
 Help for !ReName?

 Double-click on !ReName? to load the application onto the iconbar.

 Clicking <Select> on the iconbar-icon will open the main window.
 Clicking <Adjust> also opens the main window but also resets/clears the icons.

 After choosing one of the 3 options (see below) you can drag a file OR a group of
 files onto the iconbar-icon or the main window to start the renaming.


 The 3 options are -

1) 'New filename' and 'Start number'

   The default setting is   New filename = (blank)
                            Start number = 01
   So e.g filenames Alan, Brian, Carol become 01, 02, 03 respectively
   (- the numbering is incremented automatically).

  Note:
  A) the number of digits in the start number will dictate the subsequent listing -
     so e.g 5 files with a 'Start number' of 8 will be listed as 10,11,12,8,9
     but starting with 08 we will get 08,09,10,11,12 - much preferable
     (and starting with 008 we would get 008,009,010,011,012 etc.etc)

  B) The symbol '*' can be used to mean 'the original leafname' , but only when used
     as the first character of 'New filename'. It will be ignored otherwise.

  C) Leave the 'Start number' box blank if no incrementing number suffix is required.


  Examples:
 
  Suppose the files named Alan, Brian, Carol were dragged onto the !ReNaming? window -

  (a) New filename = */jpeg
      Start number = (blank)

      Alan, Brian, Carol become  Alan/jpeg, Brian/jpeg, Carol/jpeg  respectively

  (b) New filename = */jpeg-
      Start number = 08

      Alan, Brian, Carol become  Alan/jpeg-08, Brian/jpeg-09, Carol/jpeg-10 
      respectively

  (c) New filename = Pic+
      Start number = 001

      Alan, Brian, Carol become  Pic+001, Pic+002, Pic+003  respectively

  (d) New filename = Pic+
      Start number = (blank)

      This would normally give an error since all files would have the same name.
      The program detects this kind of error and will assume a 'Start number' = 01
      So  Alan, Brian, Carol become  Pic+01, Pic+02, Pic+03  respectively.

      However, using      New filename = *Pic+
                          Start number = (blank)
    
      would change Alan, Brian, Carol to  AlanPic+, BrianPic+, CarolPic+
      respectively (as in (a) above).


2)  'Replace' , 'With'

     This simply replaces one set of characters with another.
     If the 'With' box is blank then the 'Replace' string will be deleted.
     The symbol '*' again means the 'original filename'.

     N.B.   ALL occurences of the 'Replace' character-set will be replaced by
            the 'With' character-set.

     Examples:
     a)        'Replace' = *  ,   'With' = +*
                changes Alan, Brian, Carol  to  +Alan, +Brian, +Carol

     b)        'Replace' = +  ,   'With' = <blank> 
                changes +Alan, +Brian, +Carol  back to  Alan, Brian, Carol


3)  'Tidy filenames'
  
     This will tidy-up the filename(s) by changing upper-case letters to lower-case,
     except for initial letters, and letters following a number or +,-,=,_,! etc
     (which remain/become upper case).

     Examples:
                  !ruNiMaGE  becomes  !Runimage 
                  !PROG_aBC     "     !Prog_Abc
                  baSIC37XYZ    "     Basic37Xyz

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 Copyright:  R.A.Swetman
