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lastnikita wrote:that was it, works fine with latest build, thanks.
would be cool to be able to name them, I'll check the catalog option meanwhile..
last one, any syntax for hiding folder this way please ?
(so I can group all of those under catalog)

\|a* = Show all folders and all files beginning with a
\|!* = Show all folders
*|a* = Show all files and all folders beginning with a
*|!* = Show all files

admin wrote: Good ?

lastnikita wrote: any syntax for hiding folder this way please ?
(so I can group all of those under catalog)

    "&Filter Current Selection"
       end 0==getinfo("CountSelected"), "No selection !", 1;
       replace $sel, report('"{Name}"|', 1), "[", "[[]";
       replace $sel, $sel, "#", "[#]";
       filter $sel;
       status "Selection filtered";

::sel f;
  end 0==getinfo("CountSelected"), "No selection !", 1;
  replace $sel, report('"{Name}"|', 1), "[", "[[]";
  replace $sel, $sel, "#", "[#]";
  filter $sel;
  status "Selection filtered";
  sel i

jjk wrote:

admin wrote: Good ?

This seems perfect. TIA.

admin wrote:Good?

jacky wrote:

admin wrote:Good?

Yeah. And just for the record, if someone is trying to show all files and only files, aka hide folders, there's no need to use any VF, just disable option "Show folders in list" under ConfigGeneral (also available on Toolbar as button "Hide Folders") and folders don't show on List.

admin wrote:There is none yet. But if I'm not wrong I could add one, namely to prefix "*|" for this. Since * would be nonsense as a normal VF there are no ambiguities.

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\|a* = Show all folders and all files beginning with a
\|!* = Show all folders
*|a* = Show all files and all folders beginning with a
*|!* = Show all files

Good?

\|a* = All Folders; Files beginning with a
\|!* = All Folders; No FIles
\a*|* = Folders beginning with a; All Files
\!*|* = No Folders; All Files
\a*|a* = Folders beginning with a; Files beginning with a (Is this even possible with your syntax?)

TheQwerty wrote:

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\a*|a* = Folders beginning with a; Files beginning with a (Is this even possible with your syntax?)

admin wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:

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\a*|a* = Folders beginning with a; Files beginning with a (Is this even possible with your syntax?)

Sure: a*

admin wrote:Already implemented & documented. See near the bottom of this page: http://www.xyplorer.com/release_7.90.htm#0100

admin wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:

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\a*|a* = Folders beginning with a; Files beginning with a (Is this even possible with your syntax?)

Sure: a*

admin wrote:I think the current syntax is very simple and sufficient for all practical purposes. I don't see much use in applying different patterns to folders and files. But it's good that one can now easily show all folders while filtering the files.

TheQwerty wrote:

admin wrote:

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\|a* = Show all folders and all files beginning with a
\|!* = Show all folders
*|a* = Show all files and all folders beginning with a
*|!* = Show all files

Good?

Quite frankly... no. What was wrong with the syntax I suggested?

Then you could have:

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\|a* = All Folders; Files beginning with a
\|!* = All Folders; No FIles
\a*|* = Folders beginning with a; All Files
\!*|* = No Folders; All Files
\a*|a* = Folders beginning with a; Files beginning with a 

TheQwerty wrote:

admin wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:

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\a*|a* = Folders beginning with a; Files beginning with a (Is this even possible with your syntax?)

Sure: a*

Doh.. But "\b*|a*" isn't possible.

admin wrote:I think the current syntax is very simple and sufficient for all practical purposes. I don't see much use in applying different patterns to folders and files. But it's good that one can now easily show all folders while filtering the files.

I think it's very confusing to overload * with so many different meanings.

It can mean only apply the following patterns to folders.
It can be a wildcard to allow anything.
It can be in a regular expression to allow 0 or more of the last group/character.
It can be in a regular expression as itself (pointless but possible).

This makes documenting its use more difficult, and it's much more awkward for the user.
Further, if you ever do see a use in applying different patterns to files and folders, you've made it harder to take that step.

The other advantage of the syntax I suggested is it is much more inline with the rules already being applied in PFA/POM.

!\|*.txt -> show no folders and only text files

jacky wrote:hmm.. acc. to TheQwerty's syntax, wouldn't this show no folders and only text files ?

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\!*|*.txt

He doesn't seem to be using the "!" for the full pattern but one for folders and another one for files: (which means it's not like the usual way and thus could get gets confusing, one thinking it's stops at the pipe sign or something...)

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\|!* = All Folders; No FIles
\!*|* = No Folders; All Files

Not that I like this syntax better, or not, I'm just saying. AFAIC the current way allows for most common stuff, and to do things like exclude all folders AND filter the files I personally would use the "Hide Folders" TB icon, as for filtering files and folders differently, honestly, I don't think I ever do that.

\!*|*.txt

!\|*.txt

admin wrote:This

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\!*|*.txt

would not work with the current implementation or documented rules because the ! operator is applied on the term level, not the whole expression. I would have to rewrite the whole thing and the documentation. VF works as it is since many years now - I don't see the need to rewrite everything just to be able to accomplish to filter folders and files by different filters at the same time.

admin wrote:"Hide Folders" TB icon is okay, but as I said before, works globally. Instead, it might be nice to have a tab (or Favorite etc) pointing at TXT files and hiding all folders. This pattern (available from next version) is an easy and quite intuitive way to achieve this, I think:

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!\|*.txt

!*|a*