* Bug : MSW XP list file icon when the icon is part of the file content (exe, xpm etc.)
* Icons licensing information modifications

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 909 Windows

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 909 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 909 GNU/Linux 64 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 909 Source

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.

Do not hesitate to report any comments and suggestions in this forum.

* Bug : Wizard doesn't start ...
+ New example : add value to numbers
* Change a few texts

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 906 Windows

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 906 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 906 GNU/Linux 64 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 906 Source

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.

Do not hesitate to report any comments and suggestions in this forum.

Is there a way to use mathematical operators like addition?

I want to rename

t00.tif --> t24.tif
t01.tif --> t25.tif
t02.tif --> t26.tif
t03.tif --> t27.tif
etc.

Is there a way to do that with Siren?

Thanks,
Tom

+ Quicktime audio : extraction of the track number and of the number of tracks
* Bug : Quicktime data extraction

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 902 Windows

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 902 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 902 GNU/Linux 64 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 902 Source

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.

* Change license to GPL (source code is now available)
* Help modifications : html check, faq embedded parameters

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 900 Windows

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 900 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 900 GNU/Linux 64 bit

• Siren 3.00 rc1 build 900 Source

Be careful, this is only a pre-release. Even if a lot of tests have been performed, problems can remain.

Here is a list of the main changes of the 3.00 version :

* License GPL (v3 or later)

* Multi platform (thanks to wxWidgets) : Windows, GNU/Linux

* Unicode

* Multilanguage (you can easily participate)

* New file types supported :
    + Image : tga, xpm, pnm, webp, svg, mop
    + RAW Image : sr2, arw, raw, erf, x3f, kdc, 3fr, nrw, mef
    + Audio :
        - Flac : flac
        - APE : ape
        - Matroska : mka
        - Real audio : ra
        - AAC : aac
    + Video :
        - Ogg/Theora : ogg
        - Flash video : flv
        - Matroska : mkv
        - WebM
        - Real Video : rv, rm, rmvb
        - other : f4v, 3gp, wm
    + Packages :
        - Mozilla extension : xpi
        - Chrome extension : crx
        - Android : apk
        - Debian : deb
        - RPM (very basic support)
    + Others :
        - Open document : odf, odt, ods, odp, ott
        - Electronic publication : epub
        - Email : eml
        - Interactive flash : swf
        - ISO
        - Link : lnk (MSW only)
        - Font : ttf, otf
        - Freedesktop.org "desktop entry" : desktop
        - Zip compressed files : zip, jar, war, htb ...
        - GNU mo Files, translated text files
    + Improvments of many current ones
        - pdf, torrent, mrw, html, jpg ...
        - iTunes infos extracted from mov/mp4 (includng cover)
        - pdf encrypted with empty password

* Renaming expression grammar/syntax :
    + Variables can be used as a expression parameters
      For examples : %b("title",%At).%e
                     %b("title",%Rs{10}(1,%Rn{1})).%e
    + File checksum : support of CRC32 (%cc), MD5 (%cm) and SHA1 (%cs)
    + Random number (%Rn), alpha (%Ra) and string (%Rs). They can be followed by "{<length>}"
    + Environment variables supported
        For example : ${HOMEPATH}\\%uf
        A new tab in the completion lists all available ones
    + A favourite expression can be "included" in an expression : #{"exp"}
    + New string modifier allowing transliteration : tr/from/to/cds
       For example, for the file "a video file.avi" :
       %b(tr/aeiouy/AEIOUY/).%e gives "A vIdEO fIlE.avi"
    + New syntax for the "[]" modifier grammar
        To the old [ ind, "sep" ] modifier, [ from, nb, "sep" ] is added.
    + String delimiter was only '"'. It can now be "'" too
    + # : new character modifier
        It replaces the "percent strings". For example :  bb%41cc.txt gives bbAcc
    + & : new character modifier. Utf8-ascii to utf8 ...
        Supposed to fix a character conversion problem : utf8 displayed as ascii
    + New columns/variables :
        - Base : %Pe : Siren's executable path
        - AudioTag group : Disk (%AD) extraction added for : mp3, qtf, asf, mpc and flac
        - Document : %OI : ID, %Od : Destination, %OF : File count, %OL : Line Count, %OW : Word Count
    + Line number parameter added to "%C" and "%T" variables. For example: %C{2} %T{"file.txt",2}
    + boost.org regular expression library, used in previous versions, has been replaced by wxWidgets's one

* User interface :
    + Directory tree
    + Wizard
    + New help
    + Tools : execute external programs on highlighted files
    + Tab to display file tags
    + Expression testbed
    + Check for new version
    + Apply and Restore buttons in Preferences
    + New preferences :
        - Automatic check for new version
        - Force copied files timestamps to original ones
        - Treat extensions for dir names. Only for expressions not on filters
        - Display the size of the directories
        - Display unselected files using alternate colors
        - Image high quality manipulations like rescaling
        - Stretch image to fit the available space
        - Choose dates format in the file list
    + Display new image file types : tif, png, tga ...
    + Two/three toolbars layout
    + Show/hide status bar
    + Status bar contains a new information : the sum of selected files duration
    + Show/hide column group toolbar
    + Changed size Gb, Mb and Kb to Gio, Mio and Kio
    + Executable group is integrated into the document one
    + Enhanced error display avec file operation : better messages and "details"
    + Directory name typed can contain environment variables (~...)
    + Enhance search selected files : Previous, Last
    + Recursion switch set to false if the current directory changes
    + Copy file list/data to clipboard : option save clipboard content to file
    + "Future name" renamed to "New name"
    + On the very first start some examples are added to Favourites and Tools
    + Command line option to list (or not) the hidden directories and files
    + Modification of GPSExif latitude/longitude format
    + Command line option to display current version
    + Base column group button behavior change

* Removed/Replaced :
    + Preferences :
        - Start in "explorer's window"
        - Use the local decimal separator
        - List system files
        - Empty variable if data format is invalid
        - Exif division symbol
    + Monitor current directory modifications
    + Columns are not dragable anymore
    + FCC code for Audio & Video except in case of unknown code
    + File attribute information details
    + %R replaced by %Rn

* Bugs correction

+ New variable %Pe : Siren's executable path
* "Save windows size and position" preference useless because the issue seems to be solved under Ubuntu
* Bug in "%T" variable evaluation when the file name is a variable 
* Help modifications

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 893 Windows

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 893 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 893 GNU/Linux 64 bit

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.

This works as expected:

P:\\=%e=Photo\\_Photo\\%dm{"%Y"}\\%dm{"%Y%m"}\\%dm{"%Y_%m%d_"}\\%dm{"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S"}%T{"C:\\_PortableProgramFiles\\siren\\abcd.txt",%nc{1,0}}.%e;%fc[1,1,"="]%fc[3,1,"="]

But this does not:

%e=P:\\Photo\\_Photo\\%dm{"%Y"}\\%dm{"%Y%m"}\\%dm{"%Y_%m%d_"}\\%dm{"%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S"}%T{"C:\\_PortableProgramFiles\\siren\\abcd.txt",%nc{1,0}}.%e;%fc[2,1,"="]

Maybe I am making an error and maybe it is a bug.

BTW, in on line help > Examples, there are two same titles "Rename associated files while renumbering them" at the beginning of the page.

Regards,
Borut

It is possible that what I would find nice to have is already possible with Siren, but I have just not seen it - I do not know. It is the following:

I would like to be able to select all the files in the camera, irrespectively of their extension, and evaluate each file with the expression depending on the extension of theat file. (I know I can do this now by iteratively selecting extension-specific files and applying appropriate expressions.)

So, I was thinking about the concept of an expression set, which would be one level above the expression level, so to speak: Each line in an expression set would provide the file extension(s) and one expression, something like this:

mov,avi: <here an expression for non exif files>
jpg,jpeg: <here an expression for exif files>

Siren could provide for saving and selecting expression set definitions. When evaluating, Siren would look what extension a file has and then apply the appropriate expression from the selected expression set.

Well, this is just an idea, which, I think, could be nice to have.

%?( condition ?  true  : false )

%?( %N  ?  Number %N  :  <nothing> )

%?( %N  ?  Number %N  :  0 )

Just an idea i stumbling over while testing.

Example:
File.ext
File1.ext
File2.ext
File3.ext

Expression: %N - %f

Current Result:
- File.ext
1 - File1.ext
2 - File2.ext
3 - File3.ext

With If-Then:

Expression: %?( %N  ?  %N - %f  )
Result:
File.ext
1 - File1.ext
2 - File2.ext
3 - File3.ext

Expression: %?( %N  ?  %N - %f  : 0 - %f )
Result:
0 - File.ext
1 - File1.ext
2 - File2.ext
3 - File3.ext

It seems the new regex engine doesn't support the \U and such flags?

I mean those as shown with "Extended with improved  RegEx" at http://scarabee-software.net/forum/view … d=337#p337

Test file:  sumCOINS.awk.bak.txt

Expression: %b(s/\.(\w)/.\U\1/).*
(Just to upper case the letter behind the first dot. Simple test)

Result v2:  sumCOINS.Awk.bak.txt

Result v3:  sumCOINS.Uawk.bak.txt

+ New string modifier : tr
  It completes regular expression by allowing "transliteration".
  The syntax used is the standard one : tr/from/to/cds
  For example, for the file "a video file.avi" :
  %b(tr/aeiouy/AEIOUY/).%e gives "A vIdEO fIlE.avi"
  For more information and examples, please consult the Help : Expression/Modifiers/String modifier : "()"/Transliteration
* Bug in expression evaluation when a modifier parameter is an anti-collision variable : %nc, %ncs ...
* Change a few texts
* Help modifications

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 888 Windows

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 888 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 888 GNU/Linux 64 bit

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.

A) I am using %ncs{1}. Is it possible to avoid the underline at the beginning?
B) Is it possible to use something I would call "alpha increment", for example:
    NOW:
    _01    _02   ...    _09    _10    _11  ...

    WISH, for instance %nca{2}:
    aa   ab   ...  az   ba  bb  ...

C) This could be the most difficult to achieve, because it defers from your "philosophy", I think... Currently, I think that "collision" is the collision between the current set of selected calculated names. I think that more correct would perhaps be, if it would be the collision with real files, that exist at calculation time. So, after the first calculation of the new name, to look in the file system if it already exists (and then, if %nc used, recalculate, look again in the file system,...).

I know - this is a major change, but I think it would be better.

Thank you for considering C and helping me to achieve A (or even B), if already possible.

Regards,
Borut

EDIT: C is even more difficult, because I think the logic would need to check against both the file system and other already calculated values and there is no collision only if both cases are OK.

+ Line number parameter added to "%C" and "%T" variables.
  This to be able to use a variable as line number.
  For example for file : music_cd_1.mp3
  %T{"roman.txt",%N} or %T{"roman.txt",%b[-1,"_"])
  can give the cd number in roman numeral (if the file "roman.txt" exists and contains roman numeral lines).
+ Time to add to a date can be a variable too   
+ Option to force copied files timestamps to original ones (depends on operating systems)
+ Support of "mop" image files
* Base columns button group behaviour modification
* Expression analyze modifications : spaces allowed before and after variable parameters
* Bug : when windows position and size are not saved
* Bug : GTK direct (F1) display filters help
* Bug : Windows record separator after header in "copy selected files data to clipboard"
* Change a few texts
* Help modifications

(a special thank to Pierre for all his remarks and suggestions)

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 881 Windows

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 881 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 beta 2 build 881 GNU/Linux 64 bit

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.

I am very new to Siren and am testing beta 300.b1.855 since yesterday. I find it great and am in fact able to achieve what I wanted.

It may be that the following is already possible, but I only do not know how. Although, I do not think so, because it is not about the file renaming, but about the file time stamp manipulation...

I am using Siren to rename and copy Jpg-Files into new directories, based on Exif data. I am not simply moving and renaming files, but copying and renaming files, as I want to be sure that everything is as expected on destination, before I delete the originals.

Since files are - technically - created on destination, their "Created time stamp" bears the time of this operation. I would however very much like their "Created time stamp" to stay the same as that of the original file (i.e. that directly after the copy process the created time stamp be manipulated by Sirene, either by writing the original "Created time stamp", or "Modified time stamp", all as options).

Maybe this would be possible to add, as an option.

Thank you for considering and thank you for your marvellous program!
Borut

- Back to manual rename dialog (problem with GTK)
+ Windows : delete file/directory to trash
+ Copy file list/data to clipboard : option to save clipboard content to file
+ About window : add forum address
* Group selection options in submenus
* Bug : W7 scrollbar disappear after column recreation
* Bug : GTK image files content may not be displayed as icon in file list
* Bug : GTK directory display problem if focused file was not present anymore
* Translated keyboard shortcuts
* Help modifications

It is available under Windows (>= XP) and GNU/Linux (GTK2) :

• Siren 3.00 beta 1 build 866 Windows

• Siren 3.00 beta 1 build 866 GNU/Linux 32 bit

• Siren 3.00 beta 1 build 866 GNU/Linux 64 bit

For more details about Siren 3.00 go there.