I have been away for a while but I have to say that I like the new version 6 very much. My only problem is that I don't know the best way to perform some common tasks.
Basic:
unzip into same directory or a subdirectory. I don't really want to change the target path panel.
Copy file into subdirectory. While you can drag and drop I don't know how to do it quickly with the keyboard. "F5 F10 down enter" from FAR doesn't work.
Work with numbered folders. I.e. create folder01 to folder10 or copy file2.1 to 2.8 into folder02.
Automation:
Any hints on an appropriate scripting language to use to perform file management tasks. It should obviously support renaming files with regex as well as getting file dates.
File rename:
While I'm happy with the multi rename tool I just wish you didn't need to reopen it when multiple operations are needed to get the desired result. I guess it's reasonable though but the dialog doesn't even disappear as I remember so it's still strange. Single operations are much more common than multiple and the only situation I need it is to replace underscores with spaces.
Finally I would like a simplified alternative to renaming multiple files. Usually the files to be renamed follow as certain pattern. Usually it's a lot simpler to just manually edit a single entry than to find replace patterns to perform the same operation. It's just that as a human I'm more capable of performing the required change manually than to write a replace pattern to do the same thing.
common tasks - help
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Cursor on ZIP, Alt-F9, Delete, Enter.unzip into same directory or a subdirectory. I don't really want to change the target path panel.
Search for script editor.Automation:
If you want something to be changed you need to be specific.Finally I would like a simplified alternative to renaming multiple files.
HTH
Roman
This leaves copying into subdirectories.
Renaming files:
Basically when there is files with common parts:
file01
file02
etc
An obvious replacement filter is to replace "file" with something else but a quicker and more intuitive way would be to just select file and type something different. If this was handled within the actual file list as follows it would speed up things a lot.
Select the files, shift+F6 and you can start editing all the file by changing a single entry in the standard way. There is obviously limitations to what can be accomplished here but it could be extended to the following. Single character replacement. If I repeat a character replacement twice it automatically does the rest. Rearranging elements so that a fairly standard transformation such as:
01 - Frozen - Madonna.mp3 => Madonna - Frozen.mp3 can be accomplished via standard copy and paste within a single entry. Sorry for the bad example. a common personal example is
[a-keep_anbu]_full_metal_alchemist_-_08_[b8872be3].avi => Full Metal Alchemist 08 [a-keep_anbu].avi
This would be in my oppinion a simple interface for renaming files. As can be seen it would require the computer to do more work but nothing that couldn't be done in a split second. If we where talking about something more complex than filenames this wouldn't be as straight forward.
If I am the only person interested in a streamlined multi-rename interface then I can't say it's worth implementing. I could of course create a proof of concept but it would be much more useful within the already great file manager rather than an external tool.
Renaming files:
Basically when there is files with common parts:
file01
file02
etc
An obvious replacement filter is to replace "file" with something else but a quicker and more intuitive way would be to just select file and type something different. If this was handled within the actual file list as follows it would speed up things a lot.
Select the files, shift+F6 and you can start editing all the file by changing a single entry in the standard way. There is obviously limitations to what can be accomplished here but it could be extended to the following. Single character replacement. If I repeat a character replacement twice it automatically does the rest. Rearranging elements so that a fairly standard transformation such as:
01 - Frozen - Madonna.mp3 => Madonna - Frozen.mp3 can be accomplished via standard copy and paste within a single entry. Sorry for the bad example. a common personal example is
[a-keep_anbu]_full_metal_alchemist_-_08_[b8872be3].avi => Full Metal Alchemist 08 [a-keep_anbu].avi
This would be in my oppinion a simple interface for renaming files. As can be seen it would require the computer to do more work but nothing that couldn't be done in a split second. If we where talking about something more complex than filenames this wouldn't be as straight forward.
If I am the only person interested in a streamlined multi-rename interface then I can't say it's worth implementing. I could of course create a proof of concept but it would be much more useful within the already great file manager rather than an external tool.
The "if replaced twice, replace other occurences, too" could be done programatically. How would you suggest TC finds out you want to move one piece of text to another place? And what would that text and that place be in another filename?
TIA
Roman
TIA
Roman
Mal angenommen, du drückst Strg+F, wählst die FTP-Verbindung (mit gespeichertem Passwort), klickst aber nicht auf Verbinden, sondern fällst tot um.