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phitsc:
Hi
Is there already a way to launch a found file with an application other than the default application for that file type? What I want to do is the following:
I have an alias like this:
Regular Expression Pattern: ^blah (.*)
Results: dosearch c:\blah\config files\$$1*.xml
This works nicely for giving me a list of files, but launching one of the found files will launch with the file type's default application (in this case on my system a web browser), while I want it to be opened in an editor.
I tried to solve this with a custom plugin. The idea was to have something like this:
Results: dosearch c:\blah\config files\$$1*.xml /OPENWITH=notepad.exe
i.e. using something similar to FARR's file window options. But that obviously doesn't work. While I think it would be good to have the possibility to choose the application to launch as a core feature of FARR (and maybe it's already there, but I don't know), I think it would still be worth considering to add something like /OPTIONS="bli blah bloh" where the options string would be passed to the EFuncName_Allow_ProcessTrigger function somehow to be used by the plugin.
Philipp
mouser:
I think it would still be worth considering to add something like /OPTIONS="bli blah bloh" where the options string would be passed to the EFuncName_Allow_ProcessTrigger function somehow to be used by the plugin.
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i think this is a really good idea. i think it actually could be done with current code by doing like:
Results: dosearch c:\blah\config files\$$1*.xml +OPENWITH=notepad.exe
and then have a plugin look at the search string for +OPENWITH= when it comes time to decide whether it wants to take over launching of a file.
to be clearer: plugins have the ability to take over the launching of each file instead of having farr launch it. and farr will ignore modifiers like +OPENWITH=blahblah. so you just need a plugin that decides to look for +OPENWITH and takeover those launches.
nitrix-ud:
to be clearer: plugins have the ability to take over the launching of each file instead of having farr launch it. and farr will ignore modifiers like +OPENWITH=blahblah. so you just need a plugin that decides to look for +OPENWITH and takeover those launches.
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that would be excellent, and as you know mouser, i'm not to much into plugins, i much prefer aliases (they offer more liberty) !!
so plugins that benefits aliases are very welcome !!!!
phitsc:
Ok, thanks mouser, I'll try this.
Philipp
mouser:
just email me ([email protected]) if you need help getting a plugin coded.. i'm always happy to help plugin coders. i don't think anyone has yet made a launch-takeover plugin -- it would be great to have an example of one.
in addition to this openwith idea, another popular one would be a +RunAs modifier that let you specifiy an alternate user (admin) to run a program as.
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