Allow to unmark with assistants

[rgbigel]

I have not been able to find a way to clean up like this...

using the option "ignore existing marks":

1. I mark all smallest files
2. I mark all files with oldest modifications

-- now, that will leave a lot of groups with everything marked!

I do not know how to do the following (which would solve my problem):

3. Unmark all but one in each group (apparently the only support is to mark, not unmark, one in each group)

Likewise, if I filter groups with all files marked, then select all lines, I can not invert the marks for only the visible lines, the warning that it will affect the entire list is very counterproductive.

Probably like everybody else, I am waiting for version 4 (or some beta) that will allow me to work on really large sets of files. I'm talking about 10K here!

Rolf

[therube]

Will this work... ?

1. mark smallest
2. mark oldest

Set Filter Marked: Group has mark
Set Selection Assistant, Work only on currently select rows

Highlight all files (using Group Has Mark, filter)

Selection Assitant | Mark | Select by Group | All but one file in each group

A warning says, "the operation will affect the entire list, not just the current filter", but I'm not sure that's the case, or at least I'm not understanding it ?

This may do what you're looking for?

(Experiment carefully ;-).)