RENAMER Compatibility (Linux)

oldfashion · 2019-06-28 10:37

Hi All,
Any possibility to use RENAMER with OS different from Windows ?
I thought to LINUX-UBUNTU

den4b · 2019-06-29 02:23

ReNamer is only compiled for the Windows platform at the moment, but you can run it on Linux using various compatibility software, such as Wine, PlayOnLinux, etc.

See here for more info:
http://www.den4b.com/wiki/Compatibility#Mac_and_Linux

oldfashion · 2019-06-29 09:47

Thanks a lot for prompt advice.

fedkad · 2024-04-13 13:07

I know it has been almost five years from your last answer to this post.

I am also a fan of your Renamer tool. However, I have switched to Ubuntu Linux several years ago and I am missing Renamer.

I know that you are developing your tools using Lazarus IDE (just like me!). So, it should not be very difficult to port your programs to Linux too.

Do you have any plan for this?

Last edited by fedkad (2024-04-14 12:52)

den4b · 2024-04-22 17:20

fedkad wrote:

Do you have any plan for this?

There is an ongoing effort to refactor and untangle features that require OS specific API.

It is already possible to build ReNamer on Linux, but some features are not ready yet because they require platform specific implementations.

In the meantime, Wine and PlayOnLinux do a pretty good job.

spiritual2700 · 2024-10-30 00:51

I think creating a Linux native app is a worthwhile idea. I'm a Windows 11 refugee myself. I just switched to Kubuntu 24.04 a couple months ago, and have really enjoyed the experience so far. There are only a couple apps I can't find replacements, or Linux native ports of. Renamer is one of those. Seems like most of the batch rename apps on Linux require a lot more technical expertise to operate. I think it's likely more nooby users like myself will be coming to Linux over the next few years. As that marketshare grows, your development efforts will make more sense on Linux.

den4b · 2024-10-30 11:32

spiritual2700 wrote:

I think creating a Linux native app is a worthwhile idea. I'm a Windows 11 refugee myself...

Thanks for your feedback and your experience.

I agree, there is a noticeable shift toward Linux-based workstations and home desktops. It is time to put more effort into creating a native Linux build.

Just out of curiosity, have you tried running ReNamer via Wine or PlayOnLinux? If you did, what's your experience, any issues?

spiritual2700 · 2024-10-30 14:32

den4b wrote:

spiritual2700 wrote:
I think creating a Linux native app is a worthwhile idea. I'm a Windows 11 refugee myself...
Just out of curiosity, have you tried running ReNamer via Wine or PlayOnLinux? If you did, what's your experience, any issues?

I actually gave that a shot with wine last night, and in the little bit of testing that I did it seems like it works okay. I want to test it some more. What sorts of files would you expect the app through wine to have trouble with? Maybe specific characters will trip it up? Anything I should be wary of?

Btw, I decided to use the portable build since I thought that might be easier to run with wine.

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den4b · 2024-10-30 17:24

spiritual2700 wrote:

What sorts of files would you expect the app through wine to have trouble with? Maybe specific characters will trip it up? Anything I should be wary of?

You might experience minor graphical glitches and some issues with auxiliary features that are designed specifically for Windows, e.g. Shell integration.

Everything else should be pretty solid. The core functionality, including the renaming rules, are mostly just pure algorithms.

spiritual2700 · 2024-11-01 18:47

den4b wrote:

Everything else should be pretty solid. The core functionality, including the renaming rules, are mostly just pure algorithms.

Is there a way to add ReNamer in the wine environment to a Linux context menu? The app seems to run well for me, but I'm missing being able to right click on items for renaming in my file explorer of choice. I'm running Kubuntu 24.04 with Dolphin file explorer.

Update: With a little LLM questioning I was able to figure out a solution. Wanted to document it in case others wanted to try it out. I was able to add an item to my file explorer's context menu to open items in ReNamer by creating a file titled wine.desktop to home/.local/share/kservices5. I actually had to create the kservices5 folder in my case. The file should contain this script. Change the location of your ReNamer.exe in the script, and bingo.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;inode/directory
Actions=renamer

[Desktop Action renamer]
Name=Open with ReNamer
Icon=/home/zachary/WineApps/ReNamer/ICON/1.ico
Exec=wine "/directory/to/your/ReNamer.exe" "%f"

Last edited by spiritual2700 (2024-11-01 19:32)

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