renaming a file using hotkey or directory hotlist

[junggle]

hi all

how can i rename a file under cursor using a hotkey or directory hotlist?

e.g.
pressing "ctrl+shift+F1" renames "file.ext" to "file_1.ext"
pressing "ctrl+shift+F2" renames "file.ext" to "file_2.ext"

any help appreciated.

[MVV]

Configuration - Misc., assign theese hotkeys for newly created commands in usercmd.ini section:

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Command: %ComSpec% /c
Parameters: "ren "%P%O.%E" "%O_1.%E""
Run minimized: Yes

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Command: %ComSpec% /c
Parameters: "ren "%P%O.%E" "%O_2.%E""
Run minimized: Yes

[junggle]

thanks a bunch

there is no usercmd.ini anywhere in my install path.
should i create it in my tc dir?

why are there two quotation marks at the end ("%O_1.%E"")?

also, is there any documentation for this functionality,
(meaning of the variables like %P, %O ...)?

cheers

[nsp]

there is no usercmd.ini anywhere in my install path.
should i create it in my tc dir?

If you use the command browser - cm_commandbrowser and choose usercmd.ini at bottom of left listview, the file will be created automatically if you add a new command using new !

why are there two quotation marks at the end ("%O_1.%E"")?

Because there is one before ren... "ren "%P%O.%E" "%O_1.%E""

also, is there any documentation for this functionality,
(meaning of the variables like %P, %O ...)?

cheers

If you edit add a button or a user command, you can find a [help] button ... you can also access it from main help choosing Dialog box: Configuration - Change button bar

[junggle]

thanks!!!
it works smoothly

[MVV]

If you open configuration dialog at Misc. page and click chose command button, you'll see mentioned command browser with usercmd.ini section of commands where user commands may be created.

Extra pair of double quotes in parameter line is the pain of cmd.exe which likes to remove them so sometimes it causes problems (if e.g. you specify quoted path to program and quoted path to file it will remove first and last quotes making command invalid) so it is easier to put them always instead of thinking whether they're needed.

[junggle]

thanks.

i would like to create one more hotkey for moving a file to parent directory

what parameters should i use?

[MVV]

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Parameters: "move "%P%O.%E" "%P\..\%O.%E""

You can also do both move and rename at once with move command.