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* [[Options#Misc.|Misc.]]
* [[Options#Misc.|Misc.]]


Layout
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Screen layout
* Show button bar
* Show drive buttons
 
* Show two drive button bars (fixed width, above file windows)
* Flat icons
 
* Show drive combobox
* Show directory tabs
* Show current directory
* Show buttons for history list and hotlist
* Show tabstop header
* Show status bar
* Show command line
* Show functions key buttons
 
* Flat user interface (button bar configured seperately)
 
Display
File display
* Show hidden/system files (for experts only!)
* Use long names
* Show old 8.3 filenames lowercase (like explorer)
* Always load complete directory tree
* Tree: Press ENTER to open Dir in other window
* Show parent dir also in root of drive
* Show overlay icons, e.g. for links
 
Show symbols to the left of the filename
* All associated + EXE/LNK (slow, 32-bit only)
* All
* Only standard symbols
* No symbols
* EXE/LNK not on floppy
* EXE/LNK not on net
 
Sorting directories
* Always by name
* Like files (also by time)
 
 
Help texts
* Show help texts for buttons (tooltips)
* Show volume labels/network paths for drives
* Show filename in list as tooltip if truncated
* Win32-style tips with file comments (if available)
 
 
Font
* File list font (Change font -Button)
* Main window font (Change font -Button)
* Dialog box font (Change font -Button)
* Symbol size e.g. 16x16
 
 
Color
 
* Font color:
* Background:
* Mark color:
* Cursor color:
* Cursor font:
 
* Others:
* Lister
* Text color
* Background color
* Selected text
* Link color
* Compare by contents:
* Differences -text mode
* Differences -text mode (selected)
* Differences -binary mode
* Differences -binary mode (selected)
 
* Use inverted cursors
* Use inverted selection
 
* Define colors by file type
* Define colors by file type (Button)
 
 
Tabstops
Show file extensions:
* directly after filename
* aligned (with Tab)
Tabstops
* Extension
* Size
* Date/Time
* Attributes
* Comments (fixed)
* Adjust Tabs to window width
* Show century in date (20xx)
* Use 12 hour AM/PM format
* Show directory count in footer
* Size display:
  bytes,
  kbytes,
  dynamic (x k/M/G),
  dynamic (x.x k/M/G)
 
* In footer:
  bytes,
  kbytes,
  dynamic(x k/M/G),
  dynamic (x.x k/M/G)
* Default-Button
 
 
Folder Tabs
 
* Folder tab headers
* Show tab header also when there is only one tab
* Tabs on multiple lines
* All tabs have same width
* Limit tab title lenght to: XX characters
* Confirm close all tabs
* Close tab on double click
* Ctrl+Up opens new tab in foreground
* Open new tabs near current tab
* Show locked tabs with an asterisk*
* Activate target panel when clicking on one of its Tabs
 
 
Custom columns
 
Custom columns configurations (sort with drag&drop)
 
 
Language
 
* Change the language
* Main menu file
 
 
Operation
 
Main program:
* Allow only 1 copy of Total Commander at a time
* Move icon to system tray when mimimized
 
Mouse selection mode
* Use right mouse button (as in Norton Commander)
* Left mouse button (Windows standard)
 
Selection (with Gray+)
* Select files only
* Also select directories
 
NTFS daylight saving correction
* Ignore 1 hour time delay
 
Save on exit
* Directories
* Panels (brief/full, etc)
* Old command lines
 
Quick search (current dir)
* Ctrl+Alt+Letters
* Alt+Letters
* Letters only
* Letters - with search dialog
* Disabled
 
Calculate space occupied by subdirectories
* when selecting with the space bar
* beforecopying/deleting
 
File comments:
Preferred type
* files.bbs
* descript.ion
* DOS charset
* Copy comments with files
* Read from both
 
* Button: FS-Plugins
 
 
Edit/View
 
Viewer for F3
* Internal Viewer with file under cursor (F3)
* Internal Viewer with selected files (Shift+F3)
* External Viewer (Alt+F3)
* Button: Associations
* Default:notepad.exe
* Button: Configure internal viewer (Configure Lister)
 
Editor for F4:
* (Editor): path to your editor
 
 
Copy/Delete
 
Copy method (for experts only)
* Use default method only (reliable, not very fast)
  Buffer size for small files
  Source+Target on same disk: XXXX k
  Source+Target on different disks: XXXX k
* Also use big file copy mode (not using cache)
Buffer sizes for big files:
  Source+Target on same disk: XXXXX k
  Source+Target on different disks: XXXXX k
The following drive letters are on the same physical harddisk (example: CDE,FGH )
* Use compatibility mode for the following drives:
* XXX Enter drive letters. eg. CDEF, or *
* USB sticks
* Use copy+paste via explorer (only in case of copy problems)
 
General Copy+Delete options
* Copy date/time of directories
* Use Explorer delete method (faster, cannot handle comments)
* F8/Del deletes to receycle bin (Shift=directly)
 
 
FTP
 
* 10 Number of times to retry if FTP server busy
* 5 Delay between retries (seconds)
 
Default transfer mode:
Automatic
Binary (archives, doc etc.)
Text (plain text, html, etc.)
Open new connections:
in the active panel
in the left panel
in the right panel
* Create a log file: XXX
* All uploads/downloads in background
* Use passive mode by default
* PORT mode: only use ports from limited range: XXX:XXX
* Compress during transfer (MODE Z)
* Not on LAN
 
 
Plugins
 
Download new plugin from ghisler.com
Opens your default WEB browser with the plugins page.
Installation: After downloading the plugin ZIP file, open it in Total Commander with ENTER and follow the instructions
* Download-Button
 
Packer Plugins (.WCX)
Packer plugins are used to open archives not
supported internally by Total Commander
* Configure-Button
 
File system plugins (.WFX)
File system plugins allow access to disk inaccessible
by Windows, e.g. Linux file systems, or to external
devices like Palm/PocketPC.
* Configure-Button
 
Lister plugins (.WLX)
Lister plugins allow to display file formats like images,
spreadsheets. databases etc. in Lister (F3,Ctrl+Q)
* Configure-Button
 
Content plugins (.WDX)
Content plugins allow to display extended file details
like mp3 tags or image attributes in file lists, or use them
in search and rename tool.
* Configure-Button
 
 
Thumbnails
 
Thumbnails: general
Database Location (leave empty to disable caching)
* XXX (Path to thumbnail database location)
* Default -Button
 
* Copy/delete thumbnail with files
* Show custom fields below thumbnails (e.g. image size):
* XXX "...more Tabstop header -details"  
* Add-Button
* Thumbnail size: XXX x XXX Pixels
* Fields by type -Button ..."Custom fields by field type"
Loading Thumbnails:
* Get from Lister plugins for: *.*
* Use Explorer method (OLE2) for: *.* | *.htm *.html
* Get from Irfan-/Xnview for: *.*
* Plain Text file thumbnails for: *.txt *.ini
 
Compact thumbnail database
* Remove thumbnails for no longer existing files
* Remove thumbnails for currently ejected CDs
* Remove thumbnails for inaccessible disks (e.g. Network, USB)
*  Start -Button
 
 
Packer
 
* Treat archives like directories
ARJ
*  ARJ packer: XXX (path)
* Use internal un-ARJ if possible
* Pass long filenames to ARJ (ARJ 2.55 or later required)
 
LHA
* LHA packer: XXX (path)
* Use internal un-LZH if possible
RAR
* RAR packer: XXX (path)
* Use internal un-RAR if possible
 
UC2
* UC2 Packer: XXX (path)
 
ACE
* ACE (> v 1.2b): XXX (path)
* Use internal un-ACE if possible
TAR
* Create TAR archives for Linux (unchecked: for SunOS)
Additional packers
* Packer plugins "Configure packer extensions WCXs"-Button
 
 
Zip packer
 
ZIP
* ZIP packer: "pkzip.exe" XXX (path)
* Use internal ZIP packer
* Use ZIP-NT 2.01
ZIP unpacker: "pkunzip exe" XXX (path)
* Always use internal unzipping (if possible)
 
Internal ZIP compression (0-9)
* normal compression (6)
* maximum compression (9)
* fastest compression (1)
* other: XX (0=none)
Directory for temporary files (internal ZIP)
* default("set temp=" in autoexec.bat)
* other: XXX (path)
Additional settings
* Use 8.3 short filenames
* Open partial ZIP files
* Set ZIP to newest file date
* Keep damaged files (bad CRC)
 
 
Misc
 
Get confirmation before
* Deleting non-empty directories
* Overwriting files
* Overwriting/Deleting read-only files
* Overwriting/Deleting hidden/system files
* Drag&drop (copying files with mouse)
Redifine hotkeys (Keyboard remapping)
Hotkey:
* Control+ Alt+ Shift+
* (user defined)= F1, F2, F3 etc.
Custom sounds
* Configure-Button
* Only play for long operations: >(bigger than) 10 s

Latest revision as of 01:51, 18 June 2005