There is no pressure for these recent enquiries. I am still waiting for the new laptop. The van's tyres have probably frozen to the road surface ...
void wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 4:30 am
Did you set a macro for your WBU bookmark? (Bookmarks -> Organized Bookmarks -> WBU -> Macro)
No. The guy who is writing the tutorial hasn't got quite that far yet (grin!)
-If not, do you have a filter that is using the WBU macro?
No. At this point in my career I was trying to get a grip on "bookmarks" before putting another toe in the water.
The good news is that my bookmark was able to do what I wanted it to do - identify all "
Backup Of"s that exist, after my nightly backup to an external drive. Those files have been copied to a safe place off the machine, omitting from the result List "
Backup Of"s of the past (now) four days sitting on my HDD.
Please try the following search: bookmark:wbu Do you see the correct results?
Yes!
I see 305 files, all starting with
Backup of, and all dated feb 18th 2023 all the way back to 22nd August 2005.
My bookmark name is "wbu" and the text remains as "
file:"backup of" dm:<02/20/2023"
So one way to run a bookmark is to use the bookmark: function. Is that correct?
I have already found another method (shown in Menu, Bookmarks way below)
Did you set a macro for your WBU bookmark? (Bookmarks -> Organized Bookmarks -> WBU -> Macro)
No, I had not.
Now I have!
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Bookmark name WBU
Custom file:"backup of" dm:<02/20/2023
Macro name MacroWBU
Shortcut key Ctrl+Shift+U
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I clear the search box (to <empty>), then use Ctrl+Shift+U, but there is no change in the Results List.
I exit Everything.
Including the various Tools, Options windows that are sitting around.
I use (Win7) Task Manager to make sure that there is no Everything in Applications, Tasks, or Services tabs.
I reload Everything, having given it enough time to settle down, save all changes etc.
Then I use Ctrl+Shift+U, but there is no change in the Results List.
(menu) Bookmarks, Show bookmarks, Double-click on the bookmark name works, in that it shows me 305
Backup of files.
My hurdle seems to be a combination of
(a) a Name for a bookmark,
(b) a Name of a macro
(c) where and when to use either name.
My first objective in all this was to be able to use a shortcut key combination to clear the search box and load (and execute) a pre-defined string. In this everything but my shortcut key seems to be working.
A second objective was to be able to amalgamate a small collection of Bookmarks to make a nightly task, as a simple example:
(1) purge all
Backup of files
(2) purge all Recycle bin files
(3) purge all sandpit files wehose name starts with "EraseMe"
(4) purge all LOG files
etc. etc.
I understand that there are no flow-control loops in Everythings's macro services; I am used to that having spent a year playing with macros in
Audacity.
(later) I went back to look in Bookmarks, Show, Edit and the macro name and shortcut key assignment were vacant!
I retyped them, exited the Bookmarks menu, returned. The macro and shortcut keys are in place.
Exit Everything
Reload Everything and Voila!
The macro and shortcut keys are in place.
Now two days ago I could not get them to "stick", and half an hour ago they would not "stick". But now they have stuck.
Please park this on a shelf somewhere for now. I am sure that I am doing something wrong, somewhere. Especially now that it works.
I'll review this topic and all outstanding posts once I get the new machine set up, OK?
Thanks,
Chris
Cheers, Chris