Total Commander

I find it annoying that by using such commands TC automatically opens all types of handled archives. This might come in handy with standard archives (and by standard I mean those that open with Enter not with Ctrl+PgDown) but this is not always the case for special file types handled by wcx plugins.

Take for example: exe files handled through multiarc, chm, avi, gif files, etc.

So my suggestion is: adding an entry in wincmd.ini with the following options that alter cm_Transfer[Left/Right] functionality:
1. open the current dir (no archives at all)
2. also open internally handled archives (not through plugins)
3. open all types of archives except those specifically ignored in another wincmd.ini entry.

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Slightly related: cm_OpenNewTab and cm_OpenDirInNewTab complete each other on this matter, but cm_OpenDirInNewTabOther has no related cm_OpenNewTabOther.

Support++

roentgen,
Perhaps cm_MatchSrc is what you are looking for...?

HTH
Roman

2Hacker
Well, not exactly, as cm_TransferLeft automatically highlights/selects the working file.

2roentgen: This behavior is already implemented !

TC opens only those archives with a doubleclick that have an extension, which have been assigned by you personally to a dedicated wcx plugin.

(remember those annoying dialogs while installing a wcx plugin ? )

If you assign uncommon extensions to those plugins (e.g. "xavi" to *.avi files or "TC_msi" to msi files) they are NOT handled as archives unless you open them with Ctrl+PgDown.

sqa_wizard wrote:If you assign uncommon extensions to those plugins (e.g. "xavi" to *.avi files or "TC_msi" to msi files) they are NOT handled as archives unless you open them with Ctrl+PgDown.

And sometimes they are not handled as archives while opened with Ctrl+PgDown.
I tried to do this with ResExtract.

2m^2: If more than 1 wcx plugin can handle this kind of file, the first in sequence wins.

You may have a look, which plugin grabs the task before ResExtract can do it.

Upon doing a little research:

- cm_TransferLeft from the Branch View or Normal View automatically opens any type of archives. If no archive is selected cm_TransferLeft behaves exactly as cm_MatchSrc, so no file gets selected in the other panel.
- cm_TransferLeft from Search result: does not open archives but highlights the specific file.

Quite mixed up and annoying I might say. It sure could use a retouch or some user configurability.

sqa_wizard wrote:2m^2: If more than 1 wcx plugin can handle this kind of file, the first in sequence wins.

You may have a look, which plugin grabs the task before ResExtract can do it.

You're right. That's dbx. The solution was moving ResExtract higher in the [PackerPlugins] sectionl. Thanks, that's what I needed