[Digikam-devel] Renaming in BQM should be a tool

[Andi Clemens]

Ok, I will give it a try.

Andi

On Sunday 06 September 2009 13:50:53 Gilles Caulier wrote:
> 2009/9/6 Andi Clemens <andi.clemens at gmx.net>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think the renaming functionality should be moved into a tool in BQM.
> > Sometimes you simply want to rename files.
> > Now that ManualRename can handle directory names and metadata, users
> > might want to rename their files more often.
> >
> > For example I like to name my files according to the underlying folder
> > hierarchy:
> >
> > fotos
> >
> > |- 2008
> >
> >   |- lalala
> >
> > |- 2009
> >
> >   |- someEvent
> >
> > naming scheme:
> > [dir.]_[dir]_####_$
> >
> > result:
> > 2009_someEvent_0001_DSC2345.jpg
> >
> > In the past I used krename to do so, but now we can handle this in
> > digiKam as well. The problem is: I need to assign a dummy tool (convert
> > to JPG for example) to get BQM working. But this is not a good workflow
> > :-)
> >
> > So we should either think of
> > 1. implementing an "empty dummy" tool that does nothing (stupid idea :-))
> > 2. move renaming options into a tool and remove them from the BQM main
> > window.
> >
> > What do you think?
> > This renaming tool can then also be used to move files?
> 
> Agree with Point 2. About moving or just rename, you need to see what
> we must do with target folder view from BQM...
> 
> Gilles
> 
> > Andi
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