#101 Inteligent batch renaming

In ACDSee, when one wanted to rename several files, ACDSee guessed
the proper pattern for the file names (for example, if files are 'foo001.
jpg', 'foo002.jpg' and so one a pattern was automaticly set to 'foo###.
jpg'). It would be very useful if the same behavior would be implemnted
in GQView.

Moreover, a ACDSee way of specifing patterns ('foo###.jpg') is IMO
easier to use then specifing begining, start, end and padding.

And the last thing, if no extension is specified, GQView should use the
original extension. Now, one cannot rename several files if they have
different extensions.

[Alan Horkan]

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I rename a lot of files by adding leading zeros to them so
that they will sort more easily. I'm not particularly
worried by how a developer might implement it, there are
various solutions that all would be good. An improved
rename tool that made it easier to pass in the original
filename while adding leading zeros (roughly similar to what
this request is asking for) or adding another sort option
(requested elsewhere) would help solve my problems.

Thanks in advance

Alan Horkan

[John Ellis]

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As of GQview 2.1.2, thre is a formatted rename option in the
rename dialog that allows enter entering for example foo###
and the file will be renamed filling ### with the
incremented number, and maintaining the extension type for
the files.

[John Ellis]

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Sorry forgot to add that puttng a "*" in the formatted
string will include the current filename without the extension.

example: renaming "foobar.jpg" by using a format string of
"###_*" will result in a new filename of "001_foobar.jpg".