Background color

[tcebob]

I try to avoid suggestions, knowing how swamped the author is, but . . .

I'm working between two similar disks (porting programs). Would it be possible to change the background color for, say, the C: drive? So I don't forget what's open on which panel.

Thanks,

TCEBob

[Clo]

2tcebob
Hello !
- AFAIK, no, you can't… In the same copy of TC, you can set a single background colour, at least using only the built-in features…
- If you set drive-buttons on the two sides, that helps a bit to see what drive is open in each window…

 Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[SanskritFritz]

2tcebob
Be consistent. Always open C on the left side, and the other drive on the right. You can even lock a tab on each side.

[Sheepdog]

What about a two instances solution?

Install 2 copys of TC in different folder. Make sure thei use different wincmd.inis.
Configure both of them with different colors.
Open the first one and open in your drives in right and left pane.
Resize the window that the TC fits half of the screen.
Resize the separator that you can only see the left pane and only a small part of right one.
Put the TC to the left side of the screen.
Open the second TC and open too both drives in the same kind, but now you see the right window and the left drive selection box.
Put the second TC to the right.
Save the position of both TC. It should look like this

Maybe you can use "cm_SyncChangeDir" to browse through both discs.

I know it's a very limited workaround but maybe it helps a bit.

sheepdog

[tcebob]

Sometimes great things are small. Take Napoleon. The 2-installation suggestion is fine. After all, I hope this porting process will not last forever.

Thanks,

tcebob

[Sheepdog]

Nice that my idea is useful for you.

sheepdog

[tcebob]

Not as easy to impliment as I hoped. Installing a second copy in a new directory changes the registry and confuses the .ini files. However, I did organize a bit by renaming the .exe to Totalcmd2.exe. So now there are 2 different colored TCs to see on screen.

Now: any knowlegible people: Where is the screen title? So I can modify it. Couldn't find in the registry so must be embedded in the exe? Couldn't find it there, either, but I don't really have a good hex editor.

tcebob

[SanskritFritz]

2tcebob
Careful now, Sheepdog did not mean to intall a second TC! Just start another one with the command line parameter /i=inifile (look in the help, section 4.a!).
It even will have different title!

(EDIT: or maybe he meant it that way, i dont think it is necessary.)

[Sheepdog]

Not as easy to impliment as I hoped. Installing a second copy in a new directory changes the registry and confuses the .ini files. However, I did organize a bit by renaming the .exe to Totalcmd2.exe. So now there are 2 different colored TCs to see on screen.

You could even copy the working TC-Installation to another directory and then run inireloc to change the ini path e.g. to ".\ini" what means the subfolder 'ini' in the program dir of TC. Thus you have two different TC installations using different ini-files.

Sorry for not explaining this before, but I guessed you would have asked if you don't know how to do it.

Now: any knowlegible people: Where is the screen title? So I can modify it. Couldn't find in the registry so must be embedded in the exe? Couldn't find it there, either, but I don't really have a good hex editor.

tcebob

You cannot edit the sreen title. It is compiled to the exe but:
1. the exe is packed with upx-packer
2. TC is making frequently a CRC check of the exe. If the exe is changed TC terminates itself.
This may be of interest for you.

Under XP there is another way to distinguish the screen title: If you start TC with "runas" command the user will be displayed in the screen title (if it's different form the current user). This can only be done if the useraccount used for the runas command has a password.

Or you can change the icon in the title bar if you like. If you are interested in I will explain how to do it.

sheepdog

[franck8244]

You cannot edit the sreen title. It is compiled to the exe but:
1. the exe is packed with upx-packer
2. TC is making frequently a CRC check of the exe. If the exe is changed TC terminates itself.
This may be of interest for you.

You can aslo try this

[tcebob]

Thanks, everyone, for the input. The 2-installation method worked fine. Next time maybe I'll be sophisticated enough to use the dual ini suggestion. I downloaded WCRC2 and will give it a try.

tcebob