It would be very handy to be able to pick a previous "pattern" or "replace" value when entering each field. Most of the time, those values are re-used on a regular basis, and selecting them without having the need to rewrite them entirely (especially when it's a complex regex) would help a lot. Deleting each item individually could be done just like in browsers autocomplete fields with Shift+Delete.
Uff .. such a feature would require a serious amount of work, for a small gain. If you have time to work on it, patches would be welcome ! If not, I would rather close this bug.
Yes I agree this is a bit complex for the gain. Maybe being able to pass an argument to the command line to prefill those fields would be enough, but I'm not sure this can be done since the renamer is part of Thunar and not a dedicated bin. You may close this bug. Thanks for your time and for Xfce :)
(In reply to Anaël O. from comment #2) > Maybe being able to pass an argument to the command line to prefill those > fields would be enough, but I'm not sure this can be done since the renamer > is part of Thunar and not a dedicated bin. Good idea, I guess that could be done with reasonable effort. "thunar_application_command_line" is the method to look into. Possibly something like: --prefill-bulk-renamer search_replace="SearchString" You would need to define a list of widgets which can be prefilled I dont have time for that, though if you are motivated, please go for it. Patches always are welcome ! > You may close this bug. Thanks for your time and for Xfce :) I just renamed it now to reflect your idea.
I would love to help but I'm just a PHP developer so I don't think you would want me to touch such code ;) I'll take a look to https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce in the meantime, I'm a big fan of Xfce so that would seem fair :)
I can implement this feature. With pleasure. If this feature will be assigned to me and i will have about 2 weeks for implementing it.
(In reply to Dmitry Ovcharov from comment #5) > I can implement this feature. With pleasure. If this feature will be > assigned to me and i will have about 2 weeks for implementing it. Nice! Take whatever time you need ! Theo usually is not interested in features :)
(In reply to alexxcons from comment #6) > (In reply to Dmitry Ovcharov from comment #5) > > I can implement this feature. With pleasure. If this feature will be > > assigned to me and i will have about 2 weeks for implementing it. > > Nice! Take whatever time you need ! > > Theo usually is not interested in features :) Thanks. This task in progress. I have some success with it.
That's nice to hear! Thanks Dmitry!
Almost complete. :)
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