Some workflow enhancers

[Pagat]

I will add "standalone aliases" prefixed with @, and they will be added to 9.20.

Hurray!

indeed

How will we be able to define the aliases? List Management?

[TheQwerty]

I agree with what's been seemingly decided so far, Don, but I think I'd like to see: @aliasName[=value]

So the aliasName cannot contain @ or =.
Then in any goto we can use:
"@aliasName" to goto/execute value.
"@aliasName=value" to define aliasName as an alias to value.
"@aliasName=" to clear/undefine aliasName.

And ideally there will be an Alias List in List Management.

then you could do this in the address bar:
C:\@w@\system32

This should still be somewhat possible, in that there should be two new fields for GetInfo & <get ...>:
GetInfo("AliasList", [Delimiter]) which would return the list of all aliases as "@aliasName=value[delimiter]..."
GetInfo("AliasValue", aliasName) which would return just the alias' value.

[admin]

I agree with what's been seemingly decided so far, Don, but I think I'd like to see: @aliasName[=value]

So the aliasName cannot contain @ or =.
Then in any goto we can use:
"@aliasName" to goto/execute value.
"@aliasName=value" to define aliasName as an alias to value.
"@aliasName=" to clear/undefine aliasName.

And ideally there will be an Alias List in List Management.

then you could do this in the address bar:
C:\@w@\system32

This should still be somewhat possible, in that there should be two new fields for GetInfo & <get ...>:
GetInfo("AliasList", [Delimiter]) which would return the list of all aliases as "@aliasName=value[delimiter]..."
GetInfo("AliasValue", aliasName) which would return just the alias' value.

Excellent!

[admin]

Done!

[TheQwerty]

Done!

Nearly! Seems you missed:

GetInfo("AliasList", [Delimiter]) which would return the list of all aliases as "@aliasName=value[delimiter]..."

My first alias (to make it easier to create more):

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@@=::Goto('@' . Input("Create New Alias","Enter an alias name (without @) for: <curpath>","<curfolder>",'s') . "=<curpath>");

[sandra]

Great, thank you so much, Don!

Would it be possible, to make them work in the CopyTo/MoveTo Dialogue, please?

[admin]

Done!

Nearly! Seems you missed:

GetInfo("AliasList", [Delimiter]) which would return the list of all aliases as "@aliasName=value[delimiter]..."

For what?

[TheQwerty]

Done!

Nearly! Seems you missed:

GetInfo("AliasList", [Delimiter]) which would return the list of all aliases as "@aliasName=value[delimiter]..."

For what?

Alternative means of managing them.. I don't know, but I'm sure I could come up with something eventually...

Perhaps more preferable would be a new function GetList(ListName[, Delimiter]); which could work with all of the List Manager's children.

[admin]

Done!

Nearly! Seems you missed:

GetInfo("AliasList", [Delimiter]) which would return the list of all aliases as "@aliasName=value[delimiter]..."

For what?

Alternative means of managing them.. I don't know, but I'm sure I could come up with something eventually...

Perhaps more preferable would be a new function GetList(ListName[, Delimiter]); which could work with all of the List Manager's children.

Never mind, but I'll keep that for later...

Your idea of defining the aliases right in the address bar was very cool -- thanks for that!

[admin]

Would it be possible, to make them work in the CopyTo/MoveTo Dialogue, please?

Hmmm... wait a minute... what are you trying to do? If you are looking for a quick (alias-based) way to copy the selected list items to a particular folder, I would rather write a one-liner using scripting command copyto, and then map this onto an alias. E.g.

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@t=focus list; copyto "C:\Test\Target\";

[admin]

My first alias (to make it easier to create more):

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@@=::Goto('@' . Input("Create New Alias","Enter an alias name (without @) for: <curpath>","<curfolder>",'s') . "=<curpath>");

Wild thing!

[Stefan]

Great new feature, thanks!

Announcement

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v9.11.0012 - 2010-05-27 13:09
      Usage Of Aliases:
      Aliases can be added, edited, or removed directly through the Address Bar:
        Shift+Ctrl+A to access address bar
        @AliasName=value    define AliasName as an alias to value
                            adds a new alias or overwrites any existing alias of the same name
        @AliasName          goto/execute value associated with AliasName
        @AliasName=         undefine AliasName (= remove it)

Read more...

First tests

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@=::#633;                        //open "Tools / List Management / Aliases..."
n=::run notepad;               //start notepad
N=::$a = "<curpath>\" . input("New file name without .txt") .  ".txt"; new $a, file; run notepad $a;  //create new file
new=::#230;                    //opens default "New... " - dialog
u=::goto "%UserProfile%"; // goto C:\Documents and Settings\<cur username>
U=::Load "UserMenu";       //run an script

We need an new thread: Share your aliases

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[sandra]

Hmmm... wait a minute... what are you trying to do? If you are looking for a quick (alias-based) way to copy the selected list items to a particular folder, I would rather write a one-liner using scripting command copyto, and then map this onto an alias. E.g.

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@t=focus list; copyto "C:\Test\Target\";

Wow, I didn't know that such things are already possible. Great feature. Thank you very much, Don.

[admin]

Hmmm... wait a minute... what are you trying to do? If you are looking for a quick (alias-based) way to copy the selected list items to a particular folder, I would rather write a one-liner using scripting command copyto, and then map this onto an alias. E.g.

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@t=focus list; copyto "C:\Test\Target\";

Wow, I didn't know that such things are already possible. Great feature. Thank you very much, Don.

Actually I should have added the :: script marker:

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@t=::focus list; copyto "C:\Test\Target\";

Without :: the script only works when you set the tweak ScriptSmartDetect=1 in the INI.

[admin]

BTW, I just enhanced the copyto command. In the next version you can drop the focus list; line and do this:

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::copyto "C:\Test\Target\", ":list";