Editor for main menu file

[jonathanpoulin]

Hi,

In the Configuration dialog of TC, in Language section, when I click on the Edit button (to edit the main menu file), it opens the file in Notepad.

Is it possible to change that behaviour to have Notepad++ as main menu editor instead?

Of course, I know that I just need to open it manually within Notepad++. I was just wondering.

In Configuration -> Operation -> Edit/View, I have set Notepad++ as both external viewer and editor but this is not impacting what I explain above.

[Stefan2]

Is it possible to change that behaviour to have Notepad++ as main menu editor instead?

No, it isn't


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[jonathanpoulin]

Is it possible to change that behaviour to have Notepad++ as main menu editor instead?

No, it isn't


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Ok, thanks. That's not really a problem!

[Horst.Epp]

I have set my preferred Editor (PSpad) to replace Notepad
using the tool Nodepad Replacer.
Works prefect, and of course also for TC's hard-coded usage of Notepad.
https://www.binaryfortress.com/NotepadReplacer/Download/

[ghisler(Author)]

Why not just add a button or start menu entry with command
%commander_ini%
instead? This would open the wincmd.ini with the default editor.
or
"c:\Program files\path\notepad++.exe" "%commander_ini%"

[beb]

...This would open the wincmd.ini with the default editor...

2ghisler(Author)

jonathanpoulin here implies editing a .mnu file, not the wincmd.ini one.
And this is a design flaw of the Total Commander which not only lacks a configurable option for a user-preferred editor for those purposes, but it even ignores a user-defined default editor for the .mnu files set for the system as the whole (e.g. I set AkelPad to open .mnu files in the system, the Total Commander still uses notepad in the dialog described by jonathanpoulin).

NB Meanwhile, unlike the above user case, the Total Commander has the semi-hidden option to separately configure editor within the Multi-rename Tool dialog.

2jonathanpoulin

Option A.
Manually create a user button or a user command that will apparently tie your editor with your .mnu file, e.g.:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%commander_path%\Plugins\app\Npp\notepad++.exe "%commander_path%\Language\WCMD.MNU"

%commander_path%\Plugins\app\Npp\notepad++.exe
WCMD.MNU notepad++
%commander_path%\Plugins\app\
0
-1

Option B.
B.1. Associate the .mnu files with your editor (e.g. right-click on a .mnu file - Properties - Edit with ... [Change...], and opt for the notepad++ there.
B.2. Then you can manually create a user button or a user command for which your .mnu filename would be enough.
or
In this case, you can just drag and drop a .mnu file to the Total Commander toolbar, obtaining a button like this:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Language\WCMD.MNU

%commander_path%\Plugins\app\Npp\notepad++.exe
WCMD.MNU
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Language\
0
-1

Note. The notepad++.exe path and the WCMD.MNU filename there in your case would differ and should reflect the actual ones.

[jonathanpoulin]

NB Meanwhile, unlike the above user case, the Total Commander has the semi-hidden option to separately configure editor within the Multi-rename Tool dialog.

Good to know, I did not know the config MultiRenameEdit. Thanks!

[jonathanpoulin]

Option A.
Manually create a user button or a user command that will apparently tie your editor with your .mnu file, e.g.:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%commander_path%\Plugins\app\Npp\notepad++.exe "%commander_path%\Language\WCMD.MNU"

%commander_path%\Plugins\app\Npp\notepad++.exe
WCMD.MNU notepad++
%commander_path%\Plugins\app\
0
-1

Option B.
B.1. Associate the .mnu files with your editor (e.g. right-click on a .mnu file - Properties - Edit with ... [Change...], and opt for the notepad++ there.
B.2. Then you can manually create a user button or a user command for which your .mnu filename would be enough.
or
In this case, you can just drag and drop a .mnu file to the Total Commander toolbar, obtaining a button like this:

Code: Select all

TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Language\WCMD.MNU

%commander_path%\Plugins\app\Npp\notepad++.exe
WCMD.MNU
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Language\
0
-1

Note. The notepad++.exe path and the WCMD.MNU filename there in your case would differ and should reflect the actual ones.

Thanks for that! I appreciate it.

I would have been able to get there by myself. My point was in fact to denote that the Edit button in Configuration UI is always using Notepad. This is hard-coded. So, in the next release, maybe this can be fixed somehow.