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10.3.1 Shortcuts
The Shortcuts Plugin allows you to jump to places within the le browser without having to navigate there manually. The plugin works with .link les. A .link le is just a text le with every line containing the name of the le or the directory you want to quickly jump to. All names should be full absolute names, i.e. they should start with a /. Directory names should also end with a /.
How to create .link les
You can use your favourite text editor to create a .link le on the PC an then copy the le to the player. Or you can use the context menu on either a le or a directory in the le browser tree, and use the \Add to shortcuts" menu option. This will append a line with the full name of the le or the directory to the shortcuts.link le in the root directory of the player. (The le will be created if it does not exist yet.) You can later rename the automatically created shortcuts.link le or move it to another directory if you wish. Subsequent calls of the context menu will create it again.
How to use .link les, i.e. jump to desired places
To use a .link le just \play" it from the le browser. This will show you a list with the entries in the le. Selecting one of them will then exit the plugin and leave you within the directory selected, or with the le selected in the le browser. You can then play the le or do with it whatever you want. The le will not be \played" automatically.
If the .link le contains only one entry no list will be shown, you will directly jump to that location. The le shortcuts.link in the root directory is an exception. After \playing" it, the list will be shown even if the le contains just one entry.
If the list you are seeing is from shortcuts.link in the root directory, you can delete the selected entry by pressing Menu. Deleting entries from other .link les is not possible.
Advanced Usage
Placing the line \#Display last path segments=n" (where n is a number) in the beginning of a .link le will leave just the last n segments of the entries when they are shown. For example, if n is chosen to be 1, then the entry /MyMusic/collection/song.mp3 will be shown as song.mp3. This allows you to hide common path pre xes.
You can also provide a custom display name for each entry individually. To do so, append a tabulator character after the entry’s path followed by your custom name. That name will then be used for showing the entry. For example:
Example
/MyMusic/collection/song.mp3<TAB>My favourite song!
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