Expanding on the post yesterday, I wanted to illustrate a way to quickly rename files that I found fascinating (editing file names in a text editor buffer).
This uses Emacs’s Wdired
mode
(dired-toggle-read-only), then using macros to automate some of the
repetitive edits. Some key bindings:
C-x C-f open a directory to start dired mode
C-x C-q enable dired write mode
C-x ( start macro
... C-f or C-b move right or left
... C-n or C-p move down or up
... C-d delete character
C-x ) end macro
C-x e perform recorded macro
C-u 20 C-x e perform macro 20 times
C-c C-c commit changes in dired mode (to rename files)
You could do the same thing without macros if you use C-x SPACE to
start a column selection.
Link to 30 second video recording. Recorded using wf-recorder -g “$(slurp)”.