Accept multiple files in command line

[rubaboo]

Hope this is the right place to ask. Can it do this? For example, start Meld with meld file1 file2.

[hi5]

No not at the moment. Could add it as a new method, currently we have

1. normal
2. drag & drop
3. filelist

so the 🆕 one could be

4. cmdline (file1 file2 file3 etc)

I actually can think of a use for this myself already so I will look into it.

At the moment for file comparison: it can be done using WinMerge as that supports Drag & Drop - see Wiki - or you can do it in Total Commander - see here for three solutions http://superuser.com/questions/238039/can-i-use-an-replace-internal-diff-in-total-commander-with-an-external-diff-prog

If you really want to use F4MM you could do it with a little AutoHotkey helper script. Save this as meld.ahk and use that script as Editor and choose the Filelist option. That way the selected files will be put on the command line after running meld.exe (you may have to adjust the path to your meld.exe) - it will lack the icon in the popup menu of course.

FileRead, in, %1%
Loop, parse, in, `n, `r
    files .= """" A_LoopField """" A_Space
Run, c:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\Meld.exe %files%

[rubaboo]

Thanks for a detailed answer. I'll check the workarounds that let me use Meld, it's my tool of choice. "cmdline" totally makes sense, thanks for working on it. 👍

[hi5]

Nice project for the holidays ☃️

[hi5]

This has been added, you can try it here https://github.com/hi5/F4MiniMenu/tree/dev-method4cmdline

When setting up an editor choose "4 - cmdline" - see also the changelog in the readme for more updates