A New Step for RM

The last official release of Rename Master was in July, but I'm currently working a new renaming option. I've uploaded my progress in the current Public Beta upload and I'm looking for feedback to see if I'm on the right track.

This new step adds support for removing an "expression", or a pattern, from a filename. While RM has had support for full Regular Expressions for quite some time, this new step adds a GUI for a much easier to understand version. Normally, only programmers know about or understand regular expressions, but this new addition makes it so most anyone can learn and understand the concept.

A new ArsClip release

ArsClip v3.1.3 has finally been released, after one of the most involved testing cycles ever. The most notable changes in this release are a setup program, support for a single history list (with both text and non-text items), a new right-click hold trigger for the popup, and "column break" item that will break the popup into two columns. As always, all of these changes are options but some of these items are set on by default.

Along with these new features, a lot of compatability of bug fixes have been added to this version. Conflicts with large clipboard items [like from Office programs] and IntelliType software have been resolved. A workaround for a crash after a video driver reset has been added, and compatibility has been added for non-US keyboards with AltGr support for mimicing typing.

Windows 7

Now that Windows 7 is in public beta, I'll be testing my programs on it. There should be no difference between the testing results I get in Vista, but if there is a problem I should be able to track down the problems without the difficulty of relying on email exchanges.

A long overdue promise

A long time ago, I said that I would add support for renaming files using text from a text file. I've been thinking about how to do it in Rename Master for a while and I had one of those "duh" moments for a simple solution that is flexible. I thought of a good way to add support that seems match the multiple ways this feature has been requested.

In the current Public Beta upload, I've added support for a new Textfile tab that lets you define a text file or CSV formatted file and retrieve data into special ?text1? style meta-variables. There are two basic modes for matching a file to a line of data. The first mode uses the textfile as a sequential list and the second method will search to match each file to a line in the textfile. By default, the current filename meta-variable is used for this search string, but any of the many meta-variables can be used to match a file to a line of data.

MouseWrangler v1.0.0 released

For the first time in many years, I've released a brand new program. MouseWrangler is a mouse gesture program that can be used to automate common window tasks. Its job is to help make common mousing easier, bridging the gap between what you can do quickly with a keyboard and what you can do quickly with a mouse.