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Short: Powerful multi-file renaming tool (MUI)
Author: Daniel Westerberg (deniil@algonet.se)
Uploader: Daniel Westerberg (deniil@algonet.se)
Version: 1.53
Type: util/misc
Requires: MUI, TextEditor.mcc, NList(view).mcc, BetterString.mcc
This program is for renaming, usually many files (hense the
name) using specially designed Tools to do the dirty work for you!
But you can also manually step through the list using a simple
string gadget in a very comfortable way!
Features:
~~~~~~~~~
- It supports filenames of up to 512 characters!
- It uses MUI!
- You can save the list for later perfection and final renaming!
- You can export the filelist as a completely customized textfile!
- Many ways to automatically renames the files to what you really want!
- You can number files if you want to make fileseries of some kind!
- You can edit and cutomize the filecomments of your files!
- It's great to use when managing playlists or things like it!
The tools you can use in MultiRen is:
>> Sort - Sort your files anyhow, or shuffle them..
>> FileCleaner - Clean your filenames from unwanted characters and more..
>> Adaptor - Make all you filenames have the same length, smart one..
>> Extension Editor - Change/add/remove/clean up your filename-extensions..
>> RenPlacer - Advanced *wildcard?-based rename/replace/find-functions..
>> Numberer - Number your files, or remove numbers. bin/dec/hex/alfa..
>> File Comment - Edit your filecomments AND filenames anyway you like!
Two useful thing that I didn't classify as tools..:
>> Export list as text.. - Save the list as text for use in f.ex a script or as a playlist..
>> Import a text file.. - Import new filenames from a textfile..
One of the more useful features of MultiRen is that no files are
actually renamed during your work, but only when you decide so
and press Rename in the main window!
Another great thing is that you can save the list of filenames
and their states if you want to continue the next day or maybe
just to save the list as a backup so that you can undo your
work at a later state if a tool didn't do quite what you expected.
You can use it to create playlists, perhaps sorted or shuffled
if you want.
You can also edit file comments in a flexible way, like adding
date or filelength to them or so.
News:
~~~~~
* NEW * Adding files and loading a list is now more than twice as fast
and clearing the list/exiting the program with files in the
list is about 4 times faster than before!
* NEW * New plugin: Quoted Printable. It converts %20 etc to real
characters.
* NEW * I gave the Extension Editor a major overhaul and I hope I made
it more useful, atleast its functions should be consistent
now and not so vague as before.
* NEW * Added some new extensions to the list of default extensions
for the Extension Editor.
* NEW * I broke the code for dropping icons and shift-click adding
items at start a couple of versions ago, now I restored the
code again. I thouth that everthing was directories.
v1.52
** Included the Substitute Generator into MultiRen. This should
have been done a long time ago but it just didn't happen..
** Added a plugin: NGPTool. This helps renaming Neo-Geo Pocket
rom files!
** Broke a function in the Renplacer in the last release when
renaming using single wildcard. It could cause the renplacer
to hang.
** Fixed another bug in the Renplacer when renaming with single
wildcard: If a string didn't match (and therefor shouldn't be
affected) it was instead replaced by the source, e.g. the old
name instead of being left as it was.
** Made a couple of changes to the "Export list as text"-functions.
Now it's possible to use a custom string just as in the
File Comment tool. You can still use it as before and this
has been made even more simple!
** Custom string in the File Comment tool and the Text Export
can now be save as the Renplacer strings can using that simple
Store, Remove and popdown menu functions!
v1.5 ? v1.51
~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Requester was always opened on default pubscreen, not MultiRen's
screen if this was defined to something other than default
pubscreen.
* Plugins are now automatically selected to be used when you
select the plugins page in the renplacer the first time.
* Made a new plugin for renaming PSID files! This was originally
made by Fabrizio "Lanch" Bartoloni.
* Added functionality to the File Comment tool! It's now even
more flexible when using the Custom source. You can use it
to nicen up filenames too, not only file comments!
v1.49
~~~~~
* Fixed two bugs in Renplacer/Find and one in Renplacer/Replace.
Find screwed up a variable and acted random. Both interpreted
the Source (Path,Old name etc) wrong.
* Added some functionality to the Numberer tool. Now you can
easily add, remove or change the separator character used
between the filename and the number without messing with
the Renplacer.
v1.48
~~~~~
* Fixed some problems with the Adaptor tool.
* You can now use Path as source in the Renplacer.
* A single wildcard in the Renplacer will now recognise any
string, not just non-empty ones.
v1.47
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* The Info window crashed badly. Fixed!
* Now it is possible to add files shuffled!
* A user found some flaws in the plugin template file
template.mrp.c.
v1.46
~~~~~
* Now you can save patterns in the Renplacer so that you don't
have to re-type them every time if you often use a few different
patterns!
* The Filecomment tool is now more powerful when using the custom
string. You can write f.ex: '%n[2;5]' to use 5 chars from offset
2 in the New name instead of just the whole New name as before
with just '%n'!
* Added a new status column for the file comment!
* The file pattern in the file requester was remembered internally
but not reused in the requester when opening the requester again.
This have been fixed.
* The PicInfo plugin has been updated!
* Fixed a few bugs..
v1.45
~~~~~
* Now the Adaptor has a switch so that filenames can be just
cut down instead of "compressed" as before.
* Now there's a switch in the prefs to make MultiRen also set
the file comments when renaming. (I ususally forget to set
the comments on my files when I'm editing both filenames
and comments :))
v1.44
~~~~~
* Now you can decide what entry MultiRen should sort secondly by!
* The left offset also affected the secondly sorted entries,
now it doesn't.
* The plugin ID3-Info returned wrong layer number.
v1.43
~~~~~
* Now you can start MultiRen with filenames as argument or
by shift-clicking on icons in workbench!
* Now you can hide the Old name column!
* Fixed a bug which made the Replace function to hang sometimes.
* The Sort tool can now be nicely shrunk if you want :)
* Fixed a bug with the FastFind function.
v1.42
~~~~~
* Now you can get your .info files renamed automatically!
Just set a flag in the prefs.
v1.41
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* Added an offset feature to the Sort tool.
* Added an offset feature to the "Import a textfile"-window.
* Now it's possible to re-read filecomment from all enabled files.
* Now you can rename directories too by dropping them on the
main window!
* Now you can make MultiRen automatically rename .info files for
you if you want! (See the prefs)
* Fixed a bug that caused the Renplacer/Rename to always use indexed
wildcards in some situations.
v1.4
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* Now using NListview.mcc for the main listview and BetterString.mcc
for some strings!
* Now you can load a plain text-file to the list, not only .mrl files!
* Added a little info window that tells you things about the files.
Open it from the menu: "Open info window".
* Enhanced and bugfixed some plugins! Some plugins now has some useful
settings to edit. Press the "?" in the plugin list.
* There is one more page in the prefs window with some nice settings!
* "Map file to filenames" has changed to "Import a text file" but
it's function and purpose is the same. (This is not where you
"load a text file" as said above.)
* I added an easy to use find function that you can use if you
just want to find some string somewhere in the list and don't
want to mess with the more advanced find function in the Replacer.
Press "f" in the main window!
* Now you can change the path for the files! Just select them and
look into the Edit menu.
* Now you can sort by extensions.
* The extension list has been extended and the Extension Editor tool
has been improved on some points.
v1.3
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* Now plugins is supported so that you can get information to your
filenames from anywhere, like f.ex ID3-tags in MP3's!
* Now all windows is properly disabled during an operation and
there is also a progressmeter with time display if an operation
would take long time!
* Filecomments can now be edited with the Renplacer tool!
* Many more minor enhancements..!
v1.2
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* MultiRen is now Key-mail Ware which means that you have
to send me an e-mail with your name to get a key-file
so you can get rid of all annoying requesters and shit! :-)
It's absolutely free, I just want to know how many cool
users I've got ;-))
Your name will ofcource not be used for anything else
than to create your personal keyfile which will be sent
back to you ASAP.
(Display names without permission is illegal here in Sweden!)
* Did you ever think of the idea to rename a couple of files
whos new names is in a textfile??
Now you can do it the easy way! Just map a textfile to
your filenames in MultiRen and that's it!
* Now you can use the FileComment tool to edit (add, remove,
change, improve) your filecomments!
* Now the extensions in the Extension Editor can be saved!
v1.1
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* Now you can use the Numberer tool to number your files
in very flexible ways!
* The text-export has got new features which makes you able
to put f.ex commands in the filelist you create so that
you can execute it as a dos-script f.ex!
--
Other programs by Deniil 715! can be found on OnyxSoft homepage at:
http://www.onyxsoft.nu/
Feel free to mail me if you found bugs or have suggestions!