Dynamically select the correct filenaming script... or else?

MusicBrainz Picard
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Hi folks,

I’ve going through the docs and can’t figure out a few – hopefully simple – things;

  1. If I wanted to backup my filenaming scripts, without copy/pasting the thing every time, can anyone point me to a filesystem path where scripts are stored? I’m on OSX and the usual Library/ApplicationSupport location has no Picard refs…
  2. I find it incredible that I cannot write comments into my naming scripts… I’ve tried the standard # // /**/ and non work… anyone knows how tow write comments?
  3. Given I cannot write comments, to keep things relatively simple, I have split my script into several. Would there by anyway for Picard to auto-select the correct one based on a stored tag?

Thanks

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  1. The script editor has export / import functionality where you can save the script in a file, which also includes the meta data. In addition you can also backup the config file as a whole (which also holds the scripts in Options > Advanced > Maintenance

  2. Use $noop(Some text). The $noop function does nothing and is typically used to insert small comment texts into script or to disable parts of the script.

  3. No, that’s currently not possible. You need to combine the scripts into one and use conditional functions like $if(...)a there.

    One thing you can ise are option profiles. This allows you to store separate sets of configuration, including separate active scripts. That way you can quickly switch between different configurations.

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