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Disable plugin cache for a specific plugin
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pepak »
Thu 15 Aug, 2024 15:10
While developing a new plugin, I encountered an unexpected obstacle: The plugin works fine the first time it is loaded, but on subsequent starts, FAR...
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Last post by pepak
Thu 15 Aug, 2024 17:48
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Last post by citRiks
Mon 19 Oct, 2020 01:45
Listbox vs. other control hotkeys
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pepak »
Sun 08 Mar, 2020 08:07
I am trying to fix a bug in my Filters plugin : When I open the plugin's configuration, I cannot use default keyboard shortcuts on buttons (e.g....
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Last post by citRiks
Mon 16 Mar, 2020 18:40
Switch to panels from an editor
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pepak »
Sat 22 Feb, 2020 14:41
Hi! Is it possible to programmatically switch from an editor to the panels? Or, from any window into any other window, for that matter (e.g. from one...
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Last post by pepak
Sat 22 Feb, 2020 19:56
Dialog items lifecycle
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pepak »
Tue 14 Jan, 2020 13:03
Hi! Is there a description of the expected lifecycle of items in FAR dialogs? What I mean is:
At some time, I build an array of FarDialogItems and...
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Last post by DrKnS
Wed 15 Jan, 2020 00:50
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Last post by Spire
Sun 11 Aug, 2019 15:41
Listbox captures all keyboard events
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pepak »
Mon 26 Feb, 2018 17:09
Hi!
I would appreciate a little help with a listbox: I have a simple dialog with a listbox and several buttons with DIF_BTNNOCLOSE. The buttons have...
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Last post by pepak
Tue 27 Feb, 2018 07:25
ECTL_SETSTRING/ECTL_INSERTTEXT issues
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pepak »
Thu 15 Feb, 2018 07:20
I can't really say these things are bugs, as they are documented, but they still seem strange. Shouldn't we consider changing them?
1)...
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Last post by pepak
Fri 16 Feb, 2018 13:04
Edit text in black
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pepak »
Fri 28 Jul, 2017 11:36
Hi! Is it possible to programatically change an inactive Edit's (DI_EDIT) text (DM_SETTEXT) without graying it (marking it as unchanged by the user...
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Last post by pepak
Fri 28 Jul, 2017 11:36
Multiline edit control
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pepak »
Thu 27 Jul, 2017 17:42
Does FAR provide a multiline edit control? I couldn't find anything like that in the Encyclopedia, and come to think about it, the only place in FAR...
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Last post by HaRT
Thu 27 Jul, 2017 18:25
Need help with DI_LISTBOX
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pepak »
Sun 23 Jul, 2017 15:01
Hi! I would very much appreciate if someone could give me a brief overview on how to create a listbox and fill it with data. The Encyclopedia is very...
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Last post by pepak
Sun 23 Jul, 2017 19:10
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Last post by techie
Mon 10 Jul, 2017 07:22
Trying to make a Python support plugin
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by
jonib »
Sun 04 Oct, 2015 00:46
So I am tired to wait for someone to add Python support for Far manager, so I'll try myself.
I did some basic courses in C/C++ about 20 years ago...
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Last post by techie
Fri 28 Apr, 2017 04:48
Damaged PlugRing data - who to contact?
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pepak »
Sun 12 Mar, 2017 10:43
In the past, PlugRing lost some of its information - e.g. some files got deleted. I fixed that for my plugins, however, it turns out that in one of...
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Last post by John Doe
Mon 13 Mar, 2017 13:08
Use external viewer as Quick View
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by
mikiii880 »
Thu 17 Sep, 2015 17:49
Hi. I'd like to use my external viewer when I press Ctrl + Q and I haven't seen any settings for that. So I decided to make a plug-in but with little...
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Last post by analyselua
Fri 17 Jun, 2016 14:36
Access FAR settings from plugin
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patrikp »
Mon 23 May, 2016 10:39
Hi, is it possible to access FAR settings from plugin? I would like to get two values: if external viewer is allowed and path to external viewer.
I...
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Last post by patrikp
Tue 24 May, 2016 09:28
Editor EE_CLOSE and RestoreScreen
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patrikp »
Thu 12 May, 2016 15:08
Hello, currently I am developing a plugin, which opens own editor. And after closing editor (by pressing ESC), active item from panel is unset. So I...
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Last post by patrikp
Fri 13 May, 2016 08:33
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Last post by 2useven10
Fri 23 Oct, 2015 10:34
Build HelloWorld.cpp plugin
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jonib »
Sun 27 Sep, 2015 20:39
Hi, I'm trying to compile the HelloWorld.cpp example plugin (Haven't done any C/C++ coding for 20 years)
I got it almost (I hope) compiled but I'm...
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Last post by jonib
Sun 04 Oct, 2015 00:47
FAR3 dialogs and ESCAPE
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by
pepak »
Mon 22 Apr, 2013 19:04
FAR 3, build 3258.
In OpenPluginW, I create a new dialog and display it. It works fine, all controls respond how they should, the default button...
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Last post by Osbert
Fri 26 Sep, 2014 14:26
Virtual filesystem - intercepting Edit
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pepak »
Wed 27 Aug, 2014 15:57
Hi!
I wrote a plugin which implements a virtual filesystem and I would like to intercept the Edit function to edit items in a user-friendly dialog...
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Last post by pepak
Thu 28 Aug, 2014 17:19
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Last post by olesio
Mon 14 Jul, 2014 10:29
ProcessEditorEventW suggestions
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by
pepak »
Tue 06 May, 2014 11:56
Hi!
For my plugins, I would find it quite useful if the ProcessEditorEventW function got expanded. Specifically, I need:
- EE_CANCLOSE, which would...
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Last post by John Doe
Wed 14 May, 2014 14:59
Is this possible in a plugin?
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by
pepak »
Fri 28 Mar, 2014 07:37
Hi! I would like to provide some functionality in my plugins, but I rather suspect they are impossible to implement without writing a completely new...
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Last post by ccaid
Sat 29 Mar, 2014 09:18
Interaction between a plugin and its editor
Replies: 6
by
pepak »
Tue 04 Feb, 2014 17:13
I am looking for the do's and dont's of interacting between a plugin and its associated editor: Imagine a plugin which creates a temporary file with...
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Last post by pepak
Thu 06 Feb, 2014 06:58
Controlling the editor
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by
pepak »
Wed 26 Jun, 2013 07:13
FAR3 build 3367: I am trying to open a file in the editor and get its EditorID for future use. I thought I would use this sequence:
Flags :=...
3 Replies
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Last post by pepak
Wed 26 Jun, 2013 13:19
FAR3 Plugin Development questions
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by
pepak »
Sun 15 Jul, 2012 08:49
1) Is there an English version of Encyclopedia for FAR3 available? If yes, where? If no, is there some other english-language resource I can use?
2)...
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Last post by pepak
Fri 29 Mar, 2013 17:25
Panel For Which the Drive Menu is Shown?
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by
free3dom »
Sun 16 Aug, 2009 00:51
I have just started writing plugins for FAR, after switching to the x64 unicode version and finding many of the plugins i've been using for years no...
4 Replies
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Last post by grigorianz
Tue 08 Mar, 2011 12:47
Get Far installation path
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techie »
Sun 09 Jan, 2011 11:48
How to get path to Far installation from registry, i.e. for external tool or plugin installer?
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Last post by techie
Sun 09 Jan, 2011 22:57
Building for FAR 2.0
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pepak »
Fri 31 Jul, 2009 09:43
OK, my plugin works just fine in FAR 1.75. Now I would like to modify it to compile with any version of FAR - 1.75, 2.0 and 2.0 x64. What do I need?...
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Last post by techie
Sun 09 Jan, 2011 12:38
Creating on demand tree panel/view
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by
senpost »
Wed 22 Dec, 2010 21:24
I am totally new to Far plugin development. I am good with C# and .NET.
I have an idea for plugin, A tree view/panel that loads only top level...
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Last post by NightRoman
Sun 26 Dec, 2010 09:30
Untranslated Encyclopedia
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techie »
Sat 28 Feb, 2009 02:19
enc_eng\meta\whatsnew.html - 4073 russian symbols
enc_eng\meta\addons\locmsg.html - 53 russian symbols...
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Last post by techie
Sat 13 Mar, 2010 11:26
PEditor plugin
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by
vanolden »
Thu 26 Nov, 2009 20:37
Hello,
I use PEditor plugin by Sergei Wanin to inspect executable file.
I try to use with Far 2.00 but I have some problems : exception on load with...
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Last post by Farmacy
Mon 22 Feb, 2010 00:02
FAR Nightly Downloader *obsolete
Replies: 7
by
twodev »
Fri 06 Mar, 2009 11:43
FAR Nightly Downloader
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DESCRIPTION
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Simple hardcoded batch that downloads and extracts the latest
nightly builds...
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Last post by chupakabra
Mon 11 Jan, 2010 00:29
Submitting an updated plugin?
Replies: 9
by
pepak »
Sat 26 Sep, 2009 11:36
I have just modified the standard FTP plugin with two features:
- Modified overwrite confirmation dialog to match current FAR's overwrite dialog...
9 Replies
21676 Views
Last post by Px
Thu 22 Oct, 2009 23:37
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Last post by free3dom
Fri 02 Oct, 2009 18:38
Date, time, number etc. formats
Replies: 10
by
pepak »
Wed 29 Jul, 2009 09:50
Does FAR publish some functions that could be used for formatting locale-specific items such as date, time or numbers? Specifically, in my plugin I...
10 Replies
24356 Views
Last post by t-rex
Thu 30 Jul, 2009 09:45
Controlling my editor
Replies: 6
by
pepak »
Thu 21 Aug, 2008 08:48
OK, I have a plugin here which, at one point of its OpenPlugin call, opens an editor with some report. I would like to provide custom coloring for...
6 Replies
20448 Views
Last post by t-rex
Tue 28 Jul, 2009 09:58
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Last post by pepak
Tue 28 Jul, 2009 09:53
Language Tool for FAR Developers
Replies: 2
by
twodev »
Wed 04 Mar, 2009 17:41
Language Tool for FAR Developers (lngtool)
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This is a helper tool for FAR developers which simplifies the...
2 Replies
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Last post by twodev
Thu 05 Mar, 2009 21:23
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Last post by twodev
Thu 05 Mar, 2009 19:36
Getting _recursive_ panel filelist
Replies: 4
by
pepak »
Tue 19 Aug, 2008 13:51
I need to read all files and directories in a panel and all of its subdirectories. Which is quite easy to do with regular panels (it's just a matter...
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Last post by t-rex
Wed 20 Aug, 2008 21:03
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