Move KRename to KDE CVS

[David Faure]

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On Tuesday 22 April 2003 12:02, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> On Friday 18 April 2003 17:09, Dominik Seichter wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am the author of KRename ( http://www.krename.net ). I would like to move 
> > this extremely powerful batch renamer into the kdeutils CVS module, so that 
> > it can be part of KDE 3.2. I already have a CVS account, so adding it is no 
> > problem. I will of course continue to maintain and improve it inside of the 
> > CVS.
> > 
> > I think it would be a very good addition for KDE, because there is no such 
> > tool part of KDE yet and it is extremely useful and powerful. KRename is also 
> 
> Sorry, I'm not convinced. I doubt batch renaming files is just an often done task
> that we need an extra KDE tool for it in the base distribution.

As a separate app, I agree: no need for an extra KDE tool.

However, as a Konqueror KParts plugin, that opens up a dialog, I think 
this would make sense to have - and the code could be shipped by kdeutils.
Easier to find in Konqueror's Tools menu than by looking for it in the K menu,
and indeed a useful tool IMHO. It should then be simplified of course - the
selection of the files to be renamed can be done with the existing Konqueror
facilities. Then it would be faster to use, more intuitive, and smaller in code size.

PS: The dialog with "visible vs invisible kfile-plugins" is a bit overkill IMHO.

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David Faure -- faure at kde.org, dfaure at klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se
Qt/KDE/KOffice developer
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, Platform-independent software solutions
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