Files without extension: setting colour problem!

[Clo]

2Lefteous
Sorry, I don't understand, there is a colour code #2 corresponding with *. ? Is the angle-bracket normal here?

ColorFilter2=>*.
ColorFilter2Color=231631

Are hexa values accepted here? Easier if yes...
Please, don't forget lunch!
To see a bit later....

VG
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Clo

Is the angle-bracket normal here?

Yes they are used for predefined selection types.

Are hexa values accepted here? Easier if yes...

Yes, they are supported, use $FF00FF for example.

[krojc]

IMO It's not enough for krojc. He probably wants to mark only some of files so he probably needs additional functionality of TC (priorities).

Yes! I am obviously not capable explaining my thoughts. This happened before on this forum!

You also gave me an answer; not supported functionality, so I'd like to put this on wishlist. As for the colour of the files without extension I believe, that some files should stay "normal". I do not change default looks and functionality of TC except for plugs. It works for me out of floppy!

[Clo]

2Lefteous
Hello again!
I wanted rest for some hours, because I were on the deck for 20 hours!
I set an hexa value (the value has the true color) like below:

[Colors]
ColorFilter1=*.exe
ColorFilter1Color=16711680
ColorFilter2=>*.
ColorFilter2Color=$D46F00
That doesn't work, no-extension files remain black…
I checked all attributes but directories.
• Something goes wrong, I'll try under XP-Pro

Gruß
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Clo

Use this (edited entry shown bold):

[Colors]
ColorFilter1=*.exe
ColorFilter1Color=16711680
ColorFilter2=>files without extensions
ColorFilter2Color=$D46F00
ColorFilter3=*.txt
ColorFilter3Color=4210816
ColorFilter4=*.htm
ColorFilter4Color=4227327
ColorFilter5=*.html
ColorFilter5Color=4227327
ColorFilter6=*.ini
ColorFilter6Color=10748068
ColorFilter7=*.dll
ColorFilter7Color=32768
ColorFilter8=*.png
ColorFilter8Color=8126713
ColorFilter9=*.bmp
ColorFilter9Color=7442036
InverseCursor=1
InverseSelection=0
BackColor=16121793
ForeColor=-1
MarkColor=-1
CursorColor=9685503
CursorText=0
CompareText=12976128
ColorFilter10=*.gif
ColorFilter10Color=4160636

[Clo]

2Lefteous
Hallo!
That works now, thanks, but the colour is... medium blue!
Maybe the blue code is elsewhere ...??


VG
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Clo

but the colour is... medium blue!

Maybe defining colors by hex values as not as easy as you thought

It seems to me as if the color is shown inverse.. strange somehow

[Clo]

2Lefteous
Sorry, no, it's dark orange, like its value on a previous post here.
I've a tool in my HTML editor to set this, it's right. I use this for years... It can't be blue in anyway, since blue = 00 !
I've too the MS standard colours, I can change for the nearest...

VG
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Clo

Use calc: InverseColor = FFFFFF - D46F00

This is the blue color....

[Clo]

2Lefteous
Reverse colour is $2B09FF as it looks here!
BIZARRE! (Strange, odd...)
But what is reversing the colour-value A bug???
VG
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Clo

I took a closer look on the color. The color is not inverted - red and blue are exchanged. Shame on me.

[Clo]

2krojc
Hello!

Thank you for this explanation of your needs with more details…
Like you can see here, only the colour for no-extension files problem caused a flow of posts!
To polish up the sorting of your no-extension files, the one remaining criterion should be the file-name lenght
• For instance, a sort from 1 up to 3 characters, another from 3 up to 6 characters, then from 6 up to n… characters and so on.
It's just an idea to help you, in order you could present your feature request clearly…
Hoping that the Author shall have a look here,
kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[Clo]

2Lefteous

I took a closer look on the color. The color is not inverted - red and blue are exchanged. Shame on me.

Hello!
You're quite forgiven, since you help a lot here! Thanks again.
• So, I used the complement to white $2B09FF instead the wanted colour $D46F00
That looks in the right "red/orange" range, but false a bit, because the pannel background colour (#BBFFFF) causes an undesirable combination…That'ld worth a supplemental light correction; maybe it could be calculated (or made by guesswork!).
¤ Note: it's an odd phenomenon that I noted already in another program (Delphi-5™ ), using a cream coloured background…
With a decimal value R G B , that no longer works again…
Ah! What a relief! In any case, an improvement of TC about this subject seems necessary.
I've an idea… Sh!
Viel Grüße, cordialement, kind regards,
Clo

[Lefteous]

2Clo

Try this:

$D46F00 means D4 for red, 6F for green and 00 for blue. Exchanging red and green will result in 00 for red, 6F for green and D4 for blue = $006FD4 -> this is the blue color, but it will be displayed as $D46F00 (orange) in Total Commander.

[Aezay]

I took a closer look on the color. The color is not inverted - red and blue are exchanged. Shame on me.

The reason for this is that PC/Intel processors run in little endian mode, so red and blue suppose to be exchanged like this. If you want to know more about little/big endian, just search on google.