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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:20.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:20.0pt; | ||
font-family:Verdana'> | font-family:Verdana'>FavMenu</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt; | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> </p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'> </p> | ||
__TOC__ | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | ||
<span id="Overview"></span><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="OVERVIEW"><span style="display:none">Overview</span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
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font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>FavMenu | ||
is Windows OS enhancer and application launcher. It stores information about | |||
your favorite folders and executables and let you quickly use your favorites</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>within | |||
system dialogs (Open/Save, Browse For Folder, Office2003 dialogs), Console | |||
(cmd.exe), Windows Explorer and Total Commander.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Format | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Format | ||
of the menu | of the menu configuration file is compatibile with the Total Commander file | ||
menu</i>, and was originaly written to work as addon for this file manager | manager <i>directory menu</i>, and was originaly written to work as addon for | ||
this file manager. All features of the TC directory menu are supported, | |||
directory menu are supported, including plugins and pseudovariables. | including plugins and pseudovariables. Furthermore, TC doesn’t need to be | ||
Furthermore, TC doesn’t need to be started. </span></p> | started.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Menu | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Menu | ||
Editor can be used to create, edit, delete and organise menu items. This is complete | Editor can be used to create, edit, delete and organise menu items. This is also | ||
replacement of TC’s internal <i>directory menu </i>editor witch adds many new | complete replacement of TC’s internal <i>directory menu </i>editor witch adds | ||
options. It can be used together with FavMenu or | many new options. It can be used together with FavMenu or separate.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<span id="Installation"></span><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="INSTALLATION"><span style="display:none">Installation</span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
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font-family:"Courier New"'>.exe</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | font-family:"Courier New"'>.exe</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | ||
or </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.ahk</span><span | or </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.ahk</span><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> files | style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> files. To run </span><span | ||
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.ahk</span><span | |||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>, you must have [[AutoHotkey]] installed.</span></p> | |||
font-family:"Courier New"'>.ahk</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>, | |||
you must have | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>If | ||
sure you have something in the TC directory menu before start using the | you choose to run exe versions you can safely delete *.ahk files and \include | ||
program.</span></p> | folder.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>If | |||
you want Total Commander executable and its configuration file wincmd.ini to be | |||
automaticaly recognised start FavMenu from within TC (not required if you | |||
installed TC normally or you have COMMANDER_PATH environment variable set in | |||
the system). </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Make | |||
sure you have something in the TC directory menu before start using the program.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
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font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | ||
<div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt | <span id="Favmenu_features"></span><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="FAVMENU_FEATURES"><span style="display:none">Favmenu features</span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> | ||
<div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 21.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; | |||
margin-left:41.6pt;margin-right:222.0pt'> | margin-left:41.6pt;margin-right:222.0pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.2pt;text-indent:-3.2pt;border:none; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.2pt;text-indent:-3.2pt;border:none; | ||
padding:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | padding:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>FAVMENU | ||
FEATURES</span></b></p> | |||
</div> | </div> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | ||
Favmenu supports several types of menu items. Possible menu items are ( full | |||
TC compatibility):</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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style='margin-left:50.55pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt'> | style='margin-left:50.55pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt'> | ||
<tr style='height:22.9pt'> | <tr style='height:22.9pt'> | ||
<td width= | <td width=169 style='width:126.45pt;border:none;background:#FFCC00; | ||
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:22.9pt'> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MENU | <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MENU ITEM | ||
TYPE</span></b></p> | TYPE</span></b></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td width= | <td width=187 style='width:140.15pt;border:none;background:#FFCC00; | ||
padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:22.9pt'> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>COMMAND</span></b></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>COMMAND</span></b></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr style='height:22.9pt'> | <tr style='height:22.9pt'> | ||
<td width= | <td width=169 style='width:126.45pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:22.9pt'> | height:22.9pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PATH</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PATH</span></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td width= | <td width=187 style='width:140.15pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:22.9pt'> | height:22.9pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cd path</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cd path</span></p> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr style='height:22.9pt'> | <tr style='height:22.9pt'> | ||
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height:22.9pt'> | height:22.9pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TC PLUGIN</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>TC PLUGIN</span></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td width= | <td width=187 style='width:140.15pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:22.9pt'> | height:22.9pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cd \\\plugin</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cd \\\plugin</span></p> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr style='height:22.9pt'> | <tr style='height:22.9pt'> | ||
<td width= | <td width=169 style='width:126.45pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:22.9pt'> | height:22.9pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PSEUDOVARIABLE</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PSEUDOVARIABLE | ||
</span></p> | |||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td width= | <td width=187 style='width:140.15pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:22.9pt'> | height:22.9pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cd %$var%\path</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cd %$var%\path</span></p> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr style='height:58.45pt'> | <tr style='height:58.45pt'> | ||
<td width= | <td width=169 style='width:126.45pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:58.45pt'> | height:58.45pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>EXECUTABLE</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>EXECUTABLE</span></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td width= | <td width=187 style='width:140.15pt;border:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | ||
height:58.45pt'> | height:58.45pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>path_to_exectable</span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>path_to_exectable</span></p> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span | ||
style='font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> | style='font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> | ||
</span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Open/Save dialog | </span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Open/Save, Browse For | ||
Folder or Office2003 dialog is active :</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span | ||
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<td width=231 style='width:173.45pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:20.4pt'> | <td width=231 style='width:173.45pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:20.4pt'> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>run | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>run | ||
the application</span></p> | the application or file</span></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left: | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span | |||
style='font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> | |||
</span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Console window is active: | |||
change the current directory if path is selected or execute | |||
application / dos command</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span | ||
style='font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> | style='font-family:Symbol'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> | ||
</span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Any other window is | </span></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Any other window is active: | ||
</span>< | open or activate file manager for folders, launch an executable otherwise.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | ||
Open selected item in new TC tab</span></p> | Open selected item in new TC tab</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | |||
<b>CTRL + SHIFT + Enter (on menu item)</b></span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | |||
Send path of the selected item to the active window. </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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first run, Setup dialog will search for TC location in the registry and if not | first run, Setup dialog will search for TC location in the registry and if not | ||
found it will also try </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>%COMMANDER_PATH% | found it will also try </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>%COMMANDER_PATH% | ||
</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> environment variable | </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> environment variable ( if not | ||
present in the | present in the system, this variable will be instantiated by TC privately) If | ||
setup can not find Total Commander, specify full paths to </span><span | setup can not find Total Commander it will use Windows Explorer as file | ||
manager. </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>If | |||
Favmenu didn’t find your Total Commander, specify full paths to </span><span | |||
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>totalcmd.exe</span><span | style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>totalcmd.exe</span><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> and </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt; | ||
font-family:"Courier New"'>wincmd.ini</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | font-family:"Courier New"'>wincmd.ini</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | ||
yourself.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>In | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>In | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>You | |||
can use environment variables to specify exe & ini location.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>You can call this Setup dialog via the tray | ||
menu.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> -<b> Current | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> -<b> | ||
directories, Editor & “Add current dir” items</b></span></p> | Current directories, Editor & “Add current dir” items</b></span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>If | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>If | ||
Total Ccommander is open, current left & right folders will be displayed at | |||
positions. If they are the same only 1 will be visible. If menu is called with | first 2 positions. If they are the same only 1 will be visible. If menu is | ||
TC active, this will not be displayed. </span></p> | called with TC active, this will not be displayed.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><i><span style='font- | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Add | ||
current dir</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> item works only | current dir</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> item works NOT | ||
only if TC is active. It is also supported in all system dialogs (except | |||
Office) and in Console. This will surely work for all hard disk folders but you | |||
may have problems with so called virtual folders since many of them don’t have | |||
physical representation on the hard disk. You can’t use Desktop folders for | |||
now, but that may be added in the future.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><i><span style='font- | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Configure…</span></i><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> item (Editor) can also be set as a last item | style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> item (Editor) can also be set as a last item | ||
in the menu. This method is preferable to set the Editor, since you will not | in the menu. This method is preferable to set the Editor, since you will not | ||
have double configuration enteries | have double configuration enteries when using TCs original directory menu, | ||
because this item is not contained in the menu declaration. This also ensures | |||
that this item is always last in the menu.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>All | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>All | ||
3 can be enabled/disabled via Setup dialog.</span></p> | 3 special items can be enabled/disabled via Setup dialog.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Menu | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Menu | ||
is refreshed on every call, so if you update your favorites in TC changes will | is refreshed on every call, so if you update your favorites in TC changes will | ||
be | be seen immediately.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>File Name</span><span | style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>File Name</span><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> and you will not have any problems.</span></p> | style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> and you will not have any problems.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | |||
<b>Console Support</b></span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>If | |||
cmd.exe is active window selecting path from FavMenu will change the path in | |||
the command line. If you select executable from the menu, it will be typed on the | |||
command line and executed. This allows console <i>commands</i> and <i>applications</i> | |||
to be added to the FavMenu. </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>For | |||
instance, you can create menu item: </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt; | |||
font-family:"Courier New"'>dir /b | sort</span><span style='font-family:Verdana'> | |||
</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Menu | |||
items pointing to console commands (not applications) are NOT compatibile with | |||
Total Commander. If you need to run original TC directory menu, you will not be | |||
able to execute them.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>If | |||
you want to run executables with long file names in console, you must use | |||
quotes. This is not required for non-console usage.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>If | |||
you want to edit the line before posting it, you can use CTRL SHIFT ENTER.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>You | |||
can NOT run console <i>commands</i> from the system, only if console window is | |||
active. It is pretty pointless to run them from the system, since they are executed | |||
in the context of the current command line directory. The above command can be | |||
executed from the system by changing it to: </span><u><span style='font-family: | |||
"Courier New"'>cmd /K</span></u><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> dir /b | |||
| sort</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>In | |||
Setup->Integration tab you can set custom command to be executed after the | |||
directory is open. The default is set to </span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>dir | |||
/w /oGN</span><span style='font-family:Verdana'> so you are able to see | |||
contents of the folder after you change to it. You can change this to whatever | |||
you like (note that errors here will not be detected). If you want to display | |||
the folder in empty console window you can change this entery to </span><span | |||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'>cls & dir /w /oGN</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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can specify an icon to display beside menu item. Icons are 12x12 with first | can specify an icon to display beside menu item. Icons are 12x12 with first | ||
pixel holding transparent color. You have more then 100 icons included in the | pixel holding transparent color. You have more then 100 icons included in the | ||
package for you private use.</span></p> | package for you private use. Use relative path names when setting icons if you | ||
want them to be portable.</span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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<table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 | <table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 | ||
style='margin-left:44.6pt;border-collapse:collapse'> | style='margin-left:44.6pt;border-collapse:collapse'> | ||
<tr style='height:20.65pt'> | |||
<td width=253 style='width:190.05pt;background:silver;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | |||
height:20.65pt'> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>PSEUDOVARIABLE</span></b></p> | |||
</td> | |||
<td width=479 style='width:359.35pt;background:silver;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; | |||
height:20.65pt'> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>TYPICAL | |||
LOCATION</span></b></p> | |||
</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr style='height:14.0pt'> | <tr style='height:14.0pt'> | ||
<td width=253 style='width:190.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.0pt'> | <td width=253 style='width:190.05pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.0pt'> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Application | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Application | ||
Data | Data</span></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>System | <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>System | ||
Directory (usualy C:\WINDOWS\System32)</span></p | Directory (usualy C:\WINDOWS\System32)</span></p> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>NOTE: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Verdana'>TC | ||
Not all above pseudovariables are currently supported | NOTE: Not all above pseudovariables are currently supported but they may be in the | ||
future versions.</span></p> | future versions.</span></p> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | ||
<span id="Menu_Editor_Features"></span><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="MENU_EDITOR_FEATURES"><span style="display:none">Menu editor features</span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> | |||
<div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 19.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; | <div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 19.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Menu | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Menu | ||
Editor is separate application that can be used to edit & organise the | Editor is separate application that can be used to edit & organise the | ||
menu. If you already have Config.ini created by | menu. If you already have Config.ini created by FavMenu it will use existing | ||
use existing configuration. If you don’t use | configuration. If you don’t use FavMenu, Menu Editor will try to find | ||
to find wincmd.ini or ask you on failure.</span></p> | wincmd.ini or ask you on failure.</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt; | ||
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ENTER</span></b></p> | ENTER</span></b></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:45.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>This | ||
key will redirect you to the next editable field for current item.</span></p> | |||
will | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
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font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></b></p> | ||
<span id="Notes"></span><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="NOTES"><span style="display:none">Notes</span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:49.7pt;text-indent:-13.7pt'><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- If you have 2 submenu items with the same | style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- If you have 2 submenu items with the same | ||
name, in order to see the second one, you must add pseudospace (ALT 0160) at | name, in order to see the second one, you must add pseudospace (ALT 0160) at | ||
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</span></p> | </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:48.3pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>While | ||
building the menu, section will be iterated sequentially up to the first menuX | building the menu, section will be iterated sequentially up to the first menuX | ||
item that doesn't exist. If, for some reason, your TC menu has "hole" | item that doesn't exist. If, for some reason, your TC menu has "hole" | ||
in a sequence, script will rise errors or will not display the complete menu. </span></p> | in a sequence, script will rise errors or will not display the complete menu. </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:48.3pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>This | ||
menu, for instance will not work:</span></p> | menu, for instance will not work:</span></p> | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:48.3pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>To | ||
make sure your menu is not messed-up, open TC Favorites configuration and click | make sure your menu is not messed-up, open TC Favorites configuration and click | ||
OK button. TC will rebuild the menu sequentially. If you still have problems, delete | OK button. TC will rebuild the menu sequentially. If you still have problems, delete | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> </span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'> | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>- | ||
You can setup <u>Win</u> key shortcuts by manualy editing <i>Config.ini </i>:</span></p> | |||
< | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt'><span | ||
style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>Edit <i>tcKey</i> value in <i>TCFavMenu</i> | |||
section. U can </span><span style='font-family:Verdana'>set</span><span | |||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt; | |||
font-family:"Courier New"'>Lwin or Rwin or #letter.</span><span | |||
style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></p> | |||
Verdana'> | |||
<span id="About"></span><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="ABOUT"><span style="display:none">About</span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket"></span></span></h2> | |||
< | |||
</span></span><span | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>in | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>in | ||
[http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey] <www.autohotkey.com></span></p> | |||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>using | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>using | ||
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>e-mail: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>e-mail: | ||
miodrag.milic@gmail.com</span></p> | [mailto:miodrag.milic@gmail.com miodrag.milic@gmail.com]</span></p> | ||
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>homepage: | <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana Ref"'>homepage: | ||
[http://code.r-moth.com/ code.r-moth.com] (dead link) | [http://www.r-moth.com/Utils/_Scripts/autohotkey/TC/TcFavMenu/ Original TC Fav Menu at www.r-moth.com] (dead link) |<br /> [http://web.archive.org/web/20081120151521if_/http://www.r-moth.com/code/FavMenu/FavMenu2.rar TC Fav Menu 2 at r-month.com] (broken archive, though with at least part Menu Editor source and resources survived) | |||
| r-moth.deviantart.com</span></p> | | [http://r-moth.deviantart.com/ r-moth.deviantart.com]</span></p> | ||
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{{backlink|AutoHotkey: TC Fav Menu|AutoHotkey: TC Fav Menu}} | |||
[[Category:TC Fav Menu]] |
Latest revision as of 08:48, 15 May 2021
FavMenu
& Menu Editor
for Windows XP & 2K
OVERVIEW
FavMenu is Windows OS enhancer and application launcher. It stores information about your favorite folders and executables and let you quickly use your favorites
within system dialogs (Open/Save, Browse For Folder, Office2003 dialogs), Console (cmd.exe), Windows Explorer and Total Commander.
Format of the menu configuration file is compatibile with the Total Commander file manager directory menu, and was originaly written to work as addon for this file manager. All features of the TC directory menu are supported, including plugins and pseudovariables. Furthermore, TC doesn’t need to be started.
Menu Editor can be used to create, edit, delete and organise menu items. This is also complete replacement of TC’s internal directory menu editor witch adds many new options. It can be used together with FavMenu or separate.
Both programs use the same ini file to store configuration, Config.ini.
INSTALLATION
You can run applications either by starting .exe or .ahk files. To run .ahk, you must have AutoHotkey installed.
If you choose to run exe versions you can safely delete *.ahk files and \include folder.
If you want Total Commander executable and its configuration file wincmd.ini to be automaticaly recognised start FavMenu from within TC (not required if you installed TC normally or you have COMMANDER_PATH environment variable set in the system).
Make sure you have something in the TC directory menu before start using the program.
FAVMENU FEATURES
- Favmenu supports several types of menu items. Possible menu items are ( full TC compatibility):
MENU ITEM TYPE |
COMMAND |
EXAMPLES |
PATH |
cd path |
cd c:\program files cd %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 |
TC PLUGIN |
cd \\\plugin |
cd \\\Uninstaller cd \\\Registry\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Sofware |
PSEUDOVARIABLE |
cd %$var%\path |
cd %$DESKTOP% cd %$PERSONAL%\My Pictures |
EXECUTABLE |
path_to_exectable |
%$WINDOWS%\System32\Notepad.exe c:\boot.ini will be resolved via associations %w%%s%%n% where w=C:\windows, s=\system32, n=notepad.exe %UTILS%\Edit Plus\Editplus.exe "c:\boot.ini" "c:\1.txt" |
- Enter (on menu item)
If
· Open/Save, Browse For Folder or Office2003 dialog is active :
SELECTION |
ACTION |
PATH |
change the path in the dialog |
TC PLUGIN |
open or activate TC |
EXECUTABLE |
run the application or file |
· Console window is active: change the current directory if path is selected or execute application / dos command
· Any other window is active: open or activate file manager for folders, launch an executable otherwise.
- CTRL + Enter (on menu item)
Open Properties dialog with selected item. Move around with buttons. You can change title, command and set icon. Press Save on every individual item to save changes (title will change to notify you that save is complete). It is much faster to use this dialog then TC's editor for single item change.
If Properties dialog is open you can use Favmenu to change the currently displayed item by calling the menu and pressing <ENTER>. So favmenu can not be used until Properties dialog is closed.
- SHIFT + Enter (on menu item)
Open selected item in new TC tab
- CTRL + SHIFT + Enter (on menu item)
Send path of the selected item to the active window.
- Setup dialog
On first run, Setup dialog will search for TC location in the registry and if not found it will also try %COMMANDER_PATH% environment variable ( if not present in the system, this variable will be instantiated by TC privately) If setup can not find Total Commander it will use Windows Explorer as file manager.
If Favmenu didn’t find your Total Commander, specify full paths to totalcmd.exe and wincmd.ini yourself.
In case you want to start TC with parameters, create link to the totalcmd.exe and edit link info as you desire. After that specify the path to the totalcmd.lnk instead totalcmd.exe.
You can use environment variables to specify exe & ini location.
You can call this Setup dialog via the tray menu.
- Current directories, Editor & “Add current dir” items
If Total Ccommander is open, current left & right folders will be displayed at first 2 positions. If they are the same only 1 will be visible. If menu is called with TC active, this will not be displayed.
Add current dir item works NOT only if TC is active. It is also supported in all system dialogs (except Office) and in Console. This will surely work for all hard disk folders but you may have problems with so called virtual folders since many of them don’t have physical representation on the hard disk. You can’t use Desktop folders for now, but that may be added in the future.
Configure… item (Editor) can also be set as a last item in the menu. This method is preferable to set the Editor, since you will not have double configuration enteries when using TCs original directory menu, because this item is not contained in the menu declaration. This also ensures that this item is always last in the menu.
All 3 special items can be enabled/disabled via Setup dialog.
- Automatic Refresh
Menu is refreshed on every call, so if you update your favorites in TC changes will be seen immediately.
- Office Dialogs
Solid support to Office 2003 Open/Save dialogs (it doesn't work if ListView is focused)
Make sure your carret is in the edit box next to the File Name and you will not have any problems.
- Console Support
If cmd.exe is active window selecting path from FavMenu will change the path in the command line. If you select executable from the menu, it will be typed on the command line and executed. This allows console commands and applications to be added to the FavMenu.
For instance, you can create menu item: dir /b | sort
Menu items pointing to console commands (not applications) are NOT compatibile with Total Commander. If you need to run original TC directory menu, you will not be able to execute them.
If you want to run executables with long file names in console, you must use quotes. This is not required for non-console usage.
If you want to edit the line before posting it, you can use CTRL SHIFT ENTER.
You can NOT run console commands from the system, only if console window is active. It is pretty pointless to run them from the system, since they are executed in the context of the current command line directory. The above command can be executed from the system by changing it to: cmd /K dir /b | sort
In Setup->Integration tab you can set custom command to be executed after the directory is open. The default is set to dir /w /oGN so you are able to see contents of the folder after you change to it. You can change this to whatever you like (note that errors here will not be detected). If you want to display the folder in empty console window you can change this entery to cls & dir /w /oGN
- Icons
You can specify an icon to display beside menu item. Icons are 12x12 with first pixel holding transparent color. You have more then 100 icons included in the package for you private use. Use relative path names when setting icons if you want them to be portable.
- Pseudovariables
Similar to environement variables, but has slightly different syntax (%$var%, instead %var%).
Currently supported:
PSEUDOVARIABLE |
TYPICAL LOCATION |
APPDATA |
Application Data |
COMMON_APPDATA |
All Users\Application Data |
COMMON_DOCUMENTS |
All Users\Documents |
DESKTOP |
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop |
FONTS |
C:\Windows\Fonts |
LOCAL_APPDATA |
Non roaming, user\Local Settings\Application Data |
MYMUSIC |
My Music folder |
MYPICTURES |
My Pictures |
PERSONAL |
My Documents |
PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON |
C:\Program Files\Common |
PROGRAM_FILES |
C:\Program Files |
PROGRAMS |
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs |
RESOURCES |
%windir%\Resources\, For theme and other windows resources. |
STARTMENU |
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu |
STARTUP |
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. |
SYSTEM |
System Directory (usualy C:\WINDOWS\System32) |
WINDOWS |
Windows Directory (usualy c:\Windows) |
TC NOTE: Not all above pseudovariables are currently supported but they may be in the future versions.
MENU EDITOR FEATURES
Menu Editor is separate application that can be used to edit & organise the menu. If you already have Config.ini created by FavMenu it will use existing configuration. If you don’t use FavMenu, Menu Editor will try to find wincmd.ini or ask you on failure.
If you want to edit single item the fastest way is to use FavMenu’s itegrated Properties dialog (CTRL ENTER).
Editor can be added to the end of the Favmenu menu via its Setup dialog.
- SHIFT Up/Down
Move an item, or entire submenu.
While moving, when you encounter submenu, if it is expanded, current item will become its child or will be removed from it.
Otherwise, item will jump over the submenu.
- F2
Change the title of an item. Use & to set a shortcut and – to specify separator.
- ENTER
This key will redirect you to the next editable field for current item.
- INSERT | SHIFT INSERT
Press insert to add new menu item after currently selected. Hold shift to insert new submenu.
When the last item of the submenu is deleted, submenu will be turned to simple menu item.
- DELETE
Remove the item or complete submenu.
- Browse buttons
>> buttons can be used to speed up editing.
If the first word in the command field is “cd”, browse for directory dialog will be displayed, otherwise, browse for file. You must still press ENTER to save changes.
- Settings
If settings tab in Menu Editor is hidden, use CTRL TAB to select it. You can change the look and behavior of the editor here.
NOTES
You may encounter some problems related to Total Commander interaction with the menu. It is the best to avoid using TC editor at all, since FavMenu Editor is much faster and functional plus TC editor will delete menu information about your icons if you set them. You can use “Add current dir” TC option without any problems.
- If you have empty sub menus, script will not work.
- If you have 2 submenu items with the same name, in order to see the second one, you must add pseudospace (ALT 0160) at the end of the title of the second one. For all subsequent items with the same name add additional pseudospace.
- Menu is collected from the wincmd.ini [DirMenu] section. Format of this menu is:
menuN = title | - | -title | --
cmdN = cd <path|plugin|pseudovarialbe> | executable
While building the menu, section will be iterated sequentially up to the first menuX item that doesn't exist. If, for some reason, your TC menu has "hole" in a sequence, script will rise errors or will not display the complete menu.
This menu, for instance will not work:
[DirMenu]
menu1=item1
menu2=item2
menu4=item3
To make sure your menu is not messed-up, open TC Favorites configuration and click OK button. TC will rebuild the menu sequentially. If you still have problems, delete everything (backup wincmd.ini first) and create your menu again. And if you still have problems (very unlikely), visit developing forum to report this. If you have any other mistakes in menu syntax script will not work.
- Win9x systems are not and will not be tested. If it works, cool, but if not, don't ask for support.
- You can setup Win key shortcuts by manualy editing Config.ini :
Edit tcKey value in TCFavMenu section. U can set Lwin or Rwin or #letter.
ABOUT
Created by Miodrag Milic
in AutoHotkey <www.autohotkey.com>
using Windows XP Pro
e-mail: miodrag.milic@gmail.com
homepage:
code.r-moth.com (dead link) | Original TC Fav Menu at www.r-moth.com (dead link) |
TC Fav Menu 2 at r-month.com (broken archive, though with at least part Menu Editor source and resources survived)
| r-moth.deviantart.com
Belgrade, Jun 2006
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