gse-rename.el: bulk file renames can be fun

[Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Evans <g...@antisleep.com> writes:
> ;; Commentary:
> ;; I always find myself having to rename a lot of files at once, and
> ;; I could picture how I would do it if I had a list of the existing
> ;; filenames in Emacs. Some rectangle stuff here and there, some
> ;; query-replace, some macros, whatever. For instance, a list of
> ;; mp3 files that needs a number and dash in front of every filename.

Have you looked at wdired.el ?
It doesn't provide quite the same, but seems extremely close.

Stefan

[Scott Evans]

gah! Well, at least I know I'm not the only person that wanted this.

I found a recent version (1.91) on google, but it looks like it hasn't
been ported to XEmacs. Maybe I'll take a stab at that sometime.
In the meantime, hopefully mine will be of some use to XEmacs users.

scott

[Juan Leon Lahoz Garcia]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Evans <g...@antisleep.com> writes:

Scott> "Stefan Monnier <f...@acm.com>"

Scott> <monnier+gnu.emacs.sources/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:
>> Have you looked at wdired.el ? It doesn't provide quite the
>> same, but seems extremely close.

Scott> gah! Well, at least I know I'm not the only person that
Scott> wanted this.

Scott> I found a recent version (1.91) on google, but it looks
Scott> like it hasn't been ported to XEmacs. Maybe I'll take a
Scott> stab at that sometime. In the meantime, hopefully mine will
Scott> be of some use to XEmacs users.

Days ago René Kyllingstad send me a patch to wdired could be used with
XEmacs. I'm so sorry that I haven't had time to merge it, test it and
post it. I promise to do all of it next week (aargh, I need to find
time somewhere!). In the meantime, if anyone want to test/use it, drop
me a mail and I can send him/her a wdired 1.9.2pre version

--
Leon