Lister plugins adv. setup [solved] and 2 other plugin issues

[namorip]

UPDATE First issue solved.
fenix_productions:

PS. I recomend to download Content-Plugin writer's guide. It has nice description of detect string (in ContentGetDetectString() chapter)..

I've searched the net through and through and didn't find any intelligent solution.

Case: SynPlus taking .doc, .exe, .PDF etc.
Goal: prevent SynPlus from doing this without creating elaborate inclusive list:

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(EXT="TXT"|EXT="HTML"|...EXT="***")

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I guess it can be done by introducing a negative modifier in the settings, i.e.

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!EXT="EXE"|!([0]="%"&[1]="!"&[2]="P"&[3]="S")... etc

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It would also be very convenient to be able to see inside the Lister window which plugins can handle the file - they are checked anyway, aren't they? - and switch between them knowingly and not blindly, because some plugins crash TC or even other programs like antiviruses or even not-so-stable systems. There was an external utility for for checking which plugin handles what but it was very buggy and incomplete, and i gave it up years ago.

Another thing, other type of plugins but the same idea, if one could review the list of packer plugins handling an unknown/uncommon/incorrectly named file and choose the one by wich an archive is handled, it could save a lot of pain.

[fenix_productions]

2namorip
No need for "introducing, it's already implemented:

!() NOT: The expression inside the braces will be inverted. Note that the braces are necessary!

I might be wrong but I think your expression is incorrect for your needs: for OR operator (pipe |) if at least one part of expression is true, than whole is. You should use AND (&).

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!( EXT="EXE" ) & !( [0]="%"&[1]="!"&[2]="P"&[3]="S" )

Using De Morgan's laws it could be simplified:
So:

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!( EXT="EXE"  | ( [0]="%"&[1]="!"&[2]="P"&[3]="S" ) )

PS. I recomend to download Content-Plugin writer's guide. It has nice description of detect string (in ContentGetDetectString() chapter)..

[Hacker]

fenix_productions,
Hm, we are talking about Lister plugins. Is it the same?

Roman

[fenix_productions]

2Hacker
I've just compared pages for ListGetDetectString (from WLX help) and ContectGetDetectString (from WDX help).

They are almost the same. The only differences are: methods names (Lister/Content) and that no value is returned for lister (it's void instead of int).

[namorip]

2fenix_productions

Ah, great, thank you! It has even greater usability than I implied. Somehow, it doesn't get googled anywhere.

It doesn't, though, negate the other things I mentioned