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... XYplorer would be my file manager if it had true unicode support (it does now) when I was hunting for an Explorer replacement. Now as I'm planning to move to Linux, I'm not paying for anything that works only on Windows, unless I absolutely can't live without it. As a result, I'm stuck with DOpus, for now. (Ah, sounds like I don't like DOpus. Actually I do, despite many small complaints.)XYplorer works on ubuntu I've been told by users. Ask for details in XY's user forum.-mwang (August 31, 2008, 05:28 PM)
The POM! You are missing one of the best features if you never tried this... check out: http://www.xyplorer....r/index.php?page=pomi right click and use 'open with'that doesnt sound very quick cmpm
...-cmpm (July 30, 2008, 04:21 AM)
but the programme sounds like one very worth having
I wouldnt make it default either, but I really like the suggestion from your second link-
Wish list:
* The ability to invoke this program through a combination of mouse and keyboard shortcut, such as left clicking an image [file] while holding down (shift), and otherwise having another image viewer function as the default viewer for the system. I realize this is unusual but surely it is possible
actually that would be nice for lots of different filetypes / programmes!
another option - I know XYPlorer has some sort of open with menu for individual filetypes (that I havent setup yet)-tomos (July 30, 2008, 04:59 AM)
DonLThere are good reasons for the way it is now. Please attend user forum for further discussion.
Will there be any layout customization sometime soon? That is one thing I need to have it myself. At the moment your app is very very nice however I hate where preview,find etc are to be honestI do not use xyplorer but I would like to in the future
-kartal (May 16, 2008, 02:11 PM)
Not really, Tom! XYPlorer started out life as a file searcher:That's right, and I finally found some time to check out that "Search GT" (ver 2.3). I had done so already once almost a year ago and was utterly disappointed by its slowness compared to XYplorer. So I was curious whether it got any faster with the lastest version -- especially after having read all the nice talk about it here at donationcoder.Historically, XYplorer is not a file manager with a search feature, but a search tool with a file manager attached to it. Not for nothing it was called "Tracker" before...
Source: https://www.donation...49.msg87001#msg87001-Darwin (March 13, 2008, 03:43 PM)
You can try it already in the BETA version, it's near-perfect by now. The associations in the POM are not only by extension but by any wildcarded pattern, or even by a specific filename: IOW you can have individual openwith context menus for specific files (!) -- and with unlimited power: POM supports scripting, so there's far more in it than just "open with..."I find I'm using XYplorer more and more as time goes by. The dual panes are becoming less of an issue and I have a couple of options there if i really want to see 2 panes.BTW, the next release will feature the incredible Portable Openwith Menu (POM). Here's a preview: http://www.xyplorer.com/release_7.10.htm-Grorgy (April 18, 2008, 12:48 AM)-DonL (April 18, 2008, 12:57 AM)
that looks really nice Don(& the variable tab width too
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there was some kind of hack (or miniprog?) mentioned here somewhere at some stage - when you'd go to open certain file-extensions you would get the choice of (pre)selected programmes to open it - seemed to work for others but not for me so looking forward to trying your "POM"-tomos (April 18, 2008, 03:17 AM)
I find I'm using XYplorer more and more as time goes by. The dual panes are becoming less of an issue and I have a couple of options there if i really want to see 2 panes.BTW, the next release will feature the incredible Portable Openwith Menu (POM). Here's a preview: http://www.xyplorer.com/release_7.10.htm-Grorgy (April 18, 2008, 12:48 AM)
No problem -- anybody who can memorize a 32-digit key deserves a "free" copy.Now assign Ctrl+U to it and you feel real good.-DonL (April 03, 2008, 10:38 AM)
Done! It just gets better and better!
One small thing; if I go to Help -> About, XYplorer shows my registration details, including the full plain text of my license key. Did you intend that, as it's then possible for someone to sneak a look at my computer behind my back and copy the key? I'm more used to seeing the key hidden, or at least masked with asterisks.-rjbull (April 04, 2008, 03:26 AM)
Or, do me a favor and don't open the About dialog when someone is standing behind your back. Great + Thanks!!So it works as expected?-DonL (April 02, 2008, 09:53 AM)
Yes! Full UNC filename+path now copied to clipboard, e.g\\gbmnppfs001\groups\technical\Library\Articles\The_European_Ink_Report_March_2008.mht
Many thanks!
I'm now a registered user-rjbull (April 03, 2008, 10:28 AM)
So it works as expected?I think the for-pay version should have full UNC support, as XYplorer is a good tool for sysadmins, the more so for being portable, and they would really need that.I think so, too, and added it. Check out the next beta version available in the user forum.-rjbull (April 02, 2008, 03:44 AM)-DonL (April 02, 2008, 04:37 AM)
Thanks! That's great-rjbull (April 02, 2008, 09:42 AM)
I think so, too, and added it. Check out the next beta version available in the user forum.Okay, just to make sure: You are talking about the command File / To Clipboard / Item Path/Name(s), right? And there should be one more: File / To Clipboard / Item UNCPath/Name(s), which of course only makes any sense when used on mapped drives. That should be easy to add...-DonL (April 01, 2008, 05:33 AM)
Yes! I just wanted to be able to clip names+full paths to the clipboard to e-mail to other people in a form most likely to work for them, whatever their local drive mappings.
I should confess... I'm not a registered user of XYplorer (yet), and I wouldn't expect all features to be present in the free version. But, I think the for-pay version should have full UNC support, as XYplorer is a good tool for sysadmins, the more so for being portable, and they would really need that.-rjbull (April 02, 2008, 03:44 AM)
Okay, just to make sure: You are talking about the command File / To Clipboard / Item Path/Name(s), right? And there should be one more: File / To Clipboard / Item UNCPath/Name(s), which of course only makes any sense when used on mapped drives. That should be easy to add...You mean to automatically translate the mapped paths, or to add another column for the UNC versions of the mappings?UNC no, the rest yes. Simply hide the columns or drag them to the order you like.-DonL (December 11, 2007, 04:42 AM)
Thanks, DonL!
Suggest you consider UNC for the paid version, though.-rjbull (December 11, 2007, 05:55 AM)-DonL (April 01, 2008, 01:22 AM)
I should have been clearer in the first place... If there has to be a choice, I presume I'd have to plump for the latter. The scenario is that on the network at work, I need to know what the UNC versions are so I can paste them into e-mails, so recipients can be sure of getting a clickable link to the target file. That's all, really.-rjbull (April 01, 2008, 05:27 AM)
You mean to automatically translate the mapped paths, or to add another column for the UNC versions of the mappings?UNC no, the rest yes. Simply hide the columns or drag them to the order you like.-DonL (December 11, 2007, 04:42 AM)
Thanks, DonL!
Suggest you consider UNC for the paid version, though.-rjbull (December 11, 2007, 05:55 AM)
I wouldn't be altogether surprised if there's some seriously FUBAR app out there that take upwards of three weeks to index.Not this time. Emails or contacts are not "filish" enough for a "real" file manager.xyplorer can only search files, not emails or contacts
*waits for Don to step in with a "new beta" announcement*-nosh (March 15, 2008, 11:11 AM)
However you can drag+drop emails to XY and then search them.
Interesting, i also can't reproduce andyM's described behaviour. (xp pro sp2 here).I wouldn't be too sure about that. Check latest beta version...
Just tested: this isn't possible in xyplorer.-jgpaiva (February 24, 2008, 11:37 AM)
... I'm really having a hard time finding this, and I've looked on all my file managers, and they can't do it (DOpus, Total Commander, XYplorer).That was true yesterday. Today I'll upload (in Beta Club) a version of XYplorer that can do it.-superboyac (February 15, 2008, 06:46 PM)
XYplorer-free has that nice feature where you can clip a directory listing of files+paths to the clipboard or to a CSV file, but is there a way to make it use UNC paths instead of drive mappings, and to choose only the columns you want, in the order you want, instead of all of them?UNC no, the rest yes. Simply hide the columns or drag them to the order you like.-rjbull (December 11, 2007, 04:34 AM)
With Xyplorer can I queue file operations ...No, not yet. And not very soon. But it's on my list.-justice (December 10, 2007, 04:59 PM)
Especially that tags in names can be associated with colors with certain file managers (as noted by nosh here https://www.donation...69.msg82651#msg82651 ) like Xplorer2, and probably others like XYplorer.Sure, XYplorer can color code file names by name patterns and attributes. And XYplorer does support name-based tagging even a little more: you can define any number of user-defined rename commands, so you can tag your files at a single key stroke/mouse click.
Personally, I'm not crazy about usual databases to store documents. I prefer to just use the NTFS as a big database, using proper names, etc.-Armando (December 02, 2007, 02:26 PM)
Alright, it's time for me to eat my words.Bon appetit!-nosh (November 21, 2007, 09:30 AM)
Although there _are_ advantages to using specialized tools.I'm surprised. I thought it impossible to search faster than XY. What kind of search was it? Just for a certain name pattern or any other filters? Did you time the first search or a later search? The timing of the first search over a certain location will only/mainly reflect the read-speed of your harddisk, any non-first search (when the OS has done its caching) will reflect the speed of your search software.
XYplorer (see attachment in previous post)
FileLocator Pro (see attachment in previous post)-nosh (November 21, 2007, 08:10 AM)
However, there comes a time in some threads where emotion creeps in, and then it's time to just stop. Your "thanks for the hate review" comment struck me as such a tipping point, with dialog beyond that leading to thinner and thinner ice. It doesn't matter who is "right" or who started it, it seems to me you've reached the level of diminishing returns on the whole "dual panel" discussion.Okay, I give you that. The less enlighted part of me just could not resist to "thank for the hate review"...-Ralf Maximus (November 19, 2007, 08:06 AM)
). I realized that without dual pane I automatically get lower ratings on many software sites. And this sucks. The other advantage of adding it would be obviously: no more discussions about it!!! 
A dual pane layout is, in my eyes at least, not exactly a buzz feature. ...Thanks for the hate review at snapfiles. It won't increase the chance for DP in XY, but you probably feel better now.-luc (November 14, 2007, 08:33 PM)
