TrackerV3 ver 3.60.0030, released 08-Sep-2004

[Bjorn Simonsen]

Another thing that comes to mind (a suggestion only, feel free to
ignore is if you add a "keep on top" - then also add a "duplicate
window" option under the view menu. The duplicate window option would
launch a separate copy of TrackerV3 - initially based on the current
settings of the current copy.

Another idea (again feel free to..) if possible? - to implement a
optional dual pane feature in the Panel window. A separate tab there
named "File browser", "second pane" or something, that brings up a
copy of the main navigation pane (left) and file pane (right), that
temporarily replaces the whole Panel - or shows up inside it - and
acts independently from the main. Thus - a "on demand" dual pane (or
pain view. Difficult perhaps, since this will probably also require
one can resize the Panel window, which - as I understand it is not
possible right now (or did I just miss it?).

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
- pushing dual pain..eh..pane

 

[Donald Lessau]

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Both your ideas have already come to me before exactly as you stated them!
As you guessed, to do things like this is more than just plug-in the idea
and rock. If it would be a simple thing I would have done it long ago -- if
only to attract the brotherhood of dual-paners *IF* I ever do it, it will
be the panel solution.

Difficult perhaps, since this will probably also require
one can resize the Panel window, which - as I understand it is not
possible right now (or did I just miss it?).

Oh, of course you can! Either drag a horizontal splitter with the mouse, or
press Shift+F12 to toggle min/max size of the panel.

Donald

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

Both your ideas have already come to me before exactly as you stated them!

I should have guessed. Five years of user requests, not much you have
not heard before

As you guessed, to do things like this is more than just plug-in the idea
and rock. If it would be a simple thing I would have done it long ago -- if
only to attract the brotherhood of dual-paners *IF* I ever do it, it will
be the panel solution.

Plug-in and rock, sounds like a good idea!

Oh, of course you can! Either drag a horizontal splitter with the mouse, or
press Shift+F12 to toggle min/max size of the panel.

Thanks, I noticed the horizontal, but not the vertical (Shift F12).
Nice! In the context of my "nothing new under the sun" idea, I meant
you need vertical drag/split option similar to the horizontal one.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Donald Lessau]

Thanks, I noticed the horizontal, but not the vertical (Shift F12).
Nice! In the context of my "nothing new under the sun" idea, I meant
you need vertical drag/split option similar to the horizontal one.

When I say "horizontal splitter" I mean the one that goes from left to right
(like the horizont), but you call that "vertical" because (vertical) heights
are changed. So, in your terms, there *is* a "vertical drag/split" to resize
the panel by mouse right at the bottom of the statusbar, 3 pixels high.

Donald

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

When I say "horizontal splitter" I mean the one that goes from left to right
(like the horizont), but you call that "vertical" because (vertical) heights
are changed.

You are right about that.

So, in your terms, there *is* a "vertical drag/split" to resize
the panel by mouse right at the bottom of the statusbar, 3 pixels high.

I missed that one, found it now when carefully mousing over it.
I think last time I looked I was focusing on the "line" above (top of
status bar, not bottom). Maybe since I did not recognize the status
bar as a separat entity as such (it isn't, is it?), but part of the
Panel. Seemed only natural to me that the splitter, if any, would be
located on top of the Panel. In other words did not find it where I
expected it, and did not expect it where I found it Maybe you could
color (black) the line that "triggers" the splitter, or indicate tiny
by up/down arrows on both sides.

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

Maybe since I did not recognize the status
bar as a separat entity as such (it isn't, is it?), but part of the
Panel. Seemed only natural to me that the splitter, if any, would be
located on top of the Panel.

On the other hand, the way it is makes sense when I turn the Panel
off.

All the best
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Antoine]

Since 1 week, TrackerV3 has a brand new installer, and the only
thing it actually "installs" is the uninstall information, so it's
not very harmful. The no-install-unzip-and-copy version is gone
since.

Hello Donald,

I have just played with the file manager you have developped. I have
come across a strange situation : when I activate the display of
folder size in file list and choose a rather big folder (about 10 Gb
big) with lots of folders below and then try to change the width of
columns (ext, size, ...) I get an error : "Run time error 13 : type
mismatch".

I am running WinXP HE SP2 FR

 

[Donald Lessau]

I have just played with the file manager you have developped. I have
come across a strange situation : when I activate the display of
folder size in file list and choose a rather big folder (about 10 Gb
big) with lots of folders below and then try to change the width of
columns (ext, size, ...) I get an error : "Run time error 13 : type
mismatch".

Hi Antoine,

thank you! That will be fixed in the next version.

Donald

 

[William Day]

Hi Antoine,

thank you! That will be fixed in the next version.

Donald

I had very awkward thing happen yesterday (using XP)...after being
awed by the built in viewer and other features, I decided to test the
search. I set it to a lower level directory, and did a search on one
word of text in some large directories where I knew the word appeared
several times.....it started and the hourglass appeared, and the amber
light flashed with activity and it seemed to go much longer than a
search should have taken.....and then everything froze. The light quit
flashing and nothing would work...not even alt/ctrl/del! I had to
reboot the machine. I have not re-tried a search since.....is this a
fluke, or something you need to check?

 

[Donald Lessau]

I had very awkward thing happen yesterday (using XP)...after being
awed by the built in viewer and other features, I decided to test the
search. I set it to a lower level directory, and did a search on one
word of text in some large directories where I knew the word appeared
several times.....it started and the hourglass appeared, and the amber
light flashed with activity and it seemed to go much longer than a
search should have taken.....and then everything froze. The light quit
flashing and nothing would work...not even alt/ctrl/del! I had to
reboot the machine. I have not re-tried a search since.....is this a
fluke, or something you need to check?

Hi William,

"awkward"... it's sounds horrible! "not even alt/ctrl/del" is something I
never managed to achieve since I have XP (> 2 years). It sounds nearly
impossible. I'll check that tonight. How large was that directory, how many
files, how many bytes?

Donald

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

I decided to test the
search. I set it to a lower level directory, and did a search on one
word of text in some large directories where I knew the word appeared
several times.....it started and the hourglass appeared, and the amber
light flashed with activity and it seemed to go much longer than a
search should have taken.....and then everything froze.

Tried turning off resident AV-scanner if any? Possible conflict?

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Donald Lessau]

I had very awkward thing happen yesterday (using XP)...

hi again,

I could not find any problems. I scanned 1300 files (112MB total, 24MB
largest file) for a 5-letter word, and that took me about 1 minute (12
hits). Yes, scanning for content takes a while.
Nevertheless, I made a little change here: gave some more air to the
scanning routines, which means there will be less apparent freezing during
the scan. You should give it another try with the coming version

Donald

 

[Franklin]

As for freeware dual pane File-Managers (some with
dual pane as an option, others fixed), here are some
some alternative to look at:

Are there any reviews of these tools?

There are far too many too look though each one and try it out even half-
properly!

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

Are there any reviews of these tools?

Have seen a few over the years, but not any recently or at least non
that I can recall right now ...Google might help.

There are far too many too look though each one and try it out even half-
properly!

Try a goggle search restricted to this group and search
on each of the program names. Several of the FMs mentioned have been
under discussion here:
<http://google.com/advanced_group_search?q=%+group:alt.comp.freeware&num=100&scoring=d>
Even if you only search on one name, you are likely to find some
pro&con info about some of the others in the same threads...

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[William Day]

hi again,

I could not find any problems. I scanned 1300 files (112MB total, 24MB
largest file) for a 5-letter word, and that took me about 1 minute (12
hits). Yes, scanning for content takes a while.
Nevertheless, I made a little change here: gave some more air to the
scanning routines, which means there will be less apparent freezing during
the scan. You should give it another try with the coming version

Donald

ok...I have been busy, but I will try some more tests and watch for
new versions....I do like the product, and will probably use it more
for other things than file searches.

thanks for the response! (yes, that is the ONLY time I have had XP
freeze in my short few weeks with it....I had to look up how to
re-boot in the manual)

 

[William Day]

Hi William,

"awkward"... it's sounds horrible! "not even alt/ctrl/del" is something I
never managed to achieve since I have XP (> 2 years). It sounds nearly
impossible. I'll check that tonight. How large was that directory, how many
files, how many bytes?

Donald

to answer the question...I may have asked too much. I had a directory
of binary files (images of trees and wood, which I collect) I had a
text file describing some of them near the end of the directory, I
suspect the poor program got bogged down in all that non-linear data.
I just repeated the search starting at the text directory, and it
went quite fast.

Does it have any way to avoid NON text as it searches? (I am not a
programmer...) If it actually looks at the symbols making up images, I
can imagine problems in a search from C/

 

[Donald Lessau]

to answer the question...I may have asked too much. I had a directory
of binary files...

Binary files are no problem at all, it's all just bytes.
If you want to try the new BETA version (incl. a smoother content search):
http://www.trackerv3.com/download/TrackerV3_3.60_Install.zip

Donald

 

[Susan Bugher]

As for freeware dual pane File-Managers (some with
dual pane as an option, others fixed), here are some
some alternative to look at:

much later. . .

I finally got around to making a separate subcategory for dual-pane file
managers. I appreciate the help from you and others.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager:Dualpane

Susan

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

much later. . .

I finally got around to making a separate subcategory for dual-pane file
managers. I appreciate the help from you and others.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager:Dualpane

Nice,
<http://groups.google.com/[email protected]>
thank you

Will have a closer look, if not now, soon

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

 

[Bjorn Simonsen]

I finally got around to making a separate subcategory for dual-pane file
managers. I appreciate the help from you and others.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager:Dualpane

also dual pane:

2.01 File Manager WinFile.exe
2.01 File Manager GNU Midnight Commander port)) . . .
2.01 File Manager JExplorer

add:
FreeCommander (Version 2004.03)
<http://www.freecommander.com/fc_uebersicht_en.htm>

for now ....

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen