteDOS
;Ctrl+0 to execute user defined command to launch PoSh in current path 
C+0=em_LaunchPowerShell 

 

[lezerogan2]

Thank you

[tuska]

I am sure I have had problem with the settings in wincmd.ini before,
when I used the ";" semicolon somewhere in the middle of the line as specified above:

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InplaceOkButton=0    ;2=Bestätigungsschaltfläche

Since then I always use a separate line for comments and the ';' semicolon at the very beginning.
Example:

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[Configuration]
MaxItemsInComboBox=40
;MaxItemsInComboBox=40	https://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=330105#p330105

[Stefan2]

I am sure I have had problem with the settings in wincmd.ini before,
when I used the ";" semicolon somewhere in the middle of the line as specified above:

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InplaceOkButton=0    ;2=Bestätigungsschaltfläche

That could be.
Depends how the programmer split the string "InplaceOkButton=0 ;2=Bestätigungsschaltfläche" into command and argument.
If he just split at '=' and take the second part in whole (not envisaging user could have add an comment), he will get "0 ;2=Bestätigungsschaltfläche"
Only if he split at the '=' and next take the part only till the first white space, he gets "0 "
If he can't be sure that there could be only one number but more to catch, then the shown inline comment may disturb the code executing.

That's why I said that commenting in wincmd.ini is unsupported and so have to be used on own risk.



 

[white]

And when a new value for a setting is written to the ini file, the comment is lost.
And not all settings support comments. This is an example of a setting where an inline comment doesn't work:

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CompareResyncSeparators=., ;:_+-*/\?!()[]{}"'@

[tuska]

2Stefan2
Perhaps just for clarification:
It was not the quoted line that caused a problem for me - this was only meant to serve as an example.

[Stefan2]

2Stefan2
Perhaps just for clarification:
It was not the quoted line that caused a problem for me - this was only meant to serve as an example.

I know
I used it as an example only too




Problematic entries would be smtg like that:

Viewer=TOOLs\Viewer123\Viewer.exe
Viewer=TOOLs\Viewer201\Viewer.exe ; use this as new viewer.exe

as you can't say programmatically for sure, w/o further checks, where the value ends and the comment begins.
 



 

[tuska]

Problematic entries would be smtg like that:
...
Viewer=TOOLs\Viewer201\Viewer.exe ; use this as new viewer.exe
...

Yes, now it comes back to me:
Back then there was a problem related to a setting for a plugin in this form.