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What can Virtual Folders do?
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Re: What can Virtual Folders do?
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Re: What can Virtual Folders do?
No, just gives me an empty tab:
What am I doing wrong?
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What is in the clipboard? Should be files or folders.
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I rarely place complete files or folders on the clipboard. It’s usually snippets of text or images, so does that mean that they will not appear in this virtual folder?
After thinking about your response, I guess snippets of text or images are not in the file system, so therefore, they won’t appear in the virtual clipboard, is that correct?
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After thinking about your response, I guess snippets of text or images are not in the file system, so therefore, they won’t appear in the virtual clipboard, is that correct?
If so, I apologize for the bandwidth I’ve occupied here.
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Re: What can Virtual Folders do?
Allowed are files, folders, URLs, and one-line scripts.
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What constitutes a one line script? Does it have to be a file?
I’m wondering if there is a way to make text copied to the clipboard into some kind of “thing“ that XY will treat as a one line script.
I’m wondering if there is a way to make text copied to the clipboard into some kind of “thing“ that XY will treat as a one line script.
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Re: What can Virtual Folders do?
Don't worry about it. It's not even an official feature at the moment.
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Question to all: Should Virtual Folders only show items that exist?
It would make a difference e.g. with
It would make a difference e.g. with
vi:<get list_recentlyopenedfiles>
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Re: What can Virtual Folders do?
It's a bit like zombies in the paperfolder...
They can make sense and they can not. Maybe give :vi an option to show them but by default turn them off?
They can make sense and they can not. Maybe give :vi an option to show them but by default turn them off?
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Yep, probably / sadly true. I'll think about a way.
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I use Virtual Folders (actually only one so far), for the following thing:
I have several scripts that are located in various folders, for good reasons. And I use a virtual folder to access them all from the same "folder". This is quite useful.
I know I will use this feature for other similar reasons. I just have to find the time to set them up. To be honest, I am not amazed by new XY features for quite some time, but this one is an exception
I have several scripts that are located in various folders, for good reasons. And I use a virtual folder to access them all from the same "folder". This is quite useful.
I know I will use this feature for other similar reasons. I just have to find the time to set them up. To be honest, I am not amazed by new XY features for quite some time, but this one is an exception
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Thanks for the feedback!
Scripts and URLs will always pass the test-for-existence (in case I add that test).
Scripts and URLs will always pass the test-for-existence (in case I add that test).
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This does make sense. The nature of virtual folders does kind of make you believe the files/folders displayed should be currently existing... Then again... if you use virtual folders with a stationary list you should be aware that not all files/folders are existing (anymore)...
You won't expect paper folders to only show existing files/folders, and "list_recentlyopenedfiles" could very well be seen as a paper folder (or at least something similar... they are both lists of files... past and current.)
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Re: What can Virtual Folders do?
I'm currently experimenting with a syntax extension that allows to pack some switches into the VFO definition:
For example, this could be a way to explicitly allow zombies in <get list_recentlyopenedfiles> (if we default to not allowing zombies):
Looks good?
vi:[|space for switches|][the main definition]
For example, this could be a way to explicitly allow zombies in <get list_recentlyopenedfiles> (if we default to not allowing zombies):
vi:|z|<get list_recentlyopenedfiles>
Looks good?
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Looks perfect to me... Easy to understand... Backwards compatible... Everything you might want.admin wrote: ↑17 Feb 2023 14:00 I'm currently experimenting with a syntax extension that allows to pack some switches into the VFO definition:
vi:[|space for switches|][the main definition]
For example, this could be a way to explicitly allow zombies in <get list_recentlyopenedfiles> (if we default to not allowing zombies):
vi:|z|<get list_recentlyopenedfiles>
Looks good?