how to make dired-do-rename more friendly?

how to make dired-do-rename more friendly?

[leo]

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

at the moment it might quite some tab-completion if you have other files
with names like my-other-text, my-text-other, my-text-with-other, etc...

any ideas? are there some custom-vars or hidden key-stroke which could be
helpful? or is there an additional package recommendable?

thanks a lot, leo

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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "leo" <halloleo@noospaam.myrealbox.com>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:52:50 +1100
> 
> 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

Did you try to press the DownArrow key or M-n?

The node "Minibuffer History" in the Emacs manual will tell you more
useful stuff about this and related commands and features.

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

[Dryice Liu]

"leo" <halloleo@noospaam.myrealbox.com> wrote:

> 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
>

solution 1:
w , R, C-y

solution 2:
check out wdired.el at
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=gnu.emacs.sources&as_q=wdired


-- 
Dryice Liu

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

[Harry Putnam]

"leo" <halloleo@noospaam.myrealbox.com> writes:

> 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

I picked this code up in this group long ago... no longer remember
its author.  But it does what you describe.  I use it all the time.

WARNING: Being one of the lisp impaired... I'm not sure what all this
does  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
 
  (defadvice dired-mark-read-file-name (around tiad act)
    "Instead of asking directory, offer full filename for editing.
  This advice is enabled only upon request."
    (if (and dir (string-match "/" dir))
        (setq dir (dired-get-filename)))
    ad-do-it)
                 
  (defadvice dired-do-rename  (around joc-tiad-dired-rename act)
    "Offer editing the current filename.
  Without this advice you don't get the old filename for editing.
  Activates advice 'dired-mark-read-file-name 'my 'around during call."
    (let* ((ADVICE 'dired-mark-read-file-name))
      (ad-enable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
      (ad-activate ADVICE)
      ad-do-it
      (ad-disable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
      (ad-activate ADVICE)))
  
  (require 'macro)
  (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)

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

[Harry Putnam]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

>   (defadvice dired-mark-read-file-name (around tiad act)
>     "Instead of asking directory, offer full filename for editing.
>   This advice is enabled only upon request."
>     (if (and dir (string-match "/" dir))
>         (setq dir (dired-get-filename)))
>     ad-do-it)
>                  
>   (defadvice dired-do-rename  (around joc-tiad-dired-rename act)
>     "Offer editing the current filename.
>   Without this advice you don't get the old filename for editing.
>   Activates advice 'dired-mark-read-file-name 'my 'around during call."
>     (let* ((ADVICE 'dired-mark-read-file-name))
>       (ad-enable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
>       (ad-activate ADVICE)
>       ad-do-it
>       (ad-disable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
>       (ad-activate ADVICE)))

OOOPs a couple of ringers slipped in there.  These last two are
something else.

>   (require 'macro)
>   (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)

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

[Kevin Rodgers]

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

C-k
R
C-y

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

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

[leo]

cool i'll try that out!

btw: thanks for all they info!

leo

"Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.353.1069356131.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
> >   (defadvice dired-mark-read-file-name (around tiad act)
> >     "Instead of asking directory, offer full filename for editing.
> >   This advice is enabled only upon request."
> >     (if (and dir (string-match "/" dir))
> >         (setq dir (dired-get-filename)))
> >     ad-do-it)
> >
> >   (defadvice dired-do-rename  (around joc-tiad-dired-rename act)
> >     "Offer editing the current filename.
> >   Without this advice you don't get the old filename for editing.
> >   Activates advice 'dired-mark-read-file-name 'my 'around during call."
> >     (let* ((ADVICE 'dired-mark-read-file-name))
> >       (ad-enable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
> >       (ad-activate ADVICE)
> >       ad-do-it
> >       (ad-disable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
> >       (ad-activate ADVICE)))
>
> OOOPs a couple of ringers slipped in there.  These last two are
> something else.
>
> >   (require 'macro)
> >   (put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)
>
>
>
>

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

[Jari Aalto+mail.emacs]

* Thu 2003-11-20 Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> gnu.emacs.help
* <http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_umsgid=%3Cmailman.322.1069327365.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
| "leo" <halloleo@noospaam.myrealbox.com> writes:
| 
| I picked this code up in this group long ago... no longer remember
| its author.  But it does what you describe.  I use it all the time.
| 
| WARNING: Being one of the lisp impaired... I'm not sure what all this
| does  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
|  
|   (defadvice dired-mark-read-file-name (around tiad act)
|     "Instead of asking directory, offer full filename for editing.
|   This advice is enabled only upon request."
|     (if (and dir (string-match "/" dir))
|         (setq dir (dired-get-filename)))
|     ad-do-it)
|                  
|   (defadvice dired-do-rename  (around joc-tiad-dired-rename act)
|     "Offer editing the current filename.
|   Without this advice you don't get the old filename for editing.
|   Activates advice 'dired-mark-read-file-name 'my 'around during call."
|     (let* ((ADVICE 'dired-mark-read-file-name))
|       (ad-enable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
|       (ad-activate ADVICE)
|       ad-do-it
|       (ad-disable-advice ADVICE 'around 'tiad)
|       (ad-activate ADVICE)))

:-) This code is from advice collection library (tinyadvice.el)
For more information http://tiny-tools.sourceforge.net/ 


Jari