Total Commander

[majkinetor !]

Multi-Rename Script
Open source application for massive file renaming.


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Image: http://multi-rename-script.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/res/MRS.PNG

Notes



• Some differences between MRS and MRT
  
• AHK thread
  


ChangeLog

v1.5c 19/02/2010

! Fixed issue with content plugins that have - in the name (i.e. jpg-comment.wdx)
+ Optmization: Improved speed of editor preview a lot.

v1.5b

+ TCWdx module improved:

+ Unicode support for TC content plugins - module will first try W export, then A export, then it will return error.
+ It cashes function adresses for faster subsequent calls. HTML manual for external use.
* Removed dependency on folder names to be equal to content plugins names. When TC ini file is not present, module now searches recursively for all wdx files in the \plugins folder.

* Range will no longer flicker in "select range" inputbox. Inputbox is wider.
+ Added TC content plugin cputil.wdx which allows to find file names with characters from a different code page, and rename them using conversion table.
+ ShellDetails.wdx updated to Unicode version.

v1.5a


+ Unicode support in GUI and AHK Plugins. Total Commander plugins are still not unicode (because they still mostly don't support it).
+ Resizable window (window placement is saved in ini)
+ Rename operation will create directory if it doesn't exist (__meta__)
+ If you hold CTRL while using drag&drop or shell extension to add single folder, MRS will add its files instead.
* Preset Save button and DropDown replaced with single editable ComboBox. To save preset write its desired name and press ENTER. To load preset select it from the list or type its name.
* You don't need AHK anymore to run MRS. AHKL is included in the archive, renamed to MRS.exe so you don't have to install it. MRS.ahk itself is renamed to AutoHotKey.ini.
+ Optimization: 10% faster renaming.



v1.1


* ComboX, HLink modules updated. This will fix ComboX issue where plugin buttons were drawn over it.
+ CTRL + A hotkey added to select all files in the list view.
+ Little gui improvements.
! Bugfix: Script freezing, mostly on Win7 & Vista.
+ New AHK plugin Sub: Extracts substring from file name from str1 up to the str2.

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[nsp]

Fine !

One of the feature that is not present in TC is the collision step :
for a large number of files, some of the renamed files have the same resulting name.
Instead of only poping error or renaming the files. You keep all the file with collision and add a new column for adding a new renaming step.

Do you plan to add it in your renamer ?

Do you have any news of FavFolder3 ??

[majkinetor !]

That is already in.

Files that produced the error will stay in the list so you can do with them whatever you want (delete them, make new rename action).

The point is that app is open source so you can change anything very quickly, including the appereance of it. You can add things to menus. Its AHK, meanng fast programming, so you can do it ad-hock, as soon as you envision it.

You can write your plugin in Notepad. For instance one of the thing often requested here is counter that is reset on each folder change. That plugin could be done, actually I already have it here.

So, anybody can change the app or write plugin as he sees fit. Editing of file names after renaming can be done with FileInfo plugin. You make your mask, then you do Preview and save it as FileInfo.txt (file which FI uses to map lines to files in list view). Then you edit this file as you see fit and use it in next renaming step. Little bit more complicated then in MRT but has some more options, as FileInfo is just another plugin so you can combine it with others, plus it can return file column only instead of entire line...


About FavMenu, Ill upgrade it soon so it can be used in Vista and Power Shell.
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[nsp]

[majkinetor !]

[m^2]

There's already scripting support in MRT. Script.wdx.
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[nsp]

[m^2]

[nsp]

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[nsp]

[m^2]

OK, I see your points. That's indeed better.
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[_meta_]

Nice,
but I miss the thing I miss the most in MRT, and that is the possibility to create directories...

--edit--
can be patched with this:

[majkinetor !]

Ye, I wanted to that Thx. Ill add it to the next release when it happens.


The main differences between MRT and MRS are:

1. MRS plugins can accept parameter. For instance FileInfo.5 returns 5th column from the CSV file. You can also set delimiter.

2. MRS has scripting support, while MRT doesn't. You can use script.wdx tho, but I don't like VBScript, nor anybody else serious enough.

3. MRS can be used outside TC, you can integrate it in Explorer or any other file manager.

4. You can extend its button menus.

5. Undo works any time (after closing or restarting) and you can easily creatre multiple undos (few lines of code)

6. Interface is much better. The interface, actually, is one of the primary things I don't use MRT. It simply makes me insane.

7. You can double click the file and see the range construction real time. Instead of the selection that you must set in MRT, you can only set the cursor to get [N x- ] range which makes much more sense as file names are not the same lenght. In MRT you must always edit the result afterwards.


Initialy I wanted to create app that can chain multiple presets on file list and execute them all. I didn't do it so far, as I didn't have time to create interface for it. However, it can be programmed in an hour or two. Its usualy much easier to create multiple paterns that transform file list to something else, then to create 1 pattern to do it (or constantly reload).

Ie:

fileList - P1 -> P2 -> ... Pn -> filelistOut

I gues this is the same that nsp ment:

[m^2]