.reg files in internal viewer

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.reg files in internal viewer

Post by Hawkwind »

Viewing a "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" .reg-file in the internal viewer looks very strange (see attachment). Everything is okay with "REGEDIT4" .reg-file which is the format altap salamander exports its own registry.

A bug?
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 .reg-file in the internal viewer
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 .reg-file in the internal viewer
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Re: .reg files in internal viewer

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Hawkwind wrote:A bug?
No.

Unicode and Configuration - Internal Viewer - Line Ends - NULL checked.

.reg v. 5.0 is unicode formated (two bytes per char) and second byte is usually zero, which by-default breaks line in internal viewer.
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Post by Jan Rysavy »

We plan to support Unicode in Salamander 3.0, please look at roadmap.
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Post by therube »

Have to disagree on this one.

Making the entire application Unicode compatible is one thing.

But the viewer? Why not? Why the wait?

MS has used Unicode since what, NT?

Do we need to use Universal Viewer (ATViewer), Win32Pad, or similar, just so we can "properly" view a Unicode file?


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Post by Jan Patera »

therube wrote:Making the entire application Unicode compatible is one thing.
But the viewer? Why not? Why the wait?
My words...
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Post by dprice »

I have also run into the unicode problem with the internal viewer. I'm running AS 2.5 and I still see the vertical view as shown in the above screenshot. I checked my configuration and I have NULL (and all the others) checked. What else do I need to do?

Thanks!
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Post by Datalog »

dprice wrote: ... I checked my configuration and I have NULL checked. ...
Uncheck it.
There will be 'ugly' characters (after each normal), but no vertical view
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Post by dprice »

Ok - I get it. I'll just stick with Notepad2 for viewing these types of files.

Thanks,
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Re: .reg files in internal viewer

Post by Andre.Ziegler »

any news about this issue? When do we get a fix?
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Re: .reg files in internal viewer

Post by mdruiter »

JFYI, the File Comparator plugin does support "Unicode" (UTF-16 encoded) files. So if you really have to, compare the file you want to view (as text) with some other file. :idea:
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Post by Andre.Ziegler »

The issue still occurs in 3.0 EAP. Are there any plans to fix this?
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Re: .reg files in internal viewer

Post by Jan Rysavy »

Unfortunately the Unicode support was postponed after 3.0 release, updated roadmap is available at http://www.altap.cz/salamander/roadmap/
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