Author: CCRDude
Subject: Multi-Rename Tool: other sign than 'square brackets' [] need
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 4:30 am (GMT -6)
I'm using the multi-rename tool a lot, and it's the best of such tools I've ever seen![Smile]()
One big issue I have with this though is that it is using square brackets as template characters.
I often have files I want to name like this:
I cannot use this template:
Instead, I need to use one of these:
and with the first method, use the Search & Replace feature to replace ! with [.
I would recommend using < and > instead of [ and ] for template names, since these cannot be part of filenames and thus never could conflict in the way described above.
Since many users are probably very used to square brackets, I would be very grateful if it could at least be consired to make a different set of tag enclosing characters possible through a custom setting.
Subject: Multi-Rename Tool: other sign than 'square brackets' [] need
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 4:30 am (GMT -6)
I'm using the multi-rename tool a lot, and it's the best of such tools I've ever seen
One big issue I have with this though is that it is using square brackets as template characters.
I often have files I want to name like this:
| Code: |
| [009-01] Something.txt [009-02] Something.txt [009-03] Something.txt [009-04] Something.txt |
I cannot use this template:
| Code: |
| [009-[C]] Something.txt |
Instead, I need to use one of these:
| Code: |
| !009-[C]] Something.txt [[]009-[C]] Something.txt |
and with the first method, use the Search & Replace feature to replace ! with [.
I would recommend using < and > instead of [ and ] for template names, since these cannot be part of filenames and thus never could conflict in the way described above.
Since many users are probably very used to square brackets, I would be very grateful if it could at least be consired to make a different set of tag enclosing characters possible through a custom setting.