This new tool has a lot of potential. Really.
They way that it's accessed at the moment gives the impression that it's sole purpose is for writing expression based view scheme panes, and I suppose, for now, it is.
Please consider the following:
Expressions can be used in...
- the 'add library field' dialogue (aka Calculated Data)
- the Player bar display area
- thumbnail text area of every viewscheme
- the rename from properties tool
- the create/edit viewscheme dialogue
- the 'send to... > External' parameters field
- Did I miss any others?
If there was a Save button that allowed us to add our own expressions to the 'Load' list, and also 'Load' list management, so we can delete expired expressions, This could become our personal expression store.
If it could be instigated from any area of the program that accepted expressions, and behave in the same fashion as it does currently for panes, all the better, but how about a simple(?) save button to begin with?
Then, if we wanted any oft used expression for, say, a library field, we could just load up the editor, load the expression, copy to clipboard, close editor, paste in destination.
Naturally, the saved expressions would be included in the library backups too!
waddaya reckon? are my days of maintaining that mc expressions file in my docs folder almost over?
-marko.
quick ps. I can't start an 'expressions' thread without re-iterating the call for expressions to be allowed in the base path field of the rename from properties dialogue:)
if(isequal([media type],video,1),Z:,if(isequal([media type],image,1),E:,if(isequal([media type],audio,1),D:,C:)))