Alternative Menu

[damat]

I have reorganized menu of TC UP to make it more readable and logic (for myself at least). First of all, I have sorted commands alphabetically; then added separators to make "gropus" of commands; and finally renamed popups for more sence. Also you can find my hotkeys in the menu: unfortunately, TC can't insert shortcuts for the commands automatically.

Several minor tweaks like modified Configuration menu are also done, but they are too minor to speak about them.

WCMD_ENG.MNU file is attached, unzip it and copy to LANGUAGE folder (save original file first!!!)

[damat]

Have anyone tried it? 33 views, no response, why?

[Cimpr]

Well I did and I have to say, it's pretty good! ;-) Thanks

[damat]

Cimpr, thanks, man! =)

I thought that it would be a 100% hit, since it really nice and cool. But it seems like I have mistaken.

105 views = 1 feedback. Hmm... =)

[Cimpr]

Too bad for them, I'm definitely gonna using it! ;-)

[fenixproductions]

I thought that it would be a 100% hit, since it really nice and cool. But it seems like I have mistaken.

"Nice" depends on user. As an example: my MNU is the best for me but you would rather hate it. Why? Because from time to time I am removing items for which I am sure I remembered shortcuts. One day there will be no menu at all

[damat]

I can't agree with that: menu should be as detailed as possible. It should be a persistent reminder for you what the program can do and what are the shortcuts. For the moment, TC UP is too big to use it only with shortcuts.
But if you don't need menu, since you are advanced user, you should have an option to hide it OR to switch to minimized variant. Hiding is impossible, but I hope that menu switching can be done.

[fenixproductions]

Hiding is impossible, but I hope that menu switching can be done.

Wrong, hiding is possible. Not with cm_XXX but with wincmd.ini.
AFAIR you need an empty MNU file and some of these options set:

RestrictInterface=
Disable parts of the user interface. Just build the sum of the following options:
1=Start menu
2=Command line
4=Buttonbar change
8=Drive right click menu
16=File right click menu
32=Directory hotlist change
64=FTP (CTRL+N, CTRL+F)
128=ENTER key (run programs, open files)
256=File system plugins

Although it's not comfortable solution so I prefer to remove not needed entries. This is the best for me. If I have to share my PC with other people I would rather create separate INI for them with default (or better) menus. Currently I can afford myself to be egoistic :p

PS. This page shows what can be done:
http://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php?tit..._interface

[damat]

New day, new knowledge, thanks.

So, you didn't like my version at all? Too detailed?

[fenixproductions]

So, you didn't like my version at all? Too detailed?

They are too large for my taste. I'd would be nice to have alternative version with some sub-menus but even then I doubt I will use it because I've got my own configuration which was working for me for years. Well, I don't even use TC UP.

Additionally, you've got duplicated shortcuts:

English and Foreign menu have different item count!
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Duplicate hotkey "n" on the following two lines:
&Network
&NTFS
Free hotkeys: bdeghijklmopqrtuvxyz
Duplicate hotkey "c" on the following two lines:
&Commands
&Confuguration
Free hotkeys: bdeghijklmoqruvxyz
Duplicate hotkey "s" on the following two lines:
&Selection
"&Start
Free hotkeys: bdegijklmoqrvxyz
Duplicate hotkey "c" on the following two lines:
&Change attributes... F12
&Compare directories Shift+F2
Duplicate hotkey "y" on the following two lines:
Compare b&y content...
S&ynchronize directories...
Duplicate hotkey "s" on the following two lines:
&Split file...
file list with &subdirs...
Duplicate hotkey "t" on the following two lines:
Prin&t
file con&tents Ctrl+F9
Duplicate hotkey "a" on the following two lines:
&Archive
&Associate with...
Free hotkeys: bgjkwxz
Duplicate hotkey "t" on the following two lines:
&Thumbnai&ls Alt+3
CD &tree...
Duplicate hotkey "d" on the following two lines:
&date Ctrl+3
Custom columns mo&de Ctrl+s
Duplicate hotkey "r" on the following two lines:
T&ree Alt+4
&Reversed order
Free hotkeys: egijkmqwyz
Duplicate hotkey "a" on the following two lines:
&AIMP Tools
T&ail for Win32
Free hotkeys: bcdgjkmoquvwyz
MNU file checks complete

Few misspellings too (like Confuguration)