When doing multi rename, i do not understand the following

[justsome]

Hello,
when doing multi rename, i do not understand the following
abc is in my filename
doing:
a|b|c -> c|x|a (1x is selected)
results in "axc"

please see screenshot below
in my understanding, each character should be replaced 1x only...correct?
is this a bug, or can you explain why?

screenshot:
Image: http://pichost.org/image/w2FBA

EDIT: i think it is doing multiple replacement passes abc-> cxa -> axc
And then it detects a loop and stops
but i want it to do exactly 1 pass...possible?

EDIT 2: also, it is unclear what the ^ option really does
it makes no difference whether selected or not a|b|c does not match ABC

[ghisler(Author)]

Hi!

You wrote:

a|b|c -> c|x|a (1x is selected)

The rename tool makes 3 replacements:
a->c (abc -> cbc)
b->x (cbc -> cxc)
c->a (cxc -> axc) <- here the second isn't replaced because of the 1x option.

[justsome]

what i wanted to do was a simple substitution cipher (vigenere,cesar)
i.e. replace every letter from alphabet with a different one
I guess that is not possible then using the multi rename tool
(Of course it was if tc was not doing the replace recursively)

[ghisler(Author)]

No, this is indeed not possible, sorry. TC applies the search+replace in the order they are entered, but always to the latest name. So when you use:
Search for: a|b
Replace with: b|a
You will first replace all a with b, and then all b (including the converted a's) with a.