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j_c_hallgren wrote:And what value would one put for other apps in OpenWith?

Like Irfanview, etc?

admin wrote:[from v7.00.0009 onwards]

It took me 3 minutes to create something which will save me hours and hours from now on! Because now, when I dbl-click an Image file (or press Enter on it), I get a little popup menu that allows me to choose the app to open the image with! Here's how:

Step 1
Create a new script file called OpenImages.xys in a subfolder "Scripts" of your application data path. In my case this would be E:\XY\XYplorer\Scripts\.

Paste this into the file and save it:

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"Open Image(s) with &ACDSee"
  OpenWith ACDSee32, m;
"Open Image(s) with &ImageReady"
  OpenWith ImageReady;
"Open Image(s) with &Photoshop"
  OpenWith Photoshop;
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"Cancel"

Step 2
Open menu Tools | Customize File Associations... and create a new one looking like this:

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jpg;png;gif>::load <xydata>\Scripts\OpenImages.xys

That's it! Provided you have the applications that are referred to in OpenImages.xys, it should work for you just as it works for me.

serendipity wrote:Neat.

admin wrote:

serendipity wrote:Neat.

Yep, but it lead me to something even neater: tomorrow you get the same functionality even without any script file...

serendipity wrote:OK, the popup of user-defined list is cool, but I dont want it to appear on double-click. Because when i am going to click a file i already know what app i want to open it with and i would reserve double-click to open an item with default app (or first app in my created list). Typically right-click is for open-with (but right-click gives the regular context menu), so how about shift or ctrl right-click?

regexreplace $ext, <curext>, "(avi|mpg|vob|ts)", "OpenVideos";
 regexreplace $ext, $ext, "(jpe*g|png|gif|bmp)", "OpenPictures";
 regexreplace $ext, $ext, "(doc|xls)", "OpenOffice";
 regexreplace $ext, $ext, "^(?!Open).+", "OpenCommon";
 msg "load $ext;";

serendipity wrote:OK, the popup of user-defined list is cool, but I dont want it to appear on double-click. Because when i am going to click a file i already know what app i want to open it with and i would reserve double-click to open an item with default app (or first app in my created list). Typically right-click is for open-with (but right-click gives the regular context menu), so how about shift or ctrl right-click?
or, like there is the revolutionary new items, how about showing custom apps in the regular "right-click>open with" depending on filetype?

j_c_hallgren wrote:

serendipity wrote:OK, the popup of user-defined list is cool, but I dont want it to appear on double-click. Because when i am going to click a file i already know what app i want to open it with and i would reserve double-click to open an item with default app (or first app in my created list). Typically right-click is for open-with (but right-click gives the regular context menu), so how about shift or ctrl right-click?
or, like there is the revolutionary new items, how about showing custom apps in the regular "right-click>open with" depending on filetype?

Well...I have four choices for JPG via the M$ OS "Open With" context menu (IE/IrfanView/Paint.Net/Elements), but I created a script like above instead....why? Because...on my touchpad, I can now access the desired pgrm via tapping only without having to do a right-click and then moving down thru the menu to get there, so it's definitely quicker!

Even though it doesn't automatically open a default pgrm, it's only a very short movement to the first entry in list and one more tap, and I'm there but I also had the choice available with no unusual finger movements.

So...if y'all can make it even better, fine, but please don't make it harder than it is now, as then I'll be back to the way it was before...and be