cannot rename files using digiKam batch manager

[Maik Qualmann]

Batch Queue Manager is not for simple renaming of images. Select images and 
use right click -> renaming (F2 key).

Maik

On Montag, 10. Oktober 2016 19:15:46 CEST JL Kottal wrote:
> I am not able to rename files using the batch command in digiKam.
> 
> I am running digiKam version 4.14 under PC-BSD 10.3, but the problem also
> occurs in Windows 10 with digiKam version 5.2. The batch process images
> plug-in is installed.
> 
> This is what I am doing, according to the instructions found on
> https://userbase.kde.org/Digikam/Renaming_Photos
> 
> I select  three images from an album and add them to the current queue.
> 
> When the Batch Queue Manager window opens, under the file renaming tab, I
> choose a custom name consisting of my initials, a dash, and a two digit
> number selected from the Number options box.
> 
> Under target, I choose to use the original album.
> 
> The queue list shows the new filename. There is nothing in the Assigned
> Tools box. At the bottom of the window there are the words "ready" and
> "Current Queue: 3 items/no tasks - Total 3 items / no tasks".
> 
> The run and stop button never come into focus (i.e., they remain grayed
> out).
> 
> I have found that if I add a tool from the Base tools box, such as convert
> to black and white, the run button comes into focus. If I press it, the
> selected files are processed by the tool command and also  renamed.
> 
> What I want to be able to do is to rename the selected files without having
> to apply any editing to them.
> 
> How can this be done?
> 
> Thanx.
> 
> JL Kottal


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Gruß Maik