Problem with WinMerge Prediffer when TCC is set as CMD replacement
I am using TCC26. So COMSPEC is set to C:\PROGRA~1\JPSoft\TCMD26\TCC.EXE I also want to use WinMerge using XML unpacking. 1. I start WinMerge 2. I compare to XML files. 3. I select Unpacker "Prettyfy...
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@PID, v31 vs. v32
The ISAPP conditional expression test does this also. Below both are unelevated. The error message does not appear when v32 is elevated.
View Article3rd party editors
I thought it might be nice to have a thread about what 3rd party editors TCMD/TCC users use. I'll start off with the one I use: - Multi-Edit 2008
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Problem using start to launch admin command prompt via TCC toolbar button
This one has been bugging me for years and thought I'd finally ask what I'm doing wrong. I've created a button like this. I click the button and I get this. I'm sure I'm doing something dumb with...
View ArticleDiffering results for DIR and @FINDFIRST
Hi all, So, I'm writing a batch file where I'm matching file names between two folders, but I'm only matching on part of the name - essentially an ID number. I'm trying to rename one set of files to...
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Unelevated TCC in elevated TCMD
I'm a little surprised but it's possible to run an unelevated TCC in an elevated TCMD. I did it with Tabs\Run, specifying the credentials of a non-admin user. I wonder if there's an easier way.
View Articlesupport the shift-f10 and context/applications in the xhistory listview
I actually consider this a bug, but I'm posting it here. I'd like to see the shift-f10 and context/application keys supported in the listview of commands in the xhistory dialog. This is a syslistview32...
View Articleadd the ability for touch to not clear the /dxx and /txx fields with /r in...
I don't know how to use the options for code so I hope I can get this to work right. I want to copy a file's last modification to it's creation time. I currently do the following @echo off setlocal for...
View ArticleHave WHICH say how it located an external program ...
... via the path ... via the AppPaths key ... current directory ... (are there others?).
View Articleadd %@drivemediatype and %@drivebustype variable functions
In Powershell you can do the command Get-PhysicalDisk | select Friendlyname, BusType, MediaType To see the bustype and mediatype for disks, but there isn't an easy way to then connect this to a...
View Articlefast way to count the number of running processes for a specific program
I've created a btm to process flac files in various ways; test them, convert wav to flac, reconvert a flac file to my compression settings, etc. I run the number of instances of flac.exe as I have...
View ArticleAdd an option to processmonitor to allow it to track all process starts and ends
I'd like to be able to keep track of all process starts and exits with process monitor. Currently it works like this. processmonitor notepad.exe started forever beep 300 processmonitor notepad.exe...
View ArticleOption to default encoding of all LOGs to ASCII, UNICODE, UTF8, etc, even if...
I think it would be nice if all LOGs where in the same encoding even if the user output was in a differnet one. I.g. I like all my LOGs to be in ASCII and I use UNICODE or UTF8 at times.... just don't...
View ArticleWINDOW DETACH oddity
If I detach a tab window via the WINDOW DETACH command, I cannot re-attach it to Take Command: it doesn't show up in the "Attach Tabs" dialog. Tabs detached through the GUI — by right-clicking, going...
View Articlehelp problem for plugin
Currently the plugin help says /U Unloads the specified plugin. If the filename is * , unloads all plugins. It should be changed to indicate that it wants the internal name of the plugin and tell how...
View ArticleUnix-like clear screen keystroke command.
On Unix shells, ^L clears the screen. In TCC, this can be emulated with a Q&D alias like this: @@^L=cls ... except it misses one thing: on Unix shells, whatever the command line had contained it's...
View ArticleOpen Help File at Keyword Index
To open the TCC Help file at the keyword index; Code: *help hmkwindex Joe
View Articleendlocal not restoring the directory stack or the CWD on drives
setlocal echo C:\ C:\ echo D:\ D:\ echo E:\a E:\a pushd c:\windows pushd d:\proclog pushd e:\logs endlocal echo C:\ C:\ echo D:\proclog D:\proclog echo E:\logs E:\logs dirs C:\ C:\Windows D:\proclog
View ArticleWhy does ^C and ^Break hardly work in Windows Terminal?
It's been frustrating. I enjoy TCC way more under Windows Terminal, with the panes, tabs, emoji, ANSI, etc.... But Ctrl-C and Ctrl-Break [which both behave slightly differently, so i tend to rapidly...
View Article@EXEC[CALL ...], CDD, crash!
Code: v:\> type test1.btm echo test2.btm returned %@exec[call v:\test2.btm] v:\> type test2.btm cdd d:\ cdd - quit 17 v:\> test1.btm test2.btm returned 17 v:\> That looks good, right? If I...
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