Re: Custom Columns
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 01:08
That may take twice as long as coding for it!admin wrote:Yes, I'm not very excited about having to write the manual for this...
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That may take twice as long as coding for it!admin wrote:Yes, I'm not very excited about having to write the manual for this...
And that's how it typically works. All the hard work and you think it's over... until you document it.j_c_hallgren wrote:That may take twice as long as coding for it!admin wrote:Yes, I'm not very excited about having to write the manual for this...
Okay now I found it. Not sure why I didn't look in the Settings Config panel to start with (??) Incidentally, I never did think of it... The only way I found the settings for CCs is that I right-clicked my 'Dimensions' column and saw "Configure All Custom Columns." That appears to be the only place that that menu item appears.... Shouldn't it be listed in most of the column context menus?kunkel321 wrote:... I have no idea how to customize these anymore....
Regarding the name "Custom Columns":admin wrote:Hmmm, yes, agreed
To my knowledge, they are not natively scriptable, but do support plug-ins, of which there are many. The "Custom" in that case, is more like user-defined groups of columns that can be applied. Same with xplorer2... You can save "Column Sets." One of the TC plugin writers even tried to do something like "Context-Specific" columns http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/super_wdx.html. It's clunky and hasn't been worked on for the last 9 years, but it mostly works. I think the only other big player out there is your nemesis, Dopus. I'm not sure about its capabilities--but I'll bet XY is the only file manager anywhere that can do all of the above "out of the box."admin wrote:So, TC has also scriptable columns?
I think your assertion is accurate!admin wrote:OK, just want to back up my bold claim: "No file manager has ever gone there before." (http://www.xyplorer.com/whatsnew.php)
Good idea,done! And hey, I just took your "Context Smart Columns" -- nice catchy term! Thanks!kunkel321 wrote:Just FYI on your "What's new" page: I personally think you should tout the "Context Smart" capabilities and also the idea of an "easy share user-script library." But that's just MHO.