Make Keypirinha search user defined folder

[DutchPete]

I am new to Keypirinha (Kp), using the portable version. I have a folder with portable apps that Kp does not search in. I understand it can be added to the configuration file. I have tried the following:

[main]
extra_paths =
C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps**

Note: the 3rd line is indented
After saving the config file, I exited Kp, relaunched it, but it still does not search in that folder. I tried to put Standalone apps between double quotes, no luck either.
Please advise.

[polyvertex]

extra_paths setting has been obsoleted by the FilesCatalog package.
Just undo the config you mentioned, then configure the FilesCatalog package with the following and you should be fine:

[profile/PortableApps]
activate = yes
inherit = ExeOnly
paths = C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\**

Note that if Keypirinha is also installed in your C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\ folder, you can specify the following value for the paths setting:

paths = ${var:APP_DIR}\..\**

Also, the optional ExeOnly value indicates you want only executable files like .exe or scripts to be cataloged.

[DutchPete]

Jean-Charles, merci beaucoup. I did what you suggested but it still does not work.
Please click on the link and you will see the modifications I have applied to Kp. Please tell me what I did wrong, and forgive me if I annoy you with basic questions.

https://imgur.com/n7RO04d

[ueffel]

You have to launch Keypirinha: Configure Package: FilesCatalog and enter the configuration snippet there.

[DutchPete]

Many thanks, that works !!
There are 1 or 2 other non-standard paths I want Kp to search too, so I thought I could just add those paths below it.

So, I added 2 more lines right below what you indicated. This is what I did:

[profile/PortableApps] activate = yes inherit = ExeOnly paths = C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\** paths = Q:\** paths = C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\**

Q is my virtual VeraCrypt drive.

BTW, excuse my ignorance but I don't know how to get the code commands above on separate lines :-(( In any case, in the FilesCatalog package my 2 new lines are each on a separate line right below the last one, no gaps. My apologies.

Kp does not recognise the newly added lines, although the FilesCatalog seems to be the right place.

[ueffel]

You have to do it like that:

[profile/PortableApps] 
activate = yes 
inherit = ExeOnly 
paths = 
    C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\** 
    Q:\** 
    C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\**

For code formatting see https://help.github.com/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax/#quoting-code or https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/ the ini snippets are inserted like that:

```ini
[section]
key = value
```

[DutchPete]

I assume that the indentation of each of those 3 lines is done by 1 click on the tab key. But when I do that Kp does not pick it up.

Thanks for the Github formatting links.

[ueffel]

It should work, anything in the Keypirinha Console? I have the following profile working flawlessly for me:

[profile/Tools]
paths =
    C:\Git\**
    C:\Gow\**
    C:\SysInternals\**
inherit = ExeOnly
max_depth = 3
activate = yes

the indentation can be spaces or tabs, it does not matter.

[DutchPete]

This is what I found in the Console:

ERROR: Error from FilesCatalog.FilesCatalog.on_events: <class 'IndexError'>: string index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\Keypirinha\default\Packages\FilesCatalog.keypirinha-package\filescatalog.py", line 356, in on_events
File "C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\Keypirinha\default\Packages\FilesCatalog.keypirinha-package\filescatalog.py", line 311, in on_catalog
File "C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\Keypirinha\default\Packages\FilesCatalog.keypirinha-package\filescatalog.py", line 194, in default_scan_callback
File "C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\Keypirinha\python\site\globex.py", line 45, in is_hidden
return is_hidden(self)
File "C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\Keypirinha\python\site\globex.py", line 303, in is_hidden
if pathname_or_entry.name[0] in DOT:

I then altered the code in the FilesCatalog package by changing [profile/PortableApps] into [profile/Tools], so that I now have:

[profile/Tools]
activate = yes
paths =
    C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\**
    Q:\** 
    C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\**

The only path that still works is C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps**.

By the way, I have this code recorded in the FilesCatalog package.

[DutchPete]

I have tried various things, like putting the activate line at the end, putting the paths = above each line, indenting, not indenting, but to no avail.

The only thing that works is

[profile/PortableApps] 
activate = yes 
paths = 
    C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\**

Any other suggestions?

[polyvertex]

The probability of FilesCatalog being bugged suddenly increased by an order of magnitude... :)

This has to be investigated but meanwhile, what you could try is to create one profile per path to scan (since it seems to be the issue according to your comments). Not very convenient admittedly but if it works:

[profile/Tools1]
activate = yes
paths = C:\Users\Peter\Standalone apps\**

[profile/Tools2]
activate = yes
paths = Q:\**

[profile/Tools3]
activate = yes
paths = C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\**

Again, do not hesitate to inherit from the ExeOnly profile and to limit max_depth in order to have a more efficient cataloging process and lower memory usage.

[DutchPete]

Jean-Charles, thanks once again. Unfortunately, this solution does not work either.
What do you mean by

The probability of FilesCatalog being bugged suddenly increased by an order of magnitude

Is that a bug on my side? Did I do something wrong?

[polyvertex]

I meant that, the config you provided here (i.e. the last one that has got a 3-lines paths value) seems syntactically correct so it is possible that you have found a bug in the FilesCatalog package. I did not do any test yet regarding this issue so far so it's just a guess.

[...] this solution does not work either.

What makes you say that?

[DutchPete]

What makes you say that?

When I type any of the folder or file names on the Q drive or in the AppData\Roaming folder, Kp does not list them. So the 3-path solution does not work.

Just to be absolutely clear from my side: I am not trying to make trouble because I like your program, despite the steep learning curve, and I do want to be able to use it ;-)