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Find And Run Robot / bug(?): regex alias with a single result generates obstructing scrollbar
« on: March 25, 2018, 09:26 AM »
An unwanted scrollbar appear for regex aliases with only one result. The scrollbar shows only for the first matching character and disappears after the next character.

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Reproduce the issue with this alias (temporary disable any other alias with the same regex pattern)

alias:      bar
regex:    ^(ba|bar)$
results:   test | C:\

The issue only occurs for single result aliases. If we update the alias with a second result line then the scrollbar never shows
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Tested in FARR v2.233.01 and v2.229.01 in Windows 10. I tested changing some visual settings (disable skin, resize fonts, ...) but the issue persists. I might have missed something though.

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Find And Run Robot / requests: silent reload .alias files + obey alias file disabled/enabled status
« on: March 19, 2018, 09:17 AM »
Request 1: add a method to silently reload all aliases from .alias files

Request 2: add a FARR alias reload method that also updates the disabled/enabled status for each alias based on if it has the Disabled element in the .alias file.

These changes would enable users to script changes directly to .alias files and then quickly and silently apply them.

Background
The FARR special search string "goareload" reloads/updates aliases from .alias files. But not silently since after the reload it forces the "agroups" command that show all aliases as a list in FARR results. For request 1 make a new special search string "goareload_silent" that differ only in that it does not force "agroups".

The least visible workaround I've found to reload aliases from file:
1. FindAndRunRobot.exe -search goareload
2. FindAndRunRobot.exe -hide
But the FARR window still flickers briefly and sometimes the -hide command fail when scripting these steps (timing issues)

Edit
We can also reload aliases from file with the exit and restart method:
1. FindAndRunRobot.exe -exit
2. script changes to .alias file
3. FindAndRunRobot.exe -hide
Advantage over "goareload": No results window flickering. Drawback: FARR restart can make this method slower.
Edit end

Request 2 is because FARR's "goareload" command ignores "<Disabled>" elements in the .alias files. Disabled/enabled status is instead ruled by the FindAndRunRobot.ini line DisabledAliasStrings . In other words having a script add the line "<Disabled>true</Disabled>" to an .alias file AliasEntry section has no effect even though all other changes to .alias file elements are applied by "goareload".

The least visible workaround I've found to modify Disabled/Enabled status of aliases:
1. FindAndRunRobot.exe -exit
2. have a script read, modify and overwrite the string for DisabledAliasStrings in FindAndRunRobot.ini
3. FindAndRunRobot.exe -hide

But that can take several seconds and is sensitive to timing issues.

Request 2 could be done as a separate special search string. Or a FARR setting to toggle authority over disabled/enabled status between .ini and .alias files. Or a combo special search string that for both request 1 and 2, e.g. "goareload_silent_alsodisabledstatus".

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Find And Run Robot / request: keyboard shortcut for context menu "Explore here" (open file's folder)
« on: March 16, 2018, 08:23 AM »
Request: add a keyboard shortcut to run the context menu "Explore here" command that opens the selected file's folder in Explorer. I suggest ctrl+o as in Open. The context menu's "Explore here" works on all files including local .url files.

Background:
With AutoHotkey we can achieve this for most files by using FARR's control+C shortcut to copy a file's full path.
But that does not work on local .url files since for them FARR's ctrl+C copies the URL rather than the full path to the local file.
A non perfect workaround sends keys to open the context menu.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]
  1. ;control+o to open folder for selected file in FARR
  2. #IfWinActive, ahk_exe FindAndRunRobot.exe
  3. ^o::
  4. ControlGetFocus, cFocus, A
  5. if (cFocus == "TNextGrid1")
  6. {
  8.   send ^c
  9.   SplitPath, clipboard, , dir
  10.   If InStr( FileExist(dir) , "D")
  11.     Run % dir
  12.   ;workaround for .url files where FARR's ctrl+C return the URL
  13.   ;limitation: the context menu briefly flashes and send keys may fail
  14.   Else If InStr(clipboard, "://")
  15.   {
  16.     send +{AppsKey}
  17.     send e
  18.   }
  19. }
  20. return

edit: clarified and added workaround in the AutoHotkey script

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Find And Run Robot / request: dosearch_noregex (dosearch but ignore regex in other aliases)
« on: February 02, 2018, 07:43 AM »
Background
Imagine a user has these two aliases and one search directory item in FARR.

Alias1 (example of regex to get a single static result)
text: a
regex: ^a$
result: C:\folder\app.exe

Alias2 (example of regular expression aliases as search templates)
text: cdir
regex: ^(?:c|cd|cdi|cdir) (.+)$
result: dosearch +cdir $$1

Search Directory item
directory path: C:\cdir
optional modifier keywords: cdir

Problem case
The user types "c a" and want as result the list of files/folder in C:\cdir that contain "a".
But instead the result is "C:\folder\app.exe" . Because Alias1 is triggered by the new "a" search and since it is a regex alias it gets priority.

Collisions like that increase the more aliases of these two sorts one has. A pity since both sorts of aliases are useful.

Request for solution
Add a new virtual launch string named dosearch_noregex to FARR.
dosearch_noregex would start a new search but ignore all alias regex matches.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / filter_alias - FARR alias filter autohotkey helper script
« on: November 22, 2016, 03:19 PM »
filter_alias - the FARR alias filter autohotkey helper script

Useful especially if you are a FARR power user (which you should be!  ;D ) with a lot of custom aliases.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]
  3. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
  5.  
  6. ;filter_alias - FARR alias filter helper script
  7.  
  8. ;WHY?
  9. ;When a user has many aliases it can be a hassle to find and edit one of them
  10. ;because the FARR options list isn't autosorted and has no filter/searchbox.
  11.  
  12. ;SETUP
  13. ;run the script (tip: make it autostart it on boot)
  14.  
  15. ;USAGE
  16. ;- open FARR options > aliases and press Ctrl+Space to show a filter box
  17. ;- Type in box to filter alias name/regex rows
  18. ;- Select a row and press Enter to jump to that row in FARR options
  19. ;- Press Esc pr Ctrl+Space again to close filter_alias
  20.  
  21. ;by Nod5 - version 161122
  22. ;Listview filter code adapted from
  23. ;https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=72578#p72578
  24.  
  25. #IfWinActive, ahk_class TOptionsForm
  26. ^Space::
  28. if !winexist("filter_alias ahk_class AutoHotkeyGUI")
  29.  goto showgui
  30. return
  32.  
  33. #IfWinActive, filter_alias ahk_class AutoHotkeyGUI
  34. Esc:: gui, destroy
  35. ^Space:: gui, destroy
  37.  
  38. showgui:
  39. name = filter_alias
  40. FileRead, f, %A_MyDocuments%\DonationCoder\FindAndRunRobot\AliasGroups\MyCustom\myaliases.alias
  41. f := StrReplace(f, "</AliasText>", "")
  42. f := StrReplace(f, "</Regex>", "")
  43. xarr := []
  44. xarr2 := []
  45.  
  46. ControlGetPos, cx, cy,,, TListView1, ahk_class TOptionsForm
  47. WinGetPos, wx, wy,,, ahk_class TOptionsForm
  48. gx := cx+wx, gy := cy+wy
  49.  
  50. Gui, Add, Edit, r1 vsearch gsearch,
  51. Gui, Add, ListView, r20 w400 h200 grid, Alias|Regex
  52.  
  53. Loop, Parse, f, `n, `r
  54. {
  55. If InStr(A_LoopField, "<AliasText>")
  56.  xali := SubStr(A_LoopField, InStr(A_LoopField, "<AliasText>") + 11)
  57. If InStr(A_LoopField, "<Regex>")
  58.   xreg := SubStr(A_LoopField, InStr(A_LoopField, "<Regex>") + 7)
  59. If InStr(A_LoopField, "<AliasEntry>")
  60.  xali := xreg := ""  ;clear vars for new alias
  61. if xali and (xreg or InStr(A_LoopField, "<Results>") ) ;stop at Result if no Regex
  62.   {
  63.   xreg := xreg ? xreg : a_space
  64.   LV_Add("", xali, xreg), xarr.push(xali) , xarr2.push(xreg)
  65.   xali := xreg := ""  ;clear vars for new alias
  66.   }
  67. }
  68. LV_ModifyCol(1, 120)
  69. LV_ModifyCol(2, 250)
  70. Gui, Show, x%gx% y%gy%, %name%
  71. return
  72.  
  73. search:
  74. Gui, Submit, NoHide
  76. For key, val In xarr
  77. {
  78.    If (search == "")
  79.     LV_Add("", val, xarr2[key])
  80.    Else
  81.     If InStr(val, search) or InStr(xarr2[key], search) ;match
  82.      LV_Add("", val, xarr2[key])
  83. }
  84. GuiControl, +Redraw, LV
  85. Return
  86.  
  87. #IfWinActive, filter_alias ahk_class AutoHotkeyGUI
  88. PgDn::
  89. Down::
  90. ControlGetFocus, contr, A
  91. if !(contr == "Edit1")
  92.  send {%a_thishotkey%}
  93. else if (LV_GetNext() == 0)
  94.  send {Tab}{Down}
  95. else
  96.  send {Tab}
  97. return
  98.  
  99. Enter::
  100. selrow := !LV_GetNext() ? 1 : LV_GetNext()
  101. LV_GetText(seltext, selrow, 1)
  103. winactivate, ahk_class TOptionsForm
  104. controlfocus, TListView1, ahk_class TOptionsForm
  106. RegExMatch(seltext, "^[^ ]+",seldo)
  107. send % seldo ? seldo : seltext
  108. return

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