Rename window to test search expressions and to show results there itself

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Rename window is working well, but I think it is too risky to let it go
ahead with renaming with regex.

It would help if - after we enter the search expression, we can test it to
see only a list of files that are going to be selected with this expression.

and then, after we enter the rename expression, may be it can show the
existing-name and renamed-name in pair for each file before hand and then
asks us to confirm whether we want to go ahead with such a renaming.

This way, the risk of messing up the entire folderful of files by a
shabbily created regex would be minimized.

Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vsrawat on 12 Oct 2008 at 6:04

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The rename dialog already provides that information:
the affected files are listed in the list control (which has two columns btw).
The first column shows the original filename, the second column the filename 
how it
will look after the rename.
Files which were selected but not affected by the rename are shown in gray 
instead of
black.

Original comment by tortoisesvn on 13 Oct 2008 at 6:30

• Changed state: Invalid

[GoogleCodeExporter]

oh.

The filenames I am having were too long so they were filling the entire width 
of the
small window and I could never find that there are two more columns.

Now I can see those columns and it is what I was asking for.

Still, I think that the rename window is not having any option to go full 
screen, so
seeing all three columns in such a small space would still hide a lot of 
meaningful
information.

Please consider giving option to make the rename window larger size, even full
screen, and it would also be helpful if three columns are always shown, even if 
in
parts so that new users can know that it is there and they can increase the 
width of
columns.

Thanks.

Original comment by vsrawat on 13 Oct 2008 at 9:25

[GoogleCodeExporter]

You can already resize the rename dialog. Move your mousepointer over the bottom
right corner, then drag that corner around.

Original comment by tortoisesvn on 13 Oct 2008 at 9:29

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I gave
regex: (.*)-B(.*)
rename: $1-B$2
and then
regex: (.*)-b(.*)
rename: $1-B$2

it is always showing the same files, and always showing all the files, without 
any
color difference.

Whatever files are not selected by our regex, what is the point in showing those
files? Please consider showing only those files which got selected by our regex.

Original comment by vsrawat on 13 Oct 2008 at 9:56

[GoogleCodeExporter]

rename window doesn't remember its column width. We laboriously bring the two 
columns
to some width suitable to us and as soon as we press a character in regex or in
rename, it goes ahead undoing that width selection and shows columns in full 
width
that it finds suitable.

Also, in the next call to rename window, it has again forgotten the column 
width.

Thanks.

Original comment by vsrawat on 13 Oct 2008 at 9:59

[GoogleCodeExporter]

> You can already resize the rename dialog. Move your mousepointer over the 
bottom
right corner, then drag that corner around.

That is not convenient. The window is always appearing as centered. If we have 
a long
of files and files are having long names, we would even find it convenient that
rename window itself can zoom to full screen on the click of a button and then 
come
back to original smaller size on the click of a button.

Thanks.

Original comment by vsrawat on 13 Oct 2008 at 10:07