"File Descriptions" - now supports WDX plugins!

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-11-19, 02:02 UTC

File Descriptions is content plugin for Total Commander, which allows to display file descriptions:

- descriptions from Descript.ion/Files.bbs
- for text files: file contents
- for executables/dlls: version information
- for HTML files: contents of Title/Meta tags

It also allows to use additional plugins (also other WDX plugins!) to show descriptions of other file types:

- AVI/QuickTime Movies (*.AVI,*.MOV)
- MPEG Movies (*.MPG,*.MPEG,*.MPE,*.M1V,*.M2V,*.VOB)
- Images (*.BMP,*.JPG,*.GIF,*.TGA,*.PNG,*.PSD,*.TIFF,*.PCX)
- Streamed Music (*.MP3,*.MP2,*.MP1,*.OGG,*.WMA,*.WAV,*.VQF,*.AAC,*.APE,*.MPC,*.FLAC,*.CDA)
- Tracked Music (*.MOD,*.XM,*.IT,*.S3M,*.MT2,*.STM,*.MTM,*.UMX)
- MS Office Documents (*.DOC,*.DOT,*.XL?,*.PPT,*.PPS,*.POT,*.OBD,*.WPD,*.SDA,*.FPX,*.MIX)
- OpenOffice.org Documents (*.OD?,*.OT?,*.SX?,*.ST?)
- Linux RPM Files (*.RPM)
...

Homepage
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Important note:
Usage of copyrighted WhereIsIt plugins (DescPlugin.dll, DescGraphics.dll and CDDAPlugin.dll) is disabled in this version. So I hope the problems with violation of other plugins' copyrights are gone now. I hope that copyrights of WDX plugins are not violated also, because almost all WDX plugins are freeware. All included plugins (*.DLL,*.DFP,*.WDX) are written by me or included with the permission of their authors.

icfu · Post by *icfu » 2005-11-19, 05:35 UTC

Nice to see such a universal plugin, works pretty nice. Too bad that TC doesn't offer plugin developers a possibility to add line breaks, this would make information much more readable.

MusicModule.dll I don't find on homepage though, but as music files are supported thru the DescPlugin.dll maybe this one was replaced?

Icfu

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-11-19, 14:09 UTC

MusicModule.dll I don't find on homepage though

icfu · Post by *icfu » 2005-11-20, 18:39 UTC

I have moved the request here in case you are interested:
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=72455#72455

Icfu

Lefteous · Post by *Lefteous » 2005-11-22, 12:55 UTC

[mod]
To reenable post content/topic title editing I have removed the moderation comment from the first post. I hope the copyright irritations can be smoothed out

Greetings
Lefteous (Moderator)
[/mod]

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-12-12, 09:13 UTC

Version 2.5.0:

10.12.05: added possibility to use Total Commander content plugins (two of them are included in this package);
Config.exe: added possibility to install/uninstall plugins

Two included WDX plugins are AudioInfo and Image Info (with the permission of its author, WhiteWind).

icfu · Post by *icfu » 2005-12-12, 11:58 UTC

Excellent, much cooler than internal WDX configuration.
Do you have plans to extend usage to more than one column like Super_Wdx plugin?

Bug:
As soon as one detect string is wrong you get bombed with an error message "Cannot find field" on each directory change when FileDesc column is shown. I had to click several dozen times OK after the next TC start...

Icfu

Raymond · Post by *Raymond » 2005-12-12, 12:30 UTC

It's great to support TC content plugins!

Two questions:
1. When I edit ini as
41=D:\Totalcmd\wdx\ImageInfo 1.42\Images.wdx
41_detect=*.BMP,*.JPG,*.JPEG,*.GIF,*.TGA,*.PNG,*.PSD,*.TIFF,*.TIF,*.PCX
41_format=[Width"x"][Height"x"][BPP]
It shows like "1280x 1024x 24", two space there. Could these spaces be removed? Column space is precious, you know. If user want to add separator, they could add it themself.

2. Is it possible the plugin support the content fields of TC itself, like "[=tc.size.bkM2]"?

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-12-12, 15:42 UTC

Icfu wrote:Excellent, much cooler than internal WDX configuration.
Do you have plans to extend usage to more than one column like Super_Wdx plugin?

Yes, maybe. On the russian forum I got this suggestion also.

As soon as one detect string is wrong you get bombed with an error message "Cannot find field"

This is not bug!

It just shows message on every column access.
Ok, I'll try to show this message only once...

Raymond wrote:It shows like "1280x 1024x 24", two space there. Could these spaces be removed?

Currently no, separator is always used. Maybe in the next versions.

2. Is it possible the plugin support the content fields of TC itself, like "[=tc.size.bkM2]"?

Yes, if you use _external_ plugin FileSys.wdx.
It's on Christian's plugins page: https://plugins.ghisler.com/content/wdx_filesys_src.zip
But note that supoort for Units display (.bkM2 etc) is currently not implemented.

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-12-13, 15:13 UTC

A question: are five additional columns enough?
I don't want to make Config.exe like TC columns configuration: for every added column TC dinamically adds edit controls on form; I prefer to make N hard-coded columns (with N controls on form).

icfu · Post by *icfu » 2005-12-13, 15:53 UTC

Do you wanna limit due to speed reasons?
Well, usually I am against hard-coded limits but if you think it's worth it, just do it. If you are able to add additional columns on demand later I don't see a problem here.

I hope the configuration will be in a "normal" window that can be maximized, right now I always have to press Ctrl-Num+ to see complete paths to the plugins for example.

Icfu

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-12-13, 18:04 UTC

Do you wanna limit due to speed reasons?

Due to the speed of coding.

Dinamic creation of form controls is little harder to implement...

I hope the configuration will be in a "normal" window that can be maximized

Yes, I'll make configuration window resizable.

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-12-15, 23:17 UTC

Version 2.6.0:

for WDX plugins it's allowed to define several columns;
in format lines it's allowed to use characters between fields definitions;
added description for URL files;
Config.exe: window made resizable

Raymond · Post by *Raymond » 2005-12-16, 03:23 UTC

Thanks for the improving in line format.

BTW, the plugin auto installation will override my FileDesc.ini setting. Maybe rename the one in plugin package to, such as, "FileDesc_examples.ini" would be better.

Alextp · Post by *Alextp » 2005-12-16, 07:37 UTC

2Raymond
I agree, I'll rename it to FileDesc.example.ini; plugin will rename it back to FileDesc.ini only when FileDesc.ini is not found.