I released DOMercury 2.6 this evening, along with a pile of other updates. (3 new plugins)
Why should you upgrade to 2.6? I'll give you a few big reasons, and then a pile of smaller ones.
First is the index filtering. Every time I wanted to search for a word document I had to deal with four or five "temp" files that were at the top of the list (the ones that start out with a ~/whatever). Also if I was looking for a Visual Studio Solution file, I didn't need all the individual .cs, .h, .cpp, .dll etc. that would show up in the index. I figured if they were annoying me, they have got to be annoying you guys too. So I built in the Index Filtering functionality: Options -> Index Filters, which allows you to add file extensions for files that you want to exclude from being indexed. SImple as that. Its a great way to prune the index and help you get to the programs and files you want to get to faster.
Speaking of the Options form, did I mention that DOMercury no longer freezes if you invoke it while its Options form is displayed?
Ctrl + T: You guys are going to love this. It forces whatever you are typing to text. Not only will it make it easier for you to run command prompt commands (ipconfig, ping 127.0.0.1, etc) but it will make interacting with the Window Desktop Search plugin (mentioned below) oh so much more fun.
DOMercury now lets you know when it is digging for a sub index. This is nice, especially for plugins that interact with the web (Todoist, Voo2do) and plugins that must search your hard drive (see below)
I made some changes to the Plugins screen in the Options Form, so hopefully modifying plugin options will be easier to do now. A lot of people had told me that they didn't even know advanced functionality options (Such as the FolderIndexor Plugin) existed because it was buried so deep within the Options Form. I tried to make it easier to understand.
Append to text file: Manage your own todo list? its made even easier now with the Append to Text File action that exists on text files and csv files.
New Folder action allows you to create a new folder within a selected folder as well.
Now for the plugins:
Windows Desktop Search Plugin: I'm real excited about this one. It has already served me greatly and I've only had it working for about 2 days now. What it does is it puts a sub index on a text item (which you can create easier with the Ctrl + T keystroke) which gives you back Windows Desktop Search Results based on a search done on the text entered. You can then perform any DOMercury actions on any of the WDS results. This is great for finding specific folders to dive into, or sets of solution files or code files. If my description was hard to understand, you'll have to see the video in the Videos Section.
Clipboard Plugin BETA:
The clipboard plugin is another plugin that I have come to love for its usefulness. It keeps a history of all text you copy to the clipboard, and you can call up the "Clipboard" item in DOMercury, select a clip in the history, and make it the current clip on the clipboard. It is great for code snippets or multiple pieces of text you have to copy from one place to another.
This is the first time I've ever released a Beta plugin, and the clipboard plugin has some issues, but its usefulness is too great to hold back.
For Vista Users:
Download this plugin and use it! IIn Vista, this plugin works just fine.
For WIndows XP users:
This plugin has some issues in XP however. It functionally works fine in Windows XP, but the Clipboard plugin slowly steals memory as it runs. This needs to be fixed for it to become stable for users on Windows XP. My tests on XP show that it works for about 2 days before DOMercury needs to be restarted to save your system performance. If you never leave DOMercury running for more than a few hours or so, you may have no trouble with this plugin, but if you are someone who leaves your computer running for days, you may want to wait until it becomes more stable for XP users.
iTunes Plugin BETA:
People have been asking for an iTunes plugin for a while. Well here it is!... mostly. You can call up the "iTunes Controller" to Play, Pause iTunes, move to the next or previous track, or even display current track information. You can also dive into the iTunes Controller and peruse albums or artists, play them, or play specific tracks.
Why Beta: For some reason, if iTunes is not open while DOMercury starts up with this plugin, iTunes gets opened. Also, the album art is finicky on whether or not it wants to appear. These are annoyances, not complete failures, so I am releasing the plugin as Beta for Early Adopters and those who want to view and modify the source.