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And how should a script know which path you've changed to <some new name> (and fix that on its own)?

I never said that it should fix it "on its own". Other than that I am surprised at your lack of imagination but don't mind specifying the thought further.

(1) It should be easy to check all the saved paths in all the saved sessions (or just the current session? or selected sessions?) to whether or not they are broken.
(2) For each of the broken paths the user can be prompted to specify a new path.
If the feature was very smart, it could suggest similar looking paths or provide the longest section of the original path that is not broken as a base path in the "select new path" dialog.
(3) The actual updating algorithm should be easy enough.

@autocart

Hi,

TLDR: Sorry that it took me so long to answer.
And I guess this feature will have to wait for "Session Manager AI".

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   I had read your suggestion about fixing incorrect paths in sessions, but couldn’t find a way to approach it, so I left it on hold…
   Well, it’s about time I get back in touch at least!

   And since it also happens to me from time to time, I gave it one more chance today and tried to approach it with new eyes.
Unfortunately without much more success.

   To summarize:
   (1) checking tabs path validity: easy
   (3) updating tabs path: easy
   Now, we’re left with (2): fixing the incorrect paths.

   The problem is that the range of reasons for which a path/folder is incorrect is too broad.
   Maybe it was moved and exists elsewhere with the same name (but other folders with a same name may exist); maybe it has been renamed with a prefix (eg date-*); or with a suffix (eg *-TODO); or it has been moved and renamed; or deleted…
   In the end, the number of folders that could match the incorrect one (partially or totally) can be too large, hence probably not so useful. Plus, listing them would be slow (full HDD search).

   So, unfortunately, unless there’s some monitoring involved (which would be disproportionate), there can’t be a smart function, not even a smart suggestion.
   Which leaves the manual approach.
   But in this case, still considering the range of reasons why the path could be incorrect, a simple prompt (the Relocate dialog) wouldn’t be very efficient. In most cases, I find it much easier to navigate directly in the problematic tabs themselves.
   So the only thing left to "automate" would be an option to list all sessions with incorrect paths… Not really worth it I guess.

   Anyway, don’t feel pushed back: suggestions and wishes are still welcome!

Flux

 
Hi everyone

   It’s been a while…
   Yet I’m glad to see that XYplorer—and the forum—are still very active and lively!

   So I’d like to take the time to wish you all a
   Happy New Year
   fulfilling as much as can be!
   

   Well, with special congrats to Don of course, XYplorer keeps getting better and better…
   And thanks to highend for the support brought to my posts and the forum in general.

   Regarding Session Manager, I made a small (still internal) update, and realized that… I first released it in 2012!
   So, as a New Year’s gift, expect to see this week…
   drumroll…

   ~ Session Manager 10 Year Anniversary ~
   


Have a nice day 

   Flux

Hey, Session Manager 10 Year Anniversary! Congrats!

And a Happy 2022!

FluxTorpedoe wrote: ↑12 Jan 2022 11:50  
   ~ Session Manager 10 Year Anniversary ~
   

10 years of awesome.

Happy 2022 and -- to everyone -- keep on being brilliant!

 
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###  Session Manager v6.80  ###
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Hi everyone,

   First, I’ll take this opportunity to thank you all for your interest:
   I just realized that this thread has more than 115 000 views!
   And I would like to express my gratitude to all of you who provided feedback!

Well then, for its 10th anniversary, here’s a new version of Session Manager! 

Granted, this release is mainly cosmetic… But in a useful way: all mouse modifiers (default or custom) are now displayed in the menus.
   So it will be easier to remember that (eg. by default) you can Alt+Click on Session Manager button to reset the current session, etc.
   As a bonus, some previously "hidden" functions are now displayed (with their mouse modifier) :
      Options > Switch Between The Last Two Sessions
      Layout Tools > Switch Between Default and Alternate Layouts
   Don’t forget to check the mouse modifiers option to see more or customize them: Options > Edit Mouse Modifiers…

See changelog below for more info.

Have a nice day!
   Flux

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• DOWNLOADS:   Require XYplorer ≥ 19.90.0106 (previous versions available in Changelog)

› Script: › Script in UTF-16 LE: (Special version for foreign languages who encounter "invalid character" issues) › Languages:
   Don’t forget to come back here to check when language files are updated.
   Installation: Just copy the (extracted) language file (eg. SessionManager.it) in the same folder as to the script itself (SessionManager.xys).
   Note: All the following files work with Session Manager latest version (untranslated strings will just be displayed in English).
 — Čeština by Hogaty – v6.50
 — Dansk by Regmos – v6.50
 — Italiano by Flora_RMC – v6.70
 — Deutsche by Dean36 – v6.60
 — Português (Brasil) by SkyFrontier – v5.2
 — Français by pseudoz – v4.b1
 — 中文 (Chinese) by Haodea – v6.80 - Pending

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• REQUIREMENTS:
 — XYplorer >= 19.90.0106

• INSTALLATION » for first-time users:
 — Please refer to first post

• UPDATE » for all users:
 — Overwrite your existing "SessionManager.xys" file with latest version
 — Recommended if updating from < 5.73: Update your layout sessions and default layout (and default toolbar if applicable)
   ☛ Session Manager > "Layout tools" > "Update Default Layout" + "Update Default Toolbar"
   ☛ For each layout session > "Update Session (and Layout)"

• UPDATE » for non-english users:
 — Also download one of the language files and extract it into the same folder as SessionManager.xys (language detection is automatic)

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• CHANGELOG – v6.80:
+ Mouse modifiers (default or custom) now displayed in menu and submenus (eg. "Reset to Original Session   Alt")
+ Added menu entry (previously only via external access): Options > Switch Between The Last Two Sessions
+ Added menu entry (previously only via external access): Layout Tools > Switch Between Default and Alternate Layouts
* Mouse modifier Ctrl+Alt+Shift now assigned by default to Switch Between Default and Alternat Layouts (only on new install or mouse modifiers reset)

• CHANGELOG – all versions:
Don’t hesitate to browse the exhaustive changelog (with download links to previous versions) here: • Session Manager Changelog •

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• TRANSLATORS:
 — New contributions are more than welcome!
 — please head to the dedicated post on the ML forum for the changelog and latest english language file

Hi Flux,

thanks for the 10 years anniversary update. :-)

TEN YEARS!

ChineseVersion中文版本.

Thanks for this great script which I use with a several specific projects. I can switch into and between full setups for those with just a few mouse clicks.

This would be a reasonable built-in for XY. It's directly focused on what XY basically does.

Thanks for the feedback!   :-)

@Haodea
   Welcome to the forum…
   And what a first post you made !
   Thank you for this incredible work!
   I’m really glad to see Session Manager now available in Chinese.
   I’ll update the posts accordingly (but I’ll PM you first).

Have a nice day,

    Flux

Thanks for this great tool. I almost can't imagine using XYplorer without Session Manager now
There are 2 issues that I wish will be improved (or maybe the function is there already but I'm not aware of):
1. The first one is to be able to set Autosave for multiple sessions. Right now I only see the Options->AutoUpdate Single: Set Autosave to current session option, which change current session to Autosave, but remove it from other session.
2. The second one is when I switch to a session, navigate and then Save Session As..., the original session is also updated (to be the same as the new session), regardless of the AutoUpdate and Autosave setting (even if the original session is not Autosave).
My use case is I want to have a few default template sessions that will not auto-save/update when I change sessions while other normal sessions will automatically save/update.

Hi lth and welcome to the forum!

   Also, thanks for the kind words

2. That’s a bug indeed! I don’t know when and how it slipped in, but it’s definitely there. Will be fixed in the next version.

1. If I understand correctly, what you’re after could be the current "AutoUpdate All", but with a kind of blacklist of sessions to be excluded ?
   (Which I think would be much more efficient than adding/managing extra AutoSaves to lots of sessions)

Thank you for your prompt response and I'm really sorry for my negligence

About the 1st point: yes, that's equivalent to what I had in mind. And come to think of it, your solution would be much better since most of the sessions should be AutoUpdate while only a few should be excluded

lth wrote: ↑07 Mar 2022 09:50And come to think of it, your solution would be much better since most of the sessions should be AutoUpdate while only a few should be excluded

I want to second that this would be a great idea!