Seprate Scripts folder.

[gogogadgetscottOvr21]

I am working on creating a script that allows the user to quickly switch XYplorer profiles (my version of switching config files and Application Data Path). I have a folder called Profiles that contains a separate folder for each profile. This works great to allow quick access to custom Catalog, POM, etc.. However, I would like to use the same script folder for each profile. Ideally I would use the default Script folder as located in xypath. Is it possible to add a option in the config file that overrides the default script folder location?

Example tree structure:

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.\XYplorer
··· Scripts
··· Profiles
    ··· Main
        XYplorer.ini < contains line ScriptPath=.\Scripts >
        ··· FindTemplates
        ··· NewItems
        ··· Panes
    ··· Laptop
        XYplorer.ini < contains line ScriptPath=.\Scripts >
        ··· FindTemplates
        ··· NewItems
        ··· Panes
    ··· Sandbox
        XYplorer.ini < contains line ScriptPath=.\Profiles\Sandbox\Scripts >
        ··· FindTemplates
        ··· NewItems
        ··· Panes
        ··· Scripts

[PeterH]

This is a wide area.
For example I would like to use the same keyboard shortcuts in such situations. And I'm afraid there is - from user to user - very different need for such definitions. This can get rather complicated.

But it's right: scripting library is one of the most neccessary configuration resources to share.
And maybe the easiest, as XY itself has no need to write into.

[admin]

I like it. Added a tweak

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        [Settings]
        ScriptsPath=...

[gogogadgetscottOvr21]

I like it. Added a tweak

Great!!! Thank you.

[Stefan]

I like it. Added a tweak

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        [Settings]
        ScriptsPath=...

Yeah thanks.

Perhaps you also like:
NewItemsPath=...
DatsPath=...

Then i can use Startup.ini again
[AppData]
Path=%ComputerName%
;Path=%UserName%

with
[Settings]
ScriptsPath=..\Scripts
NewItemsPath=..\NewItems
DatsPath=<xypath>
in the %ComputerName%\XYplorer.ini


Because the user specific data like xy.ini and the panes folder and such
are then in sub-folders named as the host-/username
and the common files are in the main xy-folder then.

An step to keep temp data separately.

Example:

- PC001
- --FindTemplates
- --Panes
- --XYplorer.ini

- PC002
- --FindTemplates
- --Panes
- --XYplorer.ini

- NewItems common shared
- Scripts common shared
*.dat common shared
Startup.ini [AppData] Path=%ComputerName%
XYplorer.exe

[admin]

A step to keep temp data separately.

Yes, I plan such a separation since long. There are several ways to go about this, but it's not on my immediate todo list, so I will postpone thinking about this...

[PeterH]

I like it. Added a tweak

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        [Settings]
        ScriptsPath=...

I like it too. But it's bad

It's bad, as in the moments scripts don't know, where the scripts-folder is located. Till yesterday it was <xydata>\Scripts - now I'm afraid we need a new var <xyscripts>.

But as scripts should survive a new installation of win, I've moved \Scripts to a data partition already...
In other words: I really like it

PS If you do, for migration "scripters" could code for compatibility:

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   if ("<xyscript>" == '<xyscript>') { $xyscript = "<xydata>\Scripts" }
   else                              { $xyscript = "<xyscript>" } ;

(I never loved the difference between " and ' )

[Stefan]

It's bad, as in the moments scripts don't know, where the scripts-folder is located.

If i understood you right, this could aid you:

self $CurrentScripts_Path, path;
or
$CommonScriptPath = getkey("ScriptsPath", "Settings");

[PeterH]

It's bad, as in the moments scripts don't know, where the scripts-folder is located.

If i understood you right, this could aid you:

self $CurrentScripts_Path, path;
or
$CommonScriptPath = getkey("ScriptsPath", "Settings");

Thanks Stefan - good info!
It's not the same as the wished variable, but just that makes it so good
(The script could have been called from other location...)

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v8.80.0010 - 2010-01-06 12:00
    + New variable: <xyscripts> = XYplorer scripts path (unslashed).

And thanks Don for the new variable.