[Implemented in Tc11.03rc3] [Tc11] Suggestion: COMMANDER_INI_PATH

[Fla$her]

2petermad
I perceive the combination file_name_path as a full name, And in the code I demonstrated why. _PARENT explicitly points to the directory. _PARENT_PATH would be a bit long, IMHO.
But since the variables don't initially offer EXE/INI file names without paths, _PATH will probably be more appropriate here.

[petermad]

2Fla$her

%COMMANDER_SETTINGS% could alo be an option for the name - if implemented.

[JOUBE]

I based my suggestion on commander_path. commander_ini_path looks pretty strange but it's self-explanatory. I think commander_settings, on the other hand, leads to numerous questions in the forum and is less good.

[Fla$her]

%COMMANDER_SETTINGS% could alo be an option for the name - if implemented.

_SETTINGS is a bad identifier, it doesn't point to a path or a name. How about _INI_DIR?

[petermad]

_INI_DIR is also OK, but since we have %COMMANDER_PATH% already it seems more consistant with %COMMANDER_INI_PATH%

[white]

If you are not using ini files with different filename lengths, you can use a substring, for example:

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%COMMANDER_INI:~0,-11%

[Usher]

Have you tried to use substring in Win9x?

[white]

Have you tried to use substring in Win9x?

It is parsed by Total Commander..

[Fla$her]

17.01.24 Added: New environment variable %COMMANDER_INI_PATH%: Directory of the settings file wincmd.ini (32/64)

[JOUBE]

Wow, very nice at the customer side (no more discussions). Thanks.

Edit:
There is a minor issue: At COMMANDER_INI_PATH is a trailing \, other than at COMMANDER_PATH. It should be removed.?

[Horst.Epp]

There is a minor issue: At COMMANDER_INI_PATH is a trailing \, other than at COMMANDER_PATH. It should be removed.?

I find it ok
because one can add filenames after it without needing an additional \

[beb]

17.01.24 Added: New environment variable %COMMANDER_INI_PATH%: Directory of the settings file wincmd.ini (32/64)

Unbelievable.
I'm gonna use it, though.

Edit:
Sorry, I won't.
Now I've just deleted SetEnv COMMANDER_INI_PATH %"StrLeft(%COMMANDER_INI%, StrLen(%COMMANDER_INI%) - 11)" entry in wdx\Autorun\autorun.cfg that wasn't in use anyway. And that's it.
I'm glad someone else would be happy.
I've been interested in %COMMANDER_PARENT% one, which I'm using a lot.

[Sir_SiLvA]

There is a minor issue: At COMMANDER_INI_PATH is a trailing \, other than at COMMANDER_PATH. It should be removed.?

I find it ok
because one can add filenames after it without needing an additional \

Its called consistancy

[JOUBE]

Pathes under Windows are specified standard without a trailing \... (Only at driveletter:\ it divers)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file#fully-qualified-vs-relative-paths

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Fully Qualified vs. Relative Paths
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A single backslash, for example, "\directory" or "\file.txt". This is also referred to as an absolute path.
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Where "\directory" refers to a folder...

Examples: %HOMEPATH% %SystemRoot% %Temp% ....

[Fla$her]

because one can add filenames after it without needing an additional \

%COMMANDER_INI_PATH%\name.ext reads better than %COMMANDER_INI_PATH%name.ext.