rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

T2C - The Emacs Challenge Competition - round 3

How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
a suggestion?

Let's say it is called salma-hayek.png and you want to rename it
salma-hayek-bandidas-2006.png, it is useful to get the first part
spelled out, right?

(defun dired-do-rename-suggest ()
  (interactive)
  (let*((file     (dired-get-filename))
        (old-name (dired-get-filename 'no-dir))
        (new-name (read-from-minibuffer "rename to: " old-name)) )
    (dired-rename-file file new-name nil) ; (NOT) OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS
    (revert-buffer) ))

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
https://dataswamp.org/~incal

RE: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Drew Adams]

> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
> a suggestion?
> 
> Let's say it is called salma-hayek.png and you want to rename it
> salma-hayek-bandidas-2006.png, it is useful to get the first part
> spelled out, right?
> 
> (defun dired-do-rename-suggest ()
>   (interactive)
>   (let*((file     (dired-get-filename))
>         (old-name (dired-get-filename 'no-dir))
>         (new-name (read-from-minibuffer "rename to: " old-name)) )
>     (dired-rename-file file new-name nil) ; (NOT) OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS
>     (revert-buffer) ))

In Dired?

`R M-n'

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Stefan Kangas]

Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
> a suggestion?

May I suggest `R M-n'?

(M-n is generally used in the minibuffer to get a default value.)

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
>> a suggestion?
>> 
>> Let's say it is called salma-hayek.png and you want to rename it
>> salma-hayek-bandidas-2006.png, it is useful to get the first part
>> spelled out, right?
>> 
>> (defun dired-do-rename-suggest ()
>>   (interactive)
>>   (let*((file     (dired-get-filename))
>>         (old-name (dired-get-filename 'no-dir))
>>         (new-name (read-from-minibuffer "rename to: " old-name)) )
>>     (dired-rename-file file new-name nil) ; (NOT) OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS
>>     (revert-buffer) ))
>
> In Dired?
>
> `R M-n'

You are right! Thanks, I'll remove that piece of Elisp :)

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
https://dataswamp.org/~incal

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Stefan Kangas wrote:

>> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
>> a suggestion?
>
> May I suggest `R M-n'?
>
> (M-n is generally used in the minibuffer to get a default value.)

Standings:

1. Daniel Martín (1)
2. Drew Adams (1)
3. Stefan Kangas (1)
4. Emanuel Berg (-4)

Rule: same score? the one who got it first is ranked first!

Don't take off your shoes just yet. This might well be a twelve
rounder and Manny "Bergman" Berg is known to be a slow starter.

Round 3  concluded.

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
https://dataswamp.org/~incal

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Yuri Khan]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 at 10:53, Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU
Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
> a suggestion?

In addition to the R M-n solution presented by other contestants, I’d
like to point out ‘dired-toggle-read-only’, bound by default to C-x
C-q, which lets you rename files by editing their names directly in
the dired buffer, then pressing C-c C-c to commit.

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Yuri Khan wrote:

>> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
>> a suggestion?
>
> In addition to the R M-n solution presented by other contestants,
> I’d like to point out ‘dired-toggle-read-only’, bound by default to
> C-x C-q, which lets you rename files by editing their names directly
> in the dired buffer, then pressing C-c C-c to commit.

???

You are right!

A bizarre/psychedelic feeling, almost! (Might help I have Emacs on
a project in a Linux VT. Try it! You experience everything so
much stronger...)

This solution amounts to virtually the same - because you already
have point at the file, so there is no tour. Only the C-x C-q isn't
familiar to me - maybe should change that... (ha. what does
that mean?)

+1

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
https://dataswamp.org/~incal

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Michael Albinus]

Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> T2C - The Emacs Challenge Competition - round 3
>
> How do you rename a file in dired, and get the previous/current as
> a suggestion?

I might be a little bit late, but here's another shot:

'w R C-y'

Best regards, Michael.

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[H. Dieter Wilhelm]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> 'w R C-y'

Ahh "w" in dired! Missed this one, especially useful if one wants to
rename a file between 2 dired buffers and possibly renaming AND moving
it. Thank you Michael


    Dieter
-- 
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Zwingenberg, Germany

Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]

[Michael Albinus]

dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm) writes:

>> 'w R C-y'
>
> Ahh "w" in dired! Missed this one, especially useful if one wants to
> rename a file between 2 dired buffers and possibly renaming AND moving
> it. Thank you Michael

Yep. And much better, it is in the kill-ring, so I can paste it in any
buffer ...

>     Dieter

Best regards, Michael.