multi rename tool

[Grave]

could it be modified to:
-name case: separate for file name AND extension
-extension rename mask: history dropdown listbox like file name
-both search and replace: history dropdown listbox
-recursive? (applies to subdirectories, if directory is selected)
-multiple rename operations in one selection, e.g. after selecting files the filelist in multirename tool is populated but when "start" is pressed the list is not emptied, just refreshed to reflect latest changes, so its possible to continue renaming on the same fileset without the need to close the tool and select same files again

[djk]

could it be modified to:
-recursive? (applies to subdirectories, if directory is selected)

Now you can use Branch View (Ctrl_B) and then rename the files.
There can only be a problem if you want to use Counter.

[Hacker]

Grave,

-extension rename mask: history dropdown listbox like file name
-both search and replace: history dropdown listbox

For the time being I guess you have to live with with "F2 Load/save settings"...


-multiple rename operations in one selection, e.g. after selecting files the filelist in multirename tool is populated but when "start" is pressed the list is not emptied, just refreshed to reflect latest changes, so its possible to continue renaming on the same fileset without the need to close the tool and select same files again

Christian is considering how to best implement that.

HTH
Roman

[ghisler(Author)]

-name case: separate for file name AND extension

There are placeholders for this, see the help:
All characters after this position in uppercase
[L] All characters after this position in lowercase
[F] First letter of each word uppercase after this position, all others lowercase

Example: [F][N][L] in the name field makes the first letter of each word in the name uppercase, and the extension lowercase.

[Valentino]

Grave> -multiple rename operations in one selection
Hacker> Christian is considering how to best implement that.

What are the problems? Maybe we could throw in a couple of ideas to consider.

[Hacker]

The problems are how to show the files - currently the TC selects the files in the filelist that couldn't be renamed so one can fix the errors. Now Christian is thinking about either rereading the filenames into the MRT, not rereading them but keeping them selected in the filelist, or somehow give the user a choice of what to do (radiobutton) AFAIK.

HTH
Roman

[Grave]

-name case: separate for file name AND extension

There are placeholders for this, see the help:
All characters after this position in uppercase
[L] All characters after this position in lowercase
[F] First letter of each word uppercase after this position, all others lowercase

Example: [F][N][L] in the name field makes the first letter of each word in the name uppercase, and the extension lowercase.

thanx for reply guys, i have also looked into the placeholders,
as far as i can tell it doesnt work in conjuction with name/case listbox
e.g. [N][L] makes extension lower case as it should, but in combination with name/case listbox UPPER selection, it will ignore [L]
so suppose i will have to make presets with proper masks/placeholders :)

[Grave]

Now you can use Branch View (Ctrl_B) and then rename the files.
There can only be a problem if you want to use Counter.

exactly, e.g. if you want to use counter from 1 in each subdirectory :)

[Valentino]

The problems are how to show the files - currently the TC selects the files in the filelist that couldn't be renamed so one can fix the errors. Now Christian is thinking about either rereading the filenames into the MRT, not rereading them but keeping them selected in the filelist, or somehow give the user a choice of what to do (radiobutton) AFAIK.

Still don't see the (big) problem here...
There can be two kinds of files:
1) successfully renamed (currently hidden after renaming);
2) not renamed due to some error (currently shown in bold). So what we need is IMHO just don't hide renamed files - leave them in list (not bold). Then several options (checkboxes or in context menu) could be added: smth like "Show renamed" and "Show failed" so the user could go on and either to rename previously failed files or to continue renaming "good" files, or both.