questions about commands

[goyalyashpal]

Thanks for these 😊

• Thanks a lottt for the command palette, i just recently discovered it in sumatra just 3-5 days ago.
• also found out from the command palette, that sumatra also has "scroll by half screen" feature (though, im-humble-o wrongly named as half page, but anyway). i was longing for such a thing ever since i discovered it in sioyek pdf reader some weeks ago. thanks for that too...

Question

I wanted to ask, is there a command which:

1. while opening a new document, sets the directory to same as that of current pdf? or alternatively, some command on the lines of "Open from recent directories" where sumatra populates the recent directory list?

Found at other place:

1. Home Page Favorites #3077 (comment) by 🔍: recent screen:
   opening the "frequently read" home page in a new tab even when there're some documents already open?

[GitHubRulesOK]

Hmm open files current directory was easiest as F2 (rename) then select another file to open and cancel the rename, you got both tabs HOWEVER there is a risk of unwittingly renaming current file by premature selection so now File Show in Folder is safer for picking and open nearby files.

[GitHubRulesOK]

I was spoilt as a child by Xtree so nothing better since, however have had to use windows since the day Dos6 died its certainly slow to get used to Windows3 over 30 decades and now the printer explorer has been bugbeared about in WinDos11 too, but that's progress (NOT)

[tactilis]

"...over 30 decades"

Wow. You are old. 😉

[goyalyashpal]

I will look into Xtree, do you know any FOSS clone/alternate to it?

searching now on alternativeto:
https://alternativeto.net/software/ztreewin/?license=opensource

Also, can you answer my question at other thread: #3077 (comment) ??

[GitHubRulesOK]

"...over 30 decades"

Wow. You are old. 😉

yes like DOS well past EOL am writing from my Egyptian Tomb :-) I used paper tape and punch cards when starting with computers they cost mort than a house (portable was a trunk needing a truck to be luggable) and we had to learn the hard ware way.

[goyalyashpal]

hey @GitHubRulesOK

These TUI file explorers or commanders: NNN and Midnight commanders are available on windows via msys2. I think these may fit your need. Do try them out and share ur experiences 😃

After u have installed msys2, here's how to install these packages:

• pacman -Sy nnn
• pacman -Sy mc

[goyalyashpal]

So, can i change the program used (currently explorer) in File > Show in folder or Ctrl K > Show File In Folder... to something else fantasizing thinkin

[kjk]

@yashpalgoyal1304 Could you expand on your use case i.e. what that "something else" is and why would it be better than Show File In Folder...

Here are some possible soloutions:

1. We have notion of external viewers https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/docs/Customize-external-viewers

If I added e.g. %d for "directory in which current file is", you could configure external viewer that is some kind of file manager and open it in the directory

2. Currently commands don't take arguments but I could extend command system to take arguments, add a "exec" command and a way to specify file name, file directory etc. It would be like external viewer but via commands

3. notepad2 has it's own mini-file explorer (metapath) which opens files in notepad2, which is more efficient that traditional File / Open. I've been thinking about doing something similar for sumatra.

In fact, I could implement all 3 above.

But I would like to understand your use case first.

[goyalyashpal]

hi! thanks a lot for such a detailed reply. and considering my suggestion.

you could configure external viewer that is some kind of file manager

1. basically yeah, i want to open the current directory in some other file manager
   specifically: doublecmd for now, ^{(commandline documentation for myself)}
   as i don't want to use the stupid slow and dumb Microsoft Explorer.

2. thinking of commands, following code block (for external viewer config) worked 😆
   but it doesn't populate in the command palette.

	[
		CommandLine = "doublecmd.exe" "%1\.."
		Name = doublecmd
	]

3. umh, i don't quite understand the second point on commands with arguments 😅

3. notepad2 has it's own mini-file explorer (metapath)

4. yeah, i'd guess that will be a nice addition too - will probably suite more people...
   but personally, my preference will be the 1st point

---

just for records,

- notepad2 has a successor: rizonsesoft/notepad3 - maybe that'd help you in getting source or latest version

- the minipath in notepad3 can be accessed by "File > Browse" Ctrl + m. The "File > Launch > Open with..." Alt + l is also probably same

[kjk]

I just implemented 1) i.e. in latest pre-release (available in about an hour) you can use %d to mean directory in which file is located.

I've also added built-in open directory in explorer external viewer.

I could also add auto-detection of popular file managers (including total commander) as built-ins, so that you don't have to configure them manually and they would show up in command palette.

[goyalyashpal]

76b9e5f

👍

[kjk]

Added auto-detection of Total Commander and Directory Opus and their commands so now you can use Command Palette to invoke them.

Assumes they're installed in the same directory as on my machine, which is "C:\Program Files\totalcmd\TOTALCMD64.EXE"

[goyalyashpal]

with 1.4k ⭐ stars on github, is doublecmd popular enough? for introduction, it's native (as against java or electron), lightweight, FOSS, cross platform, keyboard oriented, and orthodox...

i am not really good with judging popularity - i mean, we all do have some kind of bubble right 😅. so, just asking ur opinion!

[kjk]

Actually, I mis-read total vs. double in your post.

Added support for Double Commander as well.

Does Double Commander has a open in existing window command-line arg and should I add it?

Currently it'll launch a new window every time, which might not be the best option.

[goyalyashpal]

Currently it'll launch a new window every time, which might not be the best option.

yeah, i was thinking same.... tried searching the site for the documentation - stumbled upon the above mentioned source, but couldn't track what's it destination site 😅

the doublecmd website seems to be split in 3 parts

i am trying to find it, will update with any conclusive result

[goyalyashpal]

yeah, found it:

-C or --client | If Double Commander is already running, activate it and pass the path(s) in the command line to that instance.

the source i stumbled upon #3178 (reply in thread) was correct - it's destination is this: https://doublecmd.github.io/doc/en/commandline.html

[kjk]

Thanks, added --client option to double commander, seems to work.

[GitHubRulesOK]

@kjk
many way for external cmd to split old %1filepath or use old %page# so more useful has always been
how to send current word or text $election to local application not just via external web selection
the icing would be current X&Y or selection xywh

[goyalyashpal]

what? hi spammer 👋

[tactilis]

I'm just promoting my tools

Don't. You are spamming a SumatraPDF Reader topic that has nothing to do with Notion.

[shohag-hawlader]

How to remove this post.

[GitHubRulesOK]

@goyalyashpal @tactilis @shohag-hawlader
thanks
should now be marked as spam ?
I think only @kjk has a higher authority to remove parts of thread