[Krename-users] Some issues with KRename

[Scott G. <rsg...@gm...>]

First of all, let me say that I really appreciate KRename. I use it pretty 
much constantly, and it's a very, very good program that fills a much-needed 
niche is Linuxland.

That said, I'm concerned about a few changes in 3.0.3, to which I recently 
upgraded (I'm on Debian Sarge & KDE 3.3.2). 

I use KR mainly to rename OGG & MP3 files. I'll rip a bunch, & then use KR to 
change the file names. Some of the recent changes make that process far more 
onerous - & dangerous - than it used to be. Here are my concerns.

1. This is an old bug that I've always noticed: I add a directory of music, 
rename the files, remove those files from the list, add another directory, 
rename, remove. I leave KR open, and go to Konq to move the 2 dir's. 
Immediately after I do so, KR crashes. This happens every time.

2. A UI problem: I often open up 25 files named (& I'm simplifying here) 
something like this:

01-Song.ogg
02-Song.ogg

I want the files to look like this:

Artist - Album - 01 - Song.ogg

To do this, I open all 25 files in KR, click on Insert Part of Filename, 
highlight the "01-" and check the box next to Invert Selection, and then 
press Finish. My files are now named Song.ogg, but that's OK, because I 
immediately choose to rename the same files again by pressing Rename 
Processed Files Again, and this time I change the KR Template to:

Artist - Album - ## - *

Press Finish, and KR renames the files correctly. Since KR kept the songs in 
the correct order, the renumbering works perfectly. Excellent!

With the new KR, the Rename Processed Files Again is not a separate button, as 
it formerly was, but a part of a dropdown list labeled Rename More. The big 
problem is that Rename Processed Files Again is right next to Restart 
KRename, & I think that is a big mistake. I can just see myself accidentally 
clicking on Restart KRename, & losing the order of the files, meaning I'd 
have to manually renumber everything, which would suck. In other words, the 
new UI makes it far easier for a user to screw up. :)

My request is to somehow separate those. IMHO, Restart KRename should be a 
completely separate button from Rename More. This would certainly help.

3. My big annoyance - I can't save common Find & Replace tasks any longer! In 
the old KR, I could keep F&R tasks that I did over and over again, but now I 
can't. Please bring that back! Now I have to manually re-enter things, and 
that's no fun.

As I said, I really appreciate KRename. I just want to help out a great 
program.

Thanks.

Scott
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