[iyonix-support] Re: Alt-select rename does not always work

  • From: "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 15:25:34 +0100

Rik Griffin <rik.griffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <16c111414e.jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           rickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > since losing my hard disk and re-installing RISC OS on a new disk I
> > notice that alt-select rename sometimes does not work.
> > 
> > For example if I just add a number to a file name and press enter the
> > file name resets itself back to the original name.
> > 
> > This behaviour does not occur if I use menu rename.
> > 
> > (as is usually the case I can't get it to misbehave at the moment so
> > can't supply an actual example:-(
> 
> I've seen this exact problem too, but also haven't been able to pin down
> a way to reproduce it.

If any files in the directory are being modified, the filer will refresh
the window and cancel any alt rename in progress. Using the menu rename is
the work around for this situation. 

Cheers
---Dave

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