Feature requests

[tetardd]

I've just installed Servant Salamander and it has probably been copied in Spirit on Total Commander. However, it has a few interesting features that Total Commander hasn't and it constitutes a serious alternative to TC.

Maybe there are a few features in Servant Salamander that would not be too difficult to implement and that would keep Total Commander its edge:
- Calculate directories size
- Zoom
- Compare directories
- Undelete plug-in

[Hacker]

- Calculate directories size

Alt-Shift-Enter?

- Zoom

What is that?

- Compare directories

Commands - Synchronize Dirs...?

- Undelete plug-in

That's probably better left to third-party programs.

HTH
Roman

[nevidimka]

Calculate directories size

context menu "Properties" or
press space-key (marks one file/directory and calculates size)

Compare directories

SHIFT+F2 or menu Mark - Compare directories

Undelete plug-in

access to recycle bin via internal command cm_OpenRecycled or a real undelete via plugin
Undelete plug-in

[Helix751]

I've just installed Servant Salamander and it has probably been copied in Spirit on Total Commander. However, it has a few interesting features that Total Commander hasn't and it constitutes a serious alternative to TC.

Maybe there are a few features in Servant Salamander that would not be too difficult to implement and that would keep Total Commander its edge:

Hmm.. I believe it is the inverse situation. Total Commander already rules and other have to keep on its tracks. But well, its up to you to decide which one better fits your needs (I've already made my decision, though )

- Calculate directories size

Already built-in: Space Bar over a directory or Alt-Shift-Enter to calculate space of all displayed folders in the active window.

- Zoom

Drag the panel separator to the full left/right and you will have that panel occupy the full working area. For getting back to normal display, right click over the separator and select 50/50.

- Compare directories

Already built-in: Shift-F2

- Undelete plug-in

For undelete funtions that work beyond the Recycle Bin behaviour, use 3rd party apps, like Norton Unerase (part of Norton Systemworks, not really an unerase, but an extension to the Recycle Bin); O&O Unerase, and many more "Windows system wide" solutions. There's also a 3rd party filesystem plugin for TC that accomplishes this (sorry, I don't use it).

Next please?

[tetardd]

Ok, I can see that there's a lot of shortcuts that can do what I'm looking for.
I thought that shortcuts were meant primarily to make life easier for people accessing menu commands (straight from the keyboard without touching the mouse) and not to hide away commands that could be in the menus.
IMHO, I'd add a few more menu commands for the most useful shortcuts so that if I've had no time to read the help file in details, I can still use the most of the software. It make people like me feel less silly

[Helix751]

Actually there are menu commands for all the operations I mentioned previously. The fact is that I have set TCmd to Spanish and thus I don't accurately recall the english names of these commands, so I prefer to ommit them (I'm too lazy to switch back to english to write them down... sorry 'bout that)

Anyway, I believe TCmd is meant as an advanced file manager, mostly geared toward the advanced user, rather than the average one, which is the only way to unleash all of its potential, so I highly recommend you to peek a little at the documentation. You will be surprised about what you can actually do with TCmd beyond what you thought you could do...

A final consideration: I really believe that it's tools like TCmd (Linux and 4DOS among them too) that have greatly contributed to make me part of the "advanced side of the Force" (rather than the "average" side)

[Sheepdog]

Maybe you are interested in the Extended TC-Menu of pdavit.

For the average user it is better to have a menu that contains the most important commands than one menu that contains all commands but is not to overlook - just by the amount of possible commands. Just my opinion.


If you read the help you can see how easy it is to adopt the main menu to your own desires. For that purpose there are addons available:

UTC-Editors (which I personally prefer ) and
TC Menu editor

If you would like to have an overview of all internal commands of TC just open the file totalcmd.inc in TC program folder. It contains all available commands and a short explanation. If there remain questions don't hesitate to ask here again.


sheepdog

[Sheepdog]

- Zoom

Drag the panel separator to the full left/right and you will have that panel occupy the full working area. For getting back to normal display, right click over the separator and select 50/50.

If you mean that by 'zoom' you may like "show->Vertical alignment" that gives you the whole width of the window and the two panes.

- Calculate directories size

Use "Files->Calculate occupied space"

- Compare directories

"Mark->Compare Directories"



sheepdog

[zbooy]

Drag the panel separator to the full left/right and you will have that panel occupy the full working area. For getting back to normal display, right click over the separator and select 50/50.

BTW, it would be much faster if just double clicking on the separator would bring the panels back to 50/50.

zbooy

[Sheepdog]

[BTW, it would be much faster if just double clicking on the separator would bring the panels back to 50/50.

If you really need this function more often, you can create a Button/Menuentry with internal command "cm_50percent".

sheepdog

[SanskritFritz]

Is there a command for the separator right click menu? Or do i have to use the mouse?? OMG!
I hope in the new version there will be the option to move the separator with the keyboard.

[zbooy]

zbooy wrote:
[BTW, it would be much faster if just double clicking on the separator would bring the panels back to 50/50.

If you really need this function more often, you can create a Button/Menuentry with internal command "cm_50percent".

I sure do have it in my menu but dbl click is where it really belongs. BTW, my button bar is too cluttered

zbooy

[Hacker]

Double click isn't programatically doable, unfortunately, the author has tried extensively.

HTH
Roman