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Disable plugin cache for a specific plugin

Last post by pepak « Thu 15 Aug, 2024 17:48
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by 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
Developing plug-ins in Free/Object Pascal: Delphi, Embarcadero, Lazarus, etc

Last post by citRiks « Mon 19 Oct, 2020 01:45
Replies: 38
by WARP ItSelf » Sat 13 Dec, 2008 23:53
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Are there any Far plugin writers, who use Pascal/Delphi to write Far plugins? We need your help.
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Last post by citRiks
Mon 19 Oct, 2020 01:45
Listbox vs. other control hotkeys

Last post by citRiks « Mon 16 Mar, 2020 18:40
Replies: 13
by 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

Last post by pepak « Sat 22 Feb, 2020 19:56
Replies: 2
by 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

Last post by DrKnS « Wed 15 Jan, 2020 00:50
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by 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
How to set the current item in the active panel

Last post by Spire « Sun 11 Aug, 2019 15:41
Replies: 2
by Spire » Sun 11 Aug, 2019 14:43

I'm writing a plug-in that needs to set the current item in the active panel. Reading the documentation, I can see how to get the index of the...

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Last post by Spire
Sun 11 Aug, 2019 15:41
Listbox captures all keyboard events

Last post by pepak « Tue 27 Feb, 2018 07:25
Replies: 7
by 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

Last post by pepak « Fri 16 Feb, 2018 13:04
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by 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?

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Last post by pepak
Fri 16 Feb, 2018 13:04
Edit text in black

Last post by pepak « Fri 28 Jul, 2017 11:36

by 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

Last post by HaRT « Thu 27 Jul, 2017 18:25
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by 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

Last post by pepak « Sun 23 Jul, 2017 19:10
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by 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
LuaFAR explain in manual in how it is different from Lua Macro-Scripts

Last post by techie « Mon 10 Jul, 2017 07:22

by techie » Mon 10 Jul, 2017 07:22

It is not clear why would anyone use LuaFAR if the same capabilities are available with Lua Macro Scripts that don't require compilation with C...

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Last post by techie
Mon 10 Jul, 2017 07:22
Trying to make a Python support plugin

Last post by techie « Fri 28 Apr, 2017 04:48
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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?

Last post by John Doe « Mon 13 Mar, 2017 13:08
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by 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

Last post by analyselua « Fri 17 Jun, 2016 14:36
Replies: 4
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

Last post by patrikp « Tue 24 May, 2016 09:28
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by 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

Last post by patrikp « Fri 13 May, 2016 08:33
Replies: 4
by 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
How to assign GUID to Info->PluginMenu.Guids

Last post by 2useven10 « Fri 23 Oct, 2015 10:34
Replies: 9
by jonib » Wed 21 Oct, 2015 16:29

Working with the HelloWorld plugin as basis still

in the function:
void WINAPI GetPluginInfoW(struct PluginInfo *Info) I'm trying to assing a GUID...

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Last post by 2useven10
Fri 23 Oct, 2015 10:34
Build HelloWorld.cpp plugin

Last post by jonib « Sun 04 Oct, 2015 00:47
Replies: 5
by 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

Last post by Osbert « Fri 26 Sep, 2014 14:26
Replies: 7
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

Last post by pepak « Thu 28 Aug, 2014 17:19
Replies: 5
by 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
Detect file Code Page by viewer/editor plugin.

Last post by olesio « Mon 14 Jul, 2014 10:29
Replies: 7
by olesio » Sat 12 Jul, 2014 21:45

Hello. I did not post here from long time.

I googled, but do not find any solution. So I ask here. How to check what code page is for loaded file...

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Last post by olesio
Mon 14 Jul, 2014 10:29
ProcessEditorEventW suggestions

Last post by John Doe « Wed 14 May, 2014 14:59
Replies: 14
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?

Last post by ccaid « Sat 29 Mar, 2014 09:18
Replies: 5
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

Last post by pepak « Thu 06 Feb, 2014 06:58
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

Last post by pepak « Wed 26 Jun, 2013 13:19
Replies: 3
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 :=...

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Last post by pepak
Wed 26 Jun, 2013 13:19
FAR3 Plugin Development questions

Last post by pepak « Fri 29 Mar, 2013 17:25
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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?

Last post by grigorianz « Tue 08 Mar, 2011 12:47
Replies: 4
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...

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Last post by grigorianz
Tue 08 Mar, 2011 12:47
Get Far installation path

Last post by techie « Sun 09 Jan, 2011 22:57
Replies: 9
by 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

Last post by techie « Sun 09 Jan, 2011 12:38
Replies: 4
by 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

Last post by NightRoman « Sun 26 Dec, 2010 09:30
Replies: 6
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

Last post by techie « Sat 13 Mar, 2010 11:26
Replies: 4
by 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

Last post by Farmacy « Mon 22 Feb, 2010 00:02
Replies: 4
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

Last post by chupakabra « Mon 11 Jan, 2010 00:29
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?

Last post by Px « Thu 22 Oct, 2009 23:37
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...

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Last post by Px
Thu 22 Oct, 2009 23:37
Far 2 build 1148+ Warning for Plugin Developers

Last post by free3dom « Fri 02 Oct, 2009 18:38
Replies: 5
by free3dom » Thu 01 Oct, 2009 22:28

To all plugin devs:

I have had two plugins (one of my own) break after build 1148+ (I actually first found it in b1151, but was told by someone it...

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Last post by free3dom
Fri 02 Oct, 2009 18:38
Date, time, number etc. formats

Last post by t-rex « Thu 30 Jul, 2009 09:45
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...

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Last post by t-rex
Thu 30 Jul, 2009 09:45
Controlling my editor

Last post by t-rex « Tue 28 Jul, 2009 09:58
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...

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Last post by t-rex
Tue 28 Jul, 2009 09:58
Default plugins in stable builds - source?

Last post by pepak « Tue 28 Jul, 2009 09:53
Replies: 2
by pepak » Tue 28 Jul, 2009 07:13

I am looking for the source code of some default plugins (distributed with FAR Manager). I know I can get the current version in SVN here , but...

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Last post by pepak
Tue 28 Jul, 2009 09:53
Language Tool for FAR Developers

Last post by twodev « Thu 05 Mar, 2009 21:23
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...

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Last post by twodev
Thu 05 Mar, 2009 21:23
Sending Enter key to execute cmdline in FAR 1.75

Last post by twodev « Thu 05 Mar, 2009 19:36
Replies: 4
by twodev » Thu 05 Mar, 2009 18:10

(this regards the requested format menu plugin compatibility with far 1.7x)

i was wondering why it seems that i cannot make KEY_ENTER in far 1.75...

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Last post by twodev
Thu 05 Mar, 2009 19:36
Getting _recursive_ panel filelist

Last post by t-rex « Wed 20 Aug, 2008 21:03
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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