A small tool to create folders or text files in Total Commander

Total Commander has a built-in folder creation function (default: F7) and several plugins to extend its functionality.

Features

1. Replaces the F7 function, invoking this tool to create either a folder or a file.
2. Folder creation:
   • If the input has no extension (e.g., subfolder), pressing Enter creates a folder.
3. File creation:
   • If the input includes an extension (e.g., .txt, .ini, .md), pressing Enter creates a file.
4. Toggle action (Shift+Enter):
   • Switches behavior—e.g., create a file named subfolder or a folder named name.txt.
5. Two Toggleable options:
   • Write clipboard content (F1): Pastes clipboard text into the new file (ignored for folders).
   • Open after creation (F2): Opens the created file with the default Windows program, or folder in totalcmd.
6. Two Manual buttons:
   • Folder (Enter): Forces folder creation, regardless of input.
   • File (Shift+Enter): Forces file creation, regardless of input.
7. Configuration file (NewFile.ini):
   • Automatically generated when pressing F1/F2 to save preferences.
   • This part uses ini-parser (credits included).
8. Reverse "open after" behavior (Ctrl+Enter):
   • If "open after" is enabled, skips opening; if disabled, opens the file/folder. Useful when you don't want to change the Open after creation (F2) option.
9. Custom file extensions (txtformat):
   • Default: Text files (e.g., .txt, .md, .ini).
   • Add extensions manually in the INI file (e.g., .mp4, though not meaningful), separated by commas.
10. Total Commander path:
    • Must specify totalcmd.exe or totalcmd64.exe path in the INI file.

Example INI File

[Configuration]
autowriteclipboard = True
autoopenaftercreated = True
totalcmd = C:\Path\To\TOTALCMD64.EXE
txtformat = .txt,.md,.ini,.py,.xml,.cs

How to use this?

1. Download the NewFile.exe, put it under %COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\addons\newfile\*.
2. Create a command in usercmd.ini like:

[em_F7]
button=
cmd=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\addons\newfile\NewFile.exe
param=%P

3. Configure the totalcmd shortkey F7 to em_F7.