XYplorer Beta Club

hope i tested everything i tried yesterday, and i must say it now works, but still not 100%!
i found 2 flaws that need polish.

1. in script i was testing with, i use tab() to pre-create tab to have ability to rename it. don't know since what beta, but it started to misunderstand if icon is specified along the name. now it leads to taking icon statement as a filter pattern > before it normally added icon to tab >
2. actually quite strange "flaw" and i'm not even sure if it's "a bug or a feature".
if "Explicit Save Only" is ON(Autosave OFF) and non-existing paperfolder is used in script, XY creates one and saves it with items(just like if autosave would be ON). if consider it a bug, XY shouldn't create new paperfolder, and of course shouldn't save anything in it.

OR if you can make vise-versa behavior, this can become an incarnation of [named] idea.! I remember you said [named] could break old scripts = well this "flaw" can become an exception for both and no names involved.
Algorithm 1::
"Explicit Save Only" is ticked(Autosave OFF), any used paperfolders aren't saved and "temporary", BUT if non-existened paperfolder is used in script - it is created and saved(scripting way to make save even when autosave is off)[that's what happens now, as a bug]
Algorithm 2::
"Explicit Save Only" is not Ticked(Autosave ON), any used paperfolder is saved, BUT if non-existened paperfolder is used - it is not created and not saved just shown as temporary tab(an incarnation of [named] exception idea)
..or you can just fix it as described in the beginning of 2.

I'll answer part 1 if no one minds, yet again it seems you aren't reading the help file for the command you are using, what tab("new") takes as a parameter is a location not a CAPTION, so instead you would want something like this:

The script should look like this to make the rename+icon work: The other issue is actually as advertised: There has to be a PF source file. I might find a way to even remove this condition. Some day...

... PS: Next beta that source file will be empty.

OK, jupe, you beat me by one minute.

jupe wrote: ↑10 Mar 2021 19:28 again it seems you aren't reading the help file for the command you are using, what tab("new") takes as a parameter is a location not a CAPTION

my bad, i do read Help file for sure, just sometimes experiments results give me "wrong knowledge = though tab("new", "delete+|:del"); is wrong, it did rename the tab, so i didn't understand i used it wrong. practice teaches me better than theory, and if it wouldn't set "delete+" name i would notice it's wrong and search for reason.

admin wrote: ↑10 Mar 2021 19:29The other issue is actually as advertised: There has to be a PF source file. I might find a way to even remove this condition. Some day...

so it's intended, i see. then probably we can say "Temporary Paper Folders" are born and working.
p.s. if one day you find a way to remove that condition and maybe make tab stay(not clear on switching tabs), that would be real Virtual PF coming. but for now what's done is already good and practical.)