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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: xplorer², a powerful windows file manager and explorer replacement / alternative

« on: August 29, 2007, 10:23 AM »

many times i hear about this "plugin framework" of TC and the innumerable addons available

people do not realize that the modern shell is already plugin-ready and the architecture is available to all programs, not just TC. It is called "shell namespace extensions" and includes columns, context menus, preview, text search, virtual folders and much more.

so which extra functionality exactly you are referring to? Show me a special TC plugin that isn't / can't be dealt with shell architecture -- as long it isn't a calculator or tetris for TC

xplorer2 taps in the modern shell so it doesn't have to reinvent the wheel, it just uses functionality that's already there

nikos
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General Software Discussion / Re: soft and hard links in ntfs

« on: May 29, 2007, 02:57 AM »

the various link flavors are useful but each comes with its own problems and limitations

• shortcuts get in trouble if the real file is moved. Windows XP introduced the Distributed Link Tracking service that helps albeit introducing some extra overhead for all file operations
• hard links are limited to files in the same partition. Also some programs (eg visual studio) destroy hard links when they save, so you have to watch out!
• folder junctions can span partitions but only on the local hard disks, no networks. Be careful when you delete folder junctions, you may lose all the target folders. xplorer2 has a J attribute to identify junctions. Some people introduce a coloring rule on this attribute to make junctions stand out and prevent such accidents
• vista's symbolic links... well i don't know much about them yet

xplorer2 can do most link types with its Edit | Paste special submenu. Vista symbolic links in a future version

hth
nikos

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brillant Text Editor (search functions)

« on: February 23, 2007, 07:41 AM »

i'm not sure i get the question of the original poster (why are you trying to find filenames from a text editor?)

but the technology of this "match with spell errors" or "match ignoring letter accents" is called fuzzy search. xplorer2 pro has this feature for its find files command. See the red-hilighted box in this snapshot:

a value of 100 means exact text search. Lower values increase the "fuzziness" and allow more things in the results, including spelling errors. The down side is that other unrelated files will show up too, but hey!

hth
nikos

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Backup Revision Folder

« on: February 09, 2007, 12:18 PM »

on my *SP2* keepit invariably either fails to take snapshots or can't browse into snapshots for anything that resembles a large collection of files.

thanks for the vcslite link, it looks interesting, although i'll be really upset if that thing turns out to be good, now that i've changed every project of mine into tortoiseSVN 

on face value though it only deals with individual files, not whole folders

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Backup Revision Folder

« on: January 14, 2007, 06:51 AM »

here's my feedback for your v2

I added a file called "New file" to be monitored. It picked up the changes ok. The "Open run master file" button didn't seem to do anything.

now here are a few items to be taken as constructive criticism

* have the option instead of automatic backups to make backups "on demand" (how a normal repository engine would work). When my day is through I want to store the changes

* allow whole folders (with subfolders) to be added for monitoring

* some structure in your "backup" folder will be necessary especially when a lot of items are monitored, eg one subfolder per item tracked

* this keep-it tool would store the revisions into a single compressed file, which isn't a bad idea (eg compound storage)


Anyway it looks like i'm missing the functionality of "keep-it" too much and your tool is catering for different needs. Perhaps I'll write my own one day  8-O

good starting point though!
nikos

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Backup Revision Folder

« on: January 09, 2007, 06:36 AM »

this reminds me of a tool called "keepit" (http://www.keep-it.com/) which was the exact kind of thing you were after. It was perfect for one man shows, but sadly it is no longer developed and doesn't run properly in XP SP2. I had to turn to tortoiseSVN which is total overkill. I'll have a go with yours and give you my feedback