Re: how to make dired-do-rename more friendly?

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

leo wrote:

> hi there
> 
> i use dired a lot and rename works ok, but it would be handy to copy the
> existing name by default into the minibuffer or at least do it with a quick
> mini-buffer key stroke.
> 
> example: sitting on the file
>   /Users/leo/my-text-with-a-long-name
> i invoke dired-do-rename (by key "R") and get a minibuffer just with:
>   /Users/leo/
> and i want some easy to get to
>    /Users/leo/my-text-with-a-long-name
> so that i can quickly change it to:
>    /Users/leo/my-text-with-a-long-name-two

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Kevin Rodgers