Upgrade StorageEmpty preview changes for Automatically rename files
If I uncheck "Automatically rename files" in the settings and check it again, I get the following popup window:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/6wlh1i76kr057k717dp7.png
If I choose "Preview Changes...", I get:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/302344u7uw6pr5jwft6h.png
So I guess it is empty, and "Rename Files" should not do anything.
But if I click on it, it moves to:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/mgvo17u80d5m9thzvv92.png
and does not seem to move from there.
What should be happening?
When trying to look at the debug output, Zotero became unresponsive and crashed.
The second time, it produced (without opening the debug output):
The Debug ID is D1714853085.
Zotero 8.0-beta.10+5a96e7c90 (64-bit)
Windows 10
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/6wlh1i76kr057k717dp7.png
If I choose "Preview Changes...", I get:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/302344u7uw6pr5jwft6h.png
So I guess it is empty, and "Rename Files" should not do anything.
But if I click on it, it moves to:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/mgvo17u80d5m9thzvv92.png
and does not seem to move from there.
What should be happening?
When trying to look at the debug output, Zotero became unresponsive and crashed.
The second time, it produced (without opening the debug output):
The Debug ID is D1714853085.
Zotero 8.0-beta.10+5a96e7c90 (64-bit)
Windows 10
It looks like it was still renaming all your files. I think the pane was empty just because it was still generating the list. (I see a delay there as well, and I suspect your library is larger than my test library.) We'll see if we can show better feedback for both parts.
Unchecking and rechecking the box would prompt to rename all existing files if they didn't match the current format.
[The title of that window is missing.]
I have checked again, and the preview results appeared after 20 seconds for a 17k items library.
It is an (old) SSD: 954 GB SSD NVMe THNSN51T02DU7 NV.
The time waiting on the "Rename Files" window could be just the time from the previous step searching for files to rename (bar not moving at all), plus the slow moving of the bar for renaming a large number of files. I do not have any other indication that the renaming process is still happening, so it feels like it is stuck.
After some time, the "Rename Files" button reappear in blue at the bottom, even though the renaming process is not finished:
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If I hit it, the blue bar goes back to the beginning, blinking back and forth with the earlier position of the renaming process.
I am fine with the waiting times. But some better indication that something is happening would be nice indeed. Maybe a frequently updated percentage of the progress covered, like "54.3% of the library searched/renamed".
I am also confused on what will happen if I stop the renaming process. The Cancel button is not available during the renaming process. But I can still hit the cross to close the window at the top right and close Zotero. In that case, does it stop the renaming process, or does it still continue in the background?
I would expect it to stop, but then the file names are not consistent anymore with the settings. How can I know that the files renaming process is not completed, and the filenames not consistent with the current settings?
It took around 1 hour to rename all the files in my library. Would it be possible to simply close the window and chose to let the renaming process continue in the background? And also notify me to restart it when restarting Zotero if Zotero was closed during the renaming process?