Enhancement: Please add another option to file selection when adding new torrent

[GoogleCodeExporter]

With "Prompt for download options when adding a new torrent" option is set, the 
window pops up allowing to change the download directory and the select list of 
files from torrent to download.

I found that quite often I'd only want to download the last file from the list 
and would greatly appreciate another button (in addition to Select None/Select 
All) -- Select Last.

thanks!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by stan...@melmac.net on 12 Nov 2014 at 1:33

[rd1]

a smarter use of this function would be to auto select the biggest file or files bigger than x MB or GB, meaning the video and not the text nfo files.

[Exagram]

How is this issue labelled as an "enhancement", "low-priority", from 2015? This is a critical must-have feature!

• All Transmission Remote GUI users use this software remotely on PC's with limited disk space
• Most torrents would take up half the disk space or greater
• I don't want to waste my money on bandwidth for files that I don't need but rather for files that I want!

[rd1]

all good points and i would add that some torrent sites add files like an EXE file which isn't valid and could be a malicius file that could be potentially dangerous if downloaded as part of a torrent that is not a game or software (ie: film, tv or music)

[antekgla]

Is not rational ask to modify a program for a need YOU HAVE.
Downloading only the LAST file of a torrent don't have any sense...
Why last? Why not first?
All users have different needs maybe one wants the big file maybe another the smallest...

I am downloading torrents for YEARS and never have this need.
THERE IS a SELECT NONE button, Click it and then select only the file YOU WANT.
Only two clicks

[Exagram]

Is not rational ask to modify a program for a need YOU HAVE.
Downloading only the LAST file of a torrent don't have any sense...
Why last? Why not first?
All users have different needs maybe one wants the big file maybe another the smallest...

I am downloading torrents for YEARS and never have this need.
THERE IS a SELECT NONE button, Click it and then select only the file YOU WANT.
Only two clicks

Let's do a quick test...

• Open up localhost:XXXX
• Click Add Torrent button
• In the popup add your magnet torrent URL
• Uncheck "Start when added"
• Click the Upload button
• Observe that the torrent is in paused state. Good.
• Click on the Files tab
• EXPECTED: A list of files
• OBSERVED: The Files panel/file tree is blank

@antekgla THERE ISN'T a SELECT NONE button and I cannot select only the file I WANT when the Files panel/file tree is blank.

[antekgla]

When you add a magnet, is no way to know the list of files because that LIST OF FILES IS NOT PRESENT IN THE MAGNET until you star the download and Transmission connect to another client and request that list to another peer.
When you add a .torrent file however there is a button allowing you select/deselect files because the list of files IS PRESENT in the .torrent file.
If you add only magnet links I dont see a way to solve this because you need to start to have the list of files.
My recomendation is use .torrent files as you can because allow to deselect files PRIOR to start the download.

[rd1]

Exagram, so much pushback from antekgla, it's like he doesn't care. it is par for the course with this guy. i mean take the template feature for example, wich since its addition in the Add torrent dialog box, is just a textbox that does nothing. it was intended to tell TRG to pre-select files matching a file name pattern, like say mkv,mp4.

Which would solve this problem of downloading "server side injected files" that nobody wants like exe and nfo.

So much pushback from antekgla on everything, nakes me think either he doesn't want to work on the code or doesn't know how to code such a simple thing.

personally i haven't bothered reporting bugs or giving new ideas in years because of his bad attitude and lack of commitment to the project.

He didn't even bother add the blue selection square for multiple file selection that has been often requested. it's been sorely missing in TRG since day 1, it's a pretty standard basic feature in pretty much every program, ever.

it's a rational and logical feature. Or maybe he just doesn't care. the pushback is strong with this one.

Best to fork this project and forget about him.

Good luck antekgla, and good riddance.

[antekgla]

So much pushback from antekgla on everything, nakes me think either he doesn't want to work on the code or doesn't know how to code such a simple thing.

If is a "simple thing" like you said, code yourself and make a commit
Its open source, the code is there...
Its not my code... I contribute sometimes and @leonsoft-kras was kind to make me part of the contributors, I don't ask for that.
Nobody appears to know what the original author is missing. He was kind enough to give us the code.

Here I saw many people demanding things (you are one of them) and very few people contributing to the code.
I know what I dont contribute much but I have done something...

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How many commits fixing things YOU HAVE DONE?