Separate Settings from History to work on different computer

[Stefan]

I search for an answer:

i use XYplorer portable on different pc's.

But i always have pane-tabs and history from one pc on the other pc too, where this info is useless.


Question:
How can i share all settings/CTB/UDC/KS/Layout/POM/etc. on all computers
but chose for every pc which history/tab/recent MRU/pane folders/etc. i wanna use?

I think save/load configuration didn't helps here? since the PFA, CustomButtons and ColorFilter are there stored too in the XYplorer.ini.

I mean all MRUs should be independent stored from all settings so we can load them separate at wish.
I imaging an XY.ini whit redirections to refer to user.ini's and *.dat files.

i.e.:
XYplorer_Laptop.ini
KBShortcuts=Work\ks.dat
MRU=mru.ini
Catalog=catalog.dat
Tag=tag_home.dat

Then i could understand how "save/load configuration" should work.

How is this implemented/meant to use with XYplorer?

[zer0]

I posted a related wish here: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4026

Firefox has a tool called MozBackup that allows you to transfer different settings from one installation to another. Something similar to that, but in XYplorer context, would be nice.

[admin]

Yes, separating History and MRUs from other settings is on my list.

[Stefan]

Yes, separating History and MRUs from other settings is on my list.

Fine, thanks.

Just an idea before you gonna add this...

How about to add an option like "[ ] auto load hostname.ini" too ?

Explanation of the idea:
- if i would provide xy.ini's named referring to Hostname or %ComputerName% like HomePC.ini and CompPC.ini
AND
- if i had this option checked
then XY will check for the current hostname and auto load the right ini for me

Additional:
Perhaps this is interesting enough to do the same with %UserName%?

[TheQwerty]

How about to add an option like "[ ] auto load hostname.ini" too ?

Explanation of the idea:
- if i would provide xy.ini's named referring to Hostname or %ComputerName% like HomePC.ini and CompPC.ini
AND
- if i had this option checked
then XY will check for the current hostname and auto load the right ini for me

Couldn't you just use the environment variable in a shortcut or batch file that launches XY?

[Stefan]

How about to add an option like "[ ] auto load hostname.ini" too ?

Explanation of the idea:
- if i would provide xy.ini's named referring to Hostname or %ComputerName% like HomePC.ini and CompPC.ini
AND
- if i had this option checked
then XY will check for the current hostname and auto load the right ini for me

Couldn't you just use the environment variable in a shortcut or batch file that launches XY?

killjoy

Sure, i could. But should i? Is this the proper way to work with XY in an company environment?

Let's say i would use XY on an Thump-Drive on PC like myWorkstation and WebServer1 and FileServer2
should i buy XY and handle then again with CMDs files? Come on...

Other thing would be using XY-event OnLoad and script-command LoadConfig...