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Powder

February 2, 2014, 04:09

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[Solved] Rename cannot be undone
I just renamed a release which did not have title tags, so I ended up with filenames like that: 01-Artist-.mp3. I wanted to undo it then, but it was not possible. When I click undo, Yate asks me if I really want to undo all changes but nothing happens then.

2MR2

February 2, 2014, 07:54

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August 23, 2012, 19:27

Re: [Bug?] Rename cannot be undone

Rename is currently not tied into Yate's undo system.

The load filename is preserved as a property available from the rename template item Names>Open Filename. The load (or open) folder is also retained as well.

You could always have a very simple 'undo' rename template: <Original Filename>

A somewhat safer template would be:
<Original Filename><IfDup> (<Dup#>)<EndIf><Folder Start><Original Folder>

BTW the templates, especially the complicated ones, are far easier to use in the upcoming v2.6 where they may be formatted.

Powder

February 8, 2014, 12:25

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Re: [Bug?] Rename cannot be undone

It’s not very logical to me, that renaming cannot be undone via cmd+z. I would assume, that every action (regardless of tags or files) can be undone. But thanks for the workaround!

Great to hear that the templates will be easier to use in 2.6. Will old templates be automatically converted to the new template system?

2MR2

February 8, 2014, 12:50

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Re: [Bug?] Rename cannot be undone

Cmd-Z implies a linear stack of operations which must all be undone in order to work your way back to a particular point. Yate currently implements out-of-bounds undoing on a per field basis. Some people love it ...... some don't. There are drawbacks to both methods.

All old templates will automatically be converted to the new format.

klemi

February 11, 2014, 15:34

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February 11, 2014, 19:44

Re: [Bug?] Rename cannot be undone

I have also some question to the function "rename files":

I have found some easy menu item like this screenshot from the tag App "metadatics" to eliminate illegal NTFS characters in the file-name. My experience is that this is also a good idea by playing Music from MacOSX.

I need support to do this fuction by handling tagging files with "Yate".
Can someone give me any practicable examples?

Thank you

Klemi

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February 11, 2014, 15:52

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Re: [Bug?] Rename cannot be undone

You can easily set rename operations to remove these characters or substitute a different sequence for them when renaming.

Look at the Replacements section in Preferences. The initial install has two sets. One named Default and one Windows. The Default set does nothing as replacements for ':' and '/' are handled separately as they are invalid on Macs. (See Invalid Character Substitution in General Preferences). The Windows set is what you want. Right click on the Windows set and make it the default set.

The set currently replaces each of the special characters with a 'dash' but if you want to have them removed, simply edit the values. You might also want to add '|' as I evidently missed it.

In all of the rename templates that you create check 'Do Replacements' and the characters will be modified or removed.

klemi

February 11, 2014, 16:41

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