Eliminate The MRT Results That Won't Change
Posted: 2019-04-12, 05:17 UTC
I found myself composing an MRT command on a few hundred files yet I had to search assiduously in the New name column for the effects of my chosen syntax. It was not obvious that my expressions were actually what I intended. I may have made a mistake - and, indeed I have, many times, discovered only much later - but my errors weren't apparent in the 'detritus' of all non-affected rows.
I feel it would be helpful to be able to eliminate those results that my specifications didn't apply to - much in the same way that Everything eliminates results as you type.
Once again the idea of 'pseudo list-boxes' arises - panels that behave like the standard TC list-boxes (panels) even though they're transient, whereby results can be treated as core lists where every column is sortable and columns choosable. Think also 'Feed to listbox' that returns ONLY path-filenames, unfortunately. But that's another topic.
Perhaps an annunciator in the New name column could say '[No change]', leaving the original name showing for further examination.
This I believe.
I feel it would be helpful to be able to eliminate those results that my specifications didn't apply to - much in the same way that Everything eliminates results as you type.
Once again the idea of 'pseudo list-boxes' arises - panels that behave like the standard TC list-boxes (panels) even though they're transient, whereby results can be treated as core lists where every column is sortable and columns choosable. Think also 'Feed to listbox' that returns ONLY path-filenames, unfortunately. But that's another topic.
Perhaps an annunciator in the New name column could say '[No change]', leaving the original name showing for further examination.
This I believe.