Multi-Rename Tool: Improvement "case option" sugge

[PascalT]

A proposition to improve the "Upper/lower case option" in the Multi-Rename Tool :

The "First letter uppercase" option is in fact "First character uppercase" : It turns uppercase the first character of the string if it is a letter.
I propose renaming "First letter uppercase" as "First character uppercase", and creating another option that is really "First letter uppercase".
This last option would turn uppercase the first letter found in the string from left to right.

This option would turn for instance :
01 - smoke in the water.flac
into
01 - Smoke in the water.flac

The current "First letter uppercase" doesn't change the case of this name because it only checks the first character of the string and it is not a letter in this case.

[MVV]

You can try mixing case specifiers for different name parts, e.g.:

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[F][N1-7][L][N8-]

(all first letters in uppercase for first 7 characters and all lowercase for the rest)

[PascalT]

Yes, your solution works for this case.

But it's not very easy to input, especially when it's no more in the rename mask history.
Moreover you must count the characters from the left before the first letter in the name.
And you can't rename several names in one shot if the first letter is not at the same row in all the names.
And "First letter uppercase" is not properly named because it's in fact "First character uppercase".
I still think this new "Upper/lowercase" option would be an improvement and would allow to capitalize quickly and generically the first letter of any name beginning with any characters other than letters.

[Dalai]

But it's not very easy to input, especially when it's no more in the rename mask history.

You can save renaming profiles using F2 which also opens the combobox on the right hand side.

Moreover you must count the characters from the left before the first letter in the name.

No, you don't need to. Just use the [N#-# Range] button and select the name's part you want to copy into the edit field.

And you can't rename several names in one shot if the first letter is not at the same row in all the names.

Plugins might be able to help out on this one, but I don't know that for sure.

And "First letter uppercase" is not properly named because it's in fact "First character uppercase".

Indeed.

Regards
Dalai

[PascalT]

You can save renaming profiles using F2 which also opens the combobox on the right hand side.

The load/save profile is more useful to manage a complete renaming configuration than to add just a extra case renaming rule.

No, you don't need to. Just use the [N#-# Range] button and select the name's part you want to copy into the edit field.

You're right, but the first letter in the name could be automatically and more conveniently found like the first letter of each word is found with the "first of each word uppercase" rule. And [F] and [n] must be manually entered.

Plugins might be able to help out on this one, but I don't know that for sure.

I'd really like to have this case rule applied in the multi-rename tool where other case and renaming rules are gathered.

[MVV]

I'd really like to have this case rule applied in the multi-rename tool where other case and renaming rules are gathered.

It may be really done with plugins, and it will be available from MRT... The only thing plugin should do is to provide resulting name in desired case.

[PascalT]

Most of common options for case changing are already gathered in the Upper/lowercase combobox of the main multi-rename tool interface without any need for plugins.
The new rule is really another common case changing option and could just be added to this combobox (The mislabelled "First letter uppercase" option could even tell that what I want is already available...).
Maybe plugins should be used only for adding not so common fields or complicated formatting.