Don't even need the "*" in visual filter -- "11" works just fine.armsys wrote:Absolutely agree. Thanks, Jerry.Jerry wrote:Easier to just do Ctrl-J (set visual filter) and enter 11*.
Not always. I have 3 files that begin with 00 and if I don't include the *, I end up also seeing all the other files containing 00 somewhere in the name.avsfan wrote: Don't even need the "*" in visual filter -- "11" works just fine.
Exactly -- which is why I'd love to see a tweak to enable the simple, consistent behavior...Jerry wrote:Not always. I have 3 files that begin with 00 and if I don't include the *, I end up also seeing all the other files containing 00 somewhere in the name.avsfan wrote: Don't even need the "*" in visual filter -- "11" works just fine.
My problem with the * approach that Don has decided on, is that it asks the minority (I will assume) of XYplorer users who don't want the quirky standard behavior to do something special every time it's a problem, instead of simply allowing it to be turned off once as their default. It also complicates what I think everybody here would agree should remain be a simple mechanism, and sets an undesirable precedent for introducing other sorts of behavior, with different marker characters or other search syntax. Once you open the door a little...
Fully agree with the first part. Believe me, I've been a paid user of XY for well over 7 years now, and there's nothing else that can touch it!armsys wrote:XYPlorer is already the most sophisticated file manager in the known universe.
Making it furhter unncessarily complex may hurt Don's revenue.
Always boldly seek out innovative ways to enhanace productivity while keeping the functionality plainly simple and fast.
Just my 2 cents.
Of course, debates should always be encouraged. Thanks, Avsfan.avsfan wrote:Adding a tweak won't make it more complex from a user's perspective -- it only adds power to those who want it. That's why I asked for a tweak!
What would the simple, consistent behaviour be?avsfan wrote:Exactly -- which is why I'd love to see a tweak to enable the simple, consistent behavior...
Precisely what Jerry was describing -- that hitting the same key twice (such as "11") will jump to the first occurrence of that double character (i.e. the first occurrence of "11") rather than the second occurrence of that character (i.e. the second occurrence of "1") as is currently the case.Marco wrote:What would the simple, consistent behaviour be?avsfan wrote:Exactly -- which is why I'd love to see a tweak to enable the simple, consistent behavior...
And while I may not use this feature, having a "behave like WE"/"behave like XY" toggle in this case makes perfect sense and gives user option for their preferred style.avsfan wrote:Having "11" jump to the second occurrence of "1" is completely inconsistent with the way the rest of how XY's TAF functionality works. However, it *is* apparently consistent with the way WE works. That's why I'm asking for a tweak -- I'd like XY to be completely self-consistent *for me* (and for anyone else who wants it to work that way), which will allow the current behavior for those who expect XY to work the way WE does.
Personally, I don't really care what WE does -- XY's way is better!
Hm. 
You know, I will give you the tweak just to show you that the current behavior does make sense. You will thank me for not adding that tweak as a feature. 
Agree absolutely.avsfan wrote:Personally, I don't really care what WE does -- XY's way is better!
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Type Ahead Find: Now you can press * (asterisk) as end-of-pattern marker. Using this you can find "aa" by typing "aa*". Before it was not possible to find "aa" because repeated letters are treated as individual patterns by common Windows standards.
Note that * is NOT a wildcard in this context, and of course it is not part of the pattern.
Note that "a*a" will work as well, so * could also be called end-of-repeated-character-counts-as-new-pattern-mode marker.