Batch rename: History of templates does not work

helmut · Post by **helmut** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:06 pm

In Batch rename, the history of templates is broken in 1.82.2:

When performing two batch renames with different template names, the history in the drop down list contains the last template name, only.

Post by **xnview** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:46 pm

helmut wrote:In Batch rename, the history of templates is broken in 1.82.2:

When performing two batch renames with different template names, the history in the drop down list contains the last template name, only.

Right i'll fix it

Chriss · Post by **Chriss** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:31 pm

If the bug has been fixed, it may have returned: In 1.92.1 Xnview does not seem to remember any Template History at all.

Post by **xnview** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:11 am

I have no problem with last version

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:19 pm

I have version 1.94.2 and it does not save Rename templates.

Even, I have edited manualy xnview.ini and when closing xnview all templates are erased.

Thanks.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:27 pm

Anonymous wrote:I have version 1.94.2 and it does not save Rename templates.

Even, I have edited manualy xnview.ini and when closing xnview all templates are erased.

Thanks.

Sorry, I refer to Batch Rename, after upload camera pictures, I select all and use a template to rename them in only one folder. Templates are not saved.

Thanks in advanced.

Post by **xnview** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:20 pm

Anonymous wrote: Sorry, I refer to Batch Rename, after upload camera pictures, I select all and use a template to rename them in only one folder. Templates are not saved.

Sorry but i don't reproduce it, could you try with a clean .ini?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:06 pm

xnview wrote:
Anonymous wrote: Sorry, I refer to Batch Rename, after upload camera pictures, I select all and use a template to rename them in only one folder. Templates are not saved.
Sorry but i don't reproduce it, could you try with a clean .ini?

I have tried deleting xnview.ini and when starting again I told to save ini in folder /Program files/Xview/ then I try to Batch Rename some pictures but after close and reopen it did not save any templates. In xnview.ini it is after [Rename] in Template# only Template0=name-# the rest is empty.

I have tried to write my template in Template0 and Template1 but when closing xnview they are deleted.

I will repeat deleting ini and next time to save it outside of xnview program folder.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:47 pm

Anonymous wrote:
xnview wrote:
Anonymous wrote: Sorry, I refer to Batch Rename, after upload camera pictures, I select all and use a template to rename them in only one folder. Templates are not saved.
Sorry but i don't reproduce it, could you try with a clean .ini?
I have tried deleting xnview.ini and when starting again I told to save ini in folder /Program files/Xview/ then I try to Batch Rename some pictures but after close and reopen it did not save any templates. In xnview.ini it is after [Rename] in Template# only Template0=name-# the rest is empty.

I have tried to write my template in Template0 and Template1 but when closing xnview they are deleted.

I will repeat deleting ini and next time to save it outside of xnview program folder.

I tried saving xnview.ini in folder C:\Documents and Settings\user\Datos de programa\XnView but when closing program all templates are deleted.

I will keep trying to find about. Thanks.

Max Monroe · Post by **Max Monroe** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:13 am

This never worked for me either...

The batch rename templates are remembered only until I quit XnView; the next time I start it, the template history is always blank...

Max Monroe · Post by **Max Monroe** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:30 am

Oh, gorram it... I know what it is.
The "Purge 'Most Recently Used Files & Directories' on exit" option under "Interface". If it's enabled, it helpfully erases rename template history too. If it's not, it doesn't.
Are you sure that this is intended behaviour though? I don't want to keep my history, but I would like to retain templates...

Post by **xnview** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:38 am

Max Monroe wrote:Oh, gorram it... I know what it is.
The "Purge 'Most Recently Used Files & Directories' on exit" option under "Interface". If it's enabled, it helpfully erases rename template history too. If it's not, it doesn't.
Are you sure that this is intended behaviour though? I don't want to keep my history, but I would like to retain templates...

Right 'purge ....' delete history, so Delete or not???

Max Monroe · Post by **Max Monroe** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:47 am

I can see how this might be meant as a feature, not a bug, but honestly, "most recently used files and directories" does not suggest "...and templates too".

Even if this works as intended, as I said, I prefer not to keep history of files / directories I watch (yeah, I'm paranoid, I know...), but I do not consider rename templates privacy-related information.
Maybe this should be a feature request then: I'd like to keep template history, but not file/folder history (and apparently so do a few other people). Could this be perhaps another checkbox please...?

Post by **xnview** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:58 am

Max Monroe wrote:Maybe this should be a feature request then: I'd like to keep template history, but not file/folder history (and apparently so do a few other people). Could this be perhaps another checkbox please...?

I don't remember who has made this request....

Max Monroe · Post by **Max Monroe** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:11 am

I'm not saying anyone explicitly requested that before.
All I'm saying is that I'd like to request this now.

Seeing as how other people were fooled by the same feature (checking "purge..." but not expecting their template history to disappear - the reason this post exists at all), I imagined they would like such a feature too...

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