A question for Paul about the Watched folders

[canard_bleu]

Paul,
any reason for the limit of 256 folders in the watch plugin ?

Is it just a performance thing ?

I have written a quick and dirty replacement for my own use (using FindFirstChangeNotification (windows API) ) and it seems happy monitoring 800 folders.

Thanks,
Pierre

[madjo]

Paul,
any reason for the limit of 256 folders in the watch plugin ?

Is it just a performance thing ?

I have written a quick and dirty replacement for my own use (using FindFirstChangeNotification (windows API) ) and it seems happy monitoring 800 folders.

Thanks,
Pierre
any chance of releasing it? *looks pleadingly* :)

I have hit the limit of 256 already :)

[canard_bleu]

any chance of releasing it? *looks pleadingly* :)
I have hit the limit of 256 already :)

I haven't got time to work on it at the moment, because of other commitments at work. It just needs a setup screen and code to store and retrieve settings. Anybody fancy finishing it ? (providing Paul confirms that there aren't any performance issues I have overlooked)
(It's in C++)

[Tropics]

no promises but, i might have some spare time friday/saturday. both tasks you mentioned sound pretty easy for me so yes, if you want to give me the code, i might have a look and release it this weekend.

[Paul]

There is no good reason for the 256 limit. I just scratched that plugin together quick one day, and due to the way it's implemented I was worried that watching too many folder would throw it into a tizzy. I want to create a proper watch plugin, or if there are takers, can release the source to the current one for improvements.

[madjo]

I'd love to look into the code ;) though I'm not very proficient in coding c++... more of a php/asp kinda guy :D