Additional fields in Rename

[enduser]

Hi,

I sort my my files in descending order of date created, so the old files end up at the bottom but when i need to multi-rename by appending numbers to them, using $number: makes the old files have higher numbers so i do <eval:$count: - $number: + 1>

It would be nice if the renamer can have some if not all the the fields/columns from the result list (such as name, date created/modified, size, path, etc) which can be used to sort the files (ascending/descending) in the renamer for better renaming.

Thanks

[void]

I will consider adding columns to the old filenames list with sorting support.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[enduser]

If you don't mind I would also like to suggest that the renamer get rid of the edit text fields and instead have a single list of files to be renamed (like the result list) with columns in this order
[Old Name][New Name][Size][Date][Path][:more if you see fit:]
with the sorting operation being same for old and new name, and others respectively.
The only drawback to this change would be the width of the renamer being wider than usual (and the work you would've have to do)

or instead of a single list view have two list views in place of the edit text fields with the top one being
[Old Name][Size][Date][Path][:more if you see fit:]
and the bottom one just being
[New Name]
as the top list view will be uneditable you could add the sorting operation to top list view only and have the bottom one change accordingly.

I think these changes will help make the renamer a lot better to use, Thanks.

[void]

I will consider a single list of filenames.
Thank you for your suggestion.

I would miss being unable to make small edits to the new filename list.
Perhaps this could be done through the listview.

[enduser]

I would miss being unable to make small edits to the new filename list.

oh yes, i forgot to mention that.
also would it possible to edit some selection of files seperately, like have the new format affect the selected files from the list?

[void]

also would it possible to edit some selection of files seperately, like have the new format affect the selected files from the list?

Sounds a little complicated..
I will consider an option to apply the new format to selected files.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[enduser]

Sounds a little complicated..

yes, a multi-renamer inside a multi-rename seems complicated

I will consider an option to apply the new format to selected files.

what i meant by that was have different selection of files from the list have their own "new format" format.

also do you plan on adding bookmarks for formats to the renamer?

[void]

also do you plan on adding bookmarks for formats to the renamer?

Yes, it is on my TODO list.

[enduser]

Yes, it is on my TODO list.

great

currently to get today's date in the format DD-MM-YYYY we have to do #text:<#now:,DD-MM-YYYY> which uses the #now: preprocessor, it would be nice to have a function $date:/$dt: specific for the renamer which would optionally take a format as parameter, eg. $date:YYYY-MM-DD, to avoid with the literal text YYYY-MM-DD or any other format perhaps you could a new encloser something like $<>, eg. $<$dt:DD-MM>, so then you would have to add this feature to $dc:, $dm:, $da: and then maybe for file times as well.

[void]

I will look into making this easier.
Thank you for your suggestion.

For now the recommend way to get todays date in DD-MM-YYYY format is to use the following syntax:

<text:now:,DD-MM-YYYY>