Move KRename to KDE CVS

[Dominik Seichter]

Am Dienstag, 22. April 2003 21:25 schrieb David Faure:
> 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.
I'll try to simplify the GUI now and make it more compatible to the style 
guide. Afterwards I'll look into the kpart issue :-). 

CU Dom
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