Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!claris!UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Renaming Files in System 7 Message-ID: Date: 25 Jun 91 18:41:48 GMT Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 34 X-Mailer: uAccess - Mac Release: 1.5 In article <1991Jun25.144106.5116@Think.COM>, ejb@think (Erik Bailey) writes: > > Hi. System 7 has made the task of renaming files inordinately difficult. > Last night I went though about 30 files I had downloaded, changing their > names from all lower case to a much nicer mixed case. It was NOT fun. > > While I do not recall the exact series of steps involved, it was a major > ordeal. I *really* liked the nice, quick way that 6.0.7 did it. I find > that all too often under System 7 I just click on the icon and start typing > -- suddenly an entirely new icon is highlighted!!! > > Now the procedure is (something like): highlight the icon, WAIT for it to > turn from black to the highlight color (yellow in my case), click where I > want the insertion point, [*], wait some more, and type. > > [*] last night I noticed a very annoying (repeatable) occurrence -- the > icon name, after being yellow, would REVERT TO BLACK, forcing yet another > click to turn it yellow again! This is *three* clicks just to rename a > file!!! And mind you, I have to make sure to space these clicks properly, > otherwise I might launch the file! > > There has got to be a better way of doing this. I'd really rather not use > a Finder replacement, DA, or whatever. I'd just like a nice, simple way to > change icon names on the desktop without pulling my hair out. The new Finder scheme was driving me a little nuts too until I figured out that pressing the ENTER key *quicky* switches you over to text editing. Now I select an icon, hit ENTER, then type. Very predictable, though not intuitively obvious to the casual observer. -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE