I'm sure this is mentioned somewhere but I can't find it...is it possible to define a custom 'Copy To' suffix that is either accessible via the right click context menu or a keyboard shortcut?
I often temporarily copy files with a .ORI extension at the end of the current filename (including original extension) and am trying to work this into XYPlorer.
The flip side of this would be a quick shortcut to remove the .ORI from a filename (or simply the last four chars)
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How exactly to set custom 'copy to' suffixes
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I'm new here, but I'll try to help. Don't know why none of the the active posters of the board didn't reply, shame on them!
Anyways, I don't think what you want to do is doable, even though - not really what you asked but - having shortcuts for special rename jobs could be pretty cool (I have no idea whether or not it would be doable with the CKS, though)
Back on topic, only shortcuts available are for using Date/Number Suffix (Config/Report) on Copy operation, eg. Ctrl+D (think Duplicate) will create a copy using your Number suffix template, so "file.ext" could become "file - 01.ext" for example.
I'm new here, but I'll try to help. Don't know why none of the the active posters of the board didn't reply, shame on them!
Anyways, I don't think what you want to do is doable, even though - not really what you asked but - having shortcuts for special rename jobs could be pretty cool (I have no idea whether or not it would be doable with the CKS, though)
Back on topic, only shortcuts available are for using Date/Number Suffix (Config/Report) on Copy operation, eg. Ctrl+D (think Duplicate) will create a copy using your Number suffix template, so "file.ext" could become "file - 01.ext" for example.
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jacky new here? He's older than me on this forum! But I personally didn't reply because I didn't have a good answer...jacky wrote:I'm new here, but I'll try to help. Don't know why none of the the active posters of the board didn't reply, shame on them! ;
However, I'd suspect one could use a regex to trim the .ORI value, but I'm not sure how to code it.
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Re: How exactly to set custom 'copy to' suffixes
I would have answered if I'd immediately understood what you are trying to do. But I did not have the time to ask because I'm on CKS (hey, what a great excuse CKS is... ).CitizenD wrote:I'm sure this is mentioned somewhere but I can't find it...is it possible to define a custom 'Copy To' suffix that is either accessible via the right click context menu or a keyboard shortcut?
I often temporarily copy files with a .ORI extension at the end of the current filename (including original extension) and am trying to work this into XYPlorer.
The flip side of this would be a quick shortcut to remove the .ORI from a filename (or simply the last four chars)
If I work on a growing project, I do regular backups of the files I'm working on using Ctrl+D (numbered copy) or Ctrl+Shift+D (dated copy). This system works great for me since years. No need for *.ori.
But maybe you are after something else...
Pretty sure this would do it (remove the ending .ori if present):j_c_hallgren wrote:However, I'd suspect one could use a regex to trim the .ORI value, but I'm not sure how to code it.
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(.+)\.ori$>$1
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Not yet but soon... the concept is already clear in my head, I'm still working on the label... could be something like "User Defined Commands" or "Programmable/Scriptable HotKeys"... hehejacky wrote:But what he was really after, I think, as a way to assign a shortcut to this operation (well, he was after a copy not a rename but...) which can't be done
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You know, until I read that, I wasn't really all that interested in CKS as I realy like the defaults as they are - but now, can't wait!jacky wrote:Scriptable HotKeys you say!! :excited:admin wrote:Not yet but soon... the concept is already clear in my head, I'm still working on the label... could be something like "User Defined Commands" or "Programmable/Scriptable HotKeys"... hehe
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