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by Dustydog
26 Nov 2019 23:03
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: Put File in Folder with the Same Base Name in One Step
Replies: 8
Views: 1247

Re: Put File in Folder with the Same Base Name in One Step

I also wrote it because if I have a file like whatever.eng.srt and whatever.mp4 and want to put them in the same folder with one quick command, doing it with a batch cuts it off wrong and puts them into whatever.eng\whatever.eng.srt AND whatever\whatever.mp4, whereas the regex puts both in whatever\...
by Dustydog
26 Nov 2019 22:45
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: Put File in Folder with the Same Base Name in One Step
Replies: 8
Views: 1247

Re: Put File in Folder with the Same Base Name in One Step

It also happened to just come to my attention today because I discovered there was a bug when move on rename tries to create a directory and put a file in it if the file ends up being long path - either using a regex or a batch rename (like the one you just showed). Plus, I thought it was an interes...
by Dustydog
26 Nov 2019 22:02
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: Put File in Folder with the Same Base Name in One Step
Replies: 8
Views: 1247

Put File in Folder with the Same Base Name in One Step

This might seem kind of trivial, but it's a little script I use all the time - sometimes just interactively with a regular expression rename. All it does is put a file into a folder with the same base name as the file. Something I do fairly often, for example if I want to put a cover image and a des...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 23:14
Forum: Wishes
Topic: When Typing and Running Out of Visible Room on the Right
Replies: 3
Views: 768

Re: When Typing and Running Out of Visible Room on the Right

What I'm suggesting is just the single line scrolling left as you're typing - so you can see the current letters being entered, shown just to the left of the count box.
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 23:03
Forum: Wishes
Topic: When Typing and Running Out of Visible Room on the Right
Replies: 3
Views: 768

Re: When Typing and Running Out of Visible Room on the Right

Because I don't want to have to use a script whenever I'm renaming a file, even if I've got the interface rather busy. I think it would be a useful improvement in basic XY. Heck, he's got a little box that counts characters - this shouldn't be too major. But what do I know: If it's easy, please; if ...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 23:00
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: XY HTML engine = IE 7
Replies: 7
Views: 1782

Re: XY HTML engine = IE 7

Nope. I'm on Win 10, most current. This is the compatibility version for the html function in XY. Don uses VB 6 for development. I assume it's linked to that. That said, and as crippled as IE 7 is in terms of web standards, and as limited the number of characters one can return from a form (I get 20...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 21:07
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: <textarea> content size causing submit buttons to be inactive in XY HTML form
Replies: 18
Views: 3350

Re: <textarea> content size causing submit buttons to be inactive in XY HTML form

Here's what my final solution was: Since Internet Explorer 7 (which is what XY is compatible with) doesn't support ways of recoloring disabled text (which would have been the easiest way not to submit the data contained in the textarea - it works, but being unreadable, it's pointless), I simply put ...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 20:01
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: Browse from other applications with XYPlorer?
Replies: 4
Views: 1151

Re: Browse from other applications with XYPlorer?

This is kind of sideways to what you're asking, but it may help with some things. I use the Custom File Association feature in XY very frequently to launch programs. For programs that don't have a way of passing a file or folder directly to it via a command line interface (and don't have functionali...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 19:29
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: Regular Expression Resources (Plus a Few Others)
Replies: 1
Views: 2794

Regular Expression Resources (Plus a Few Others)

I decided to post my reply to someone's question again here as I find these resources extremely useful: My favorite tutorial sites: This is written by Jan Goyvaerts, arguably the world expert on the subject, and he's given an incredible amount of information for free. For a slight fee, you can even ...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 19:09
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: Simple rename of file using part of the string
Replies: 5
Views: 1380

Re: Simple rename of file using part of the string

Some other things that might be useful to you (regular expression and renaming resources): If you don't know how to use regular expressions, you might want to read these (my favorite tutorial sites): https://www.regular-expressions.info/ Take particular note of this page there as it describes the &q...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 18:20
Forum: Wishes
Topic: Request for a Custom Copy Behavior When Combining Directories
Replies: 0
Views: 2173

Request for a Custom Copy Behavior When Combining Directories

Yes, I could script this, and may, but I think it's likely to be a useful feature for many - and uniquely powerful: I'd like to be able to choose a copy depth for auto-merging directories. For example: If I were copying multiple ripped CDs, and they're organized by composer/artist, to an external di...
by Dustydog
25 Nov 2019 17:44
Forum: Wishes
Topic: When Typing and Running Out of Visible Room on the Right
Replies: 3
Views: 768

When Typing and Running Out of Visible Room on the Right

When typing and I run out of room on the right, I think it would be much more useful if the text scrolled to the left to see what I'm currently typing rather than just a character count (handy as that is - keep it) and what's already been typed. This is a a not uncommon occurrence, especially if usi...
by Dustydog
19 Nov 2019 08:57
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: XY HTML engine = IE 7
Replies: 7
Views: 1782

Re: XY HTML engine = IE 7

This also means that if you're wondering what Javascript version is supported, it's 1.3.
by Dustydog
19 Nov 2019 08:26
Forum: Tips & Tricks, Questions & Answers
Topic: XY HTML engine = IE 7
Replies: 7
Views: 1782

XY HTML engine = IE 7

It's using Internet Explorer 7, according to: html(<clp>); <!--[if IE 7]> Yep. <![endif]--> I showed it that way because I often test XY html code using 'html(<clp>); which I thought might also be handy to put down. This should probably be in the documentation if it's tested to be true for different...