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Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3]
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: rename file in dired based on current [T2C round 3] |
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Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:46:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
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) ))
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> In Dired?
>
> `R M-n'
You are right! Thanks, I'll remove that piece of Elisp :)
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