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As apparently this is currently impossible [https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13206], I hereby kindly request adding for users ability to define just how exactly illegal characters pasted to names of files and folders should behave

Currently they are all replaced with
sign. The problem with this I have is that I use it solely as a replacement for
sign in my naming scheme. And that I have to do it manually in FreeCommander [while in e.g. Mp3tag I have written an Action that translates / replaces this and other substitutes when I copy a filename to the Title tag of a media file]

And so, the basic change that could be implemented would be a choice in Settings of either being prompt always if an illegal character is being tried to be inserted in name of an item or automatically replacing it with the "_" sign [i.e. the current behavior]. While the more advanced upgrade would allow users for:
● defining a replacement sign for a given illegal character
● defining a replacement sign for all of the undefined [i.e. remaining] illegal characters
● choosing if a pop-up question should appear if any illegal character was about to be saved in the name of an item
● choosing if a pop-up question should appear if any undefined character was about to be saved in the name of an item
And such pup-op window should contain:
● a preview of name after performing re/naming operation [like in window of the Muli Rename feature], but with [preferably defined by a user] colors indicating characters in question
● button for accepting translation
● button for cancelling re/naming operation
● button for cancelling re/naming operation and automatically opening of entry in Settings where user can define he above listed option
● [plus maybe] a clear [vertical?] list of defined and undefined translations / replacements; and / or of chosen rules options [not so needed if there will be available that above / last button]

Forez wrote: 11.03.2023, 13:19 [...]
[like in window of the Muli Rename feature]

This feature should of course also succumb to all those Settings proposed by me [thus the Options menu in this Muli Rename feature should by slightly reworked]

But as it is a tool for bulk renaming with many definable on the spot options, it should be possible to override already chosen options in main Settings with temporary translations / replacements. Yes- it could be done with just using Search for and Replace with boxes - but adding another tab between Settings and Profiles called something like Illegal Characters Rules would be in my opinion one more improvement

And maybe this new tab would be the place where users could define [or only redefine] their permanent substitutes?

I see that in version 886 [https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtop ... 315#p40658] a new option has been added:

Tools > Settings > File / folder operations > Rename / Create > Rename > Replace illegal characters with defined character

which when left empty adheres in a minimum way to what I had in mind - but I see now that this

Forez wrote: 11.03.2023, 13:19 [...]
I have to do it manually in FreeCommander [while in e.g. Mp3tag I have written an Action that translates / replaces this and other substitutes when I copy a filename to the Title tag of a media file]
[...]

was not stressing enough the reasoning behind my proposition


The problem with that update is that now FC is able to:
● replace all illegal characters with just one and the same sign
● remove all illegal characters and put nothing in their place
● ask every time the user for manual intervention

But I myself would like for example to set an automatic replacement of not only
to
but also of
into
while also I would setup for myself a workaround for getting prompted when
or
would be used as I do not utilize in my nomenclature for items' names replacement for these last two signs [and as this those character are irreplaceable I would need to manually OK them every time on the spot to be omitted / removed i.e. I would be able to perform a manual evaluation of each not per-defined case of replacement]

A request from other user concerning illegal character automatic replacement when using the Multi Rename feature: https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13842 [in point 2 of that thread]