Feature Request:Cli/Search command to reload other config files such as Macro/Bookmarks etc

[Ralf_Reddings]

Many times one needs to reload one or more config files after modifying them outside of Everything
This is especially useful for when you need to mass edit a number of bookmark or macro items, to correct redundant paths, drives etc or even as part of a build system that is used to unify things system wide.

For some time now, I have been making do with

Everything64 -bookmark "Restart Now"

, which essentially calls the search command

/restart-now

, it discards any recent settings and invalidates recent DB changes, furthermore, it can be prohibitive as the DB has to be
reloaded all over again and this takes a while for large DB files, on top of that local network drives always end up getting rescanned upon a restart.

I thought maybe I could try to automate the GUI window through the dreaded "open..." system dialog via

tools

>

import and export settings...

but apparently that does not apply to settings files such as bookmarks, filters.

So with that being said, I ask if you could provide a means to reload the following files either via a search command or a command line much like how

/config-load [filename]

works:

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C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything-1.5a.ini      <--- For controlling things like localisation strings etc
Bookmarks-1.5a.csv
Macros-1.5a.csv
Omit Results-1.5a.csv
Filters-1.5a.csv
CustomProperties.csv                                      <--- Custom values for properties file that is assigned to "property_user_values="

This would bring Everything in a similar line to how editing config files work in popular programmes like Visual Studio Code, Windows Terminal, Obsidian, etc etc

Thank you for any consideration on this.

[Ralf_Reddings]

I forget to clarify, I understand recent in window changes being lost upon request to reload settings, my main concern is circumventing the Database invalidation/reloading bottleneck.

[void]

Many times one needs to reload one or more config files after modifying them outside of Everything
This is especially useful for when you need to mass edit a number of bookmark or macro items, to correct redundant paths, drives etc or even as part of a build system that is used to unify things system wide.

Please use the about:config search command.
Make your external changes.
Accept the prompt in Everything to reload your config.

I will consider about:bookmarks (and other variants) to do the same.

For now, Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks.
Cut the bookmarks.
Paste them in your text editor.
Edit as needed.
Paste them back in the bookmark organizer.

/restart-now
, it discards any recent settings and invalidates recent DB changes

That is exactly what this function is designed to do.
Please do not use it.

It is only useful for performing a full reindex:
/delete-db
/restart-now

So with that being said, I ask if you could provide a means to reload the following files

I have put on my TODO list:
/load-bookmarks <filename>
/load-macros <filename>
/load-omit-results <filename>
/load-filters <filename>
/reload-property-user-values

I will likely add /bookmarks-load aliases too.

Thank you for the suggestions.

[Ralf_Reddings]

Thank you for clarifying the search command and for your considerations. Looking forward to it!

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1379a adds the following search commands:

/load-bookmarks [filename]
/load-config [filename]
/load-filters [filename]
/load-macros [filename]
/load-omit-results [filename]
/reload-bookmarks
/reload-config
/reload-filters
/reload-macros
/reload-omit-results
/reload-property-user-values

[Ralf_Reddings]

I cant believe this is actually possible now, this will help greatly in managing Everything, thank you for quickly addressing these suggestions, much appreciated.