Feature Request: Option to set rename pattern

[robinsiebler]

If you choose the option to rename duplicate file names when copying/moving, TC automatically renames the files file(2), file(3), etc. However, I would like to be able to specify how the files are renamed. For instance, file-01, file-02, etc.

[Clo]

2robinsiebler
Hello !
- I guess that you wish to get especially a "natural" sorting in the file-lists then ?
- It's quite possible that a better sorting for names having order-numbers (and national characters) shall come soon

Best regards,
Claude
Clo

[robinsiebler]

No, I just hate () in file names.

[jb]

I agree.
Recently I wrote a JScript function with the following signature:

function AutoRename(i_strPathName, i_strIndexPrefix, i_nIndexWidth, i_strIndexPostfix)

EXAMPLE CALLS:
AutoRename("MyFile.txt", "(", 1, ")")
leads to "MyFile(1).txt", "MyFile(2).txt", ... (TC 6.03a)

AutoRename("MyFile.txt", "-", 2)
leads to "MyFile-01.txt", "MyFile-02.txt", ... (preferred by robinsiebler)

AutoRename("MyFile.txt", "-OLD", 3)
leads to "MyFile-OLD001.txt", "MyFile-OLD002.txt", ... (preferred by jb)


Tranlated to TC I suggest the following keys for Wincmd.ini
AutoRenameIndexPrefix with default value "("
AutoRenameIndexWidth with default value 1
AutoRenameIndexPostfix with default value ")"

Also the location of the index might be configurable (after base name, after extension, ...).

[Sheepdog]

You may use the Multi rename tool with

Code: Select all

Rename mask: [N]
Extension:[E]
Search for:\((\d+)\)
Replace with:-0$1
RegEx is checked, subst is unchecked

Just as workaround.

I think too it would be nice if you could define the rename template.
That'll make it possible to automatically rename files to e.g. :
photo_20-12-04a
photo_20-12-04b
photo_20-12-04c

or anything.

sheepdog

[JohnFredC]

Perhaps the request is really one for a combo box in the copy/move dialog that shows the recently used renaming patterns from the multirename tool.

In addition, I conceive of a button on the copy/move dialog that opens the multi-rename tool so that a rename pattern could be constructed "on the fly". The list of files that would appear in the rename tool would be the list of duplicates found in the pending move/copy operation.

Closing the multi-rename dialog would post the rename template to the combo in the move/copy dialog. TC would apply the template to the duplicates when the copy/move was actually executed.

Not being in favor of too many additional dialogs (and clicks), however, I personally would prefer a more elaborate move/copy dialog that included portions of the multirename tool in its body (instead of having to open, then close, the multi-rename tool during the move/copy).