I don't mean to be pedantic, but you've asked only a single question in that paragraph, having nothing to do with what your real question is ("why do I use these tagging apps, MC, you ask?"). Most of what you're calling a query is a retelling of the story, incorrect statements and assumptions, pleading, and admonishments.
I say this to help you help yourself, as you're confounding your own goals at getting help. Here are better examples of how to ask direct, simple questions:
- How Do I remove the leading "### - " from the filename and use that to derive and set a good Series tag value?
- Does MC have regular expressions?
- Can I grab this portion XYZ from my Filename field and place it in some tag?
It is also important to show actual evidence and procedure, rather than your interpretations.
I have zero problem with your pedantry, your writing style, I don't even have an issue with you typing an admonishing paragraph of your own to give syntax/morphology guidance and counteract my failure to be direct ...and of course I can always use a refresher in sentence structure!. Second grade was so long ago. Time sure flies. (although , (and this may be just me).I am having considerable trouble finding any relevant information re my actual MC "query". I looked through the entire *paragraph* and found no pertinent information..) . Your elegant verbal dissection of my "query" into its component parts, and repackaging of same into a Catechism masterwork indicates to me that you understood the question very well. If you *did* understand the "query" , and had some idea of how to arrive at a resolution, but chose instead to dispense english/composition advice, well you'd be confounding your own goal to be helpful. and thats why you responded above right, to help. ? Of course you did.
if you understood the question and did not know the answer, a simple "I do not know" would suffice. Maybe no reply at all. Lets be honest for a second. Was what you typed of any practical value? Since you offered me an english comp lesson, I will return the favor. Answering the question=ok
saying I dont know= ok.
forgoing both , opting instead to correct sentence structure and/or terminology....is not only a waste of time(mine and yours) but is *also* a terrible breech of etiquette. A very passive-aggressive thing to do.
combining your "sentence rewrite" with your tactical insertion of italics and the obnoxious "im going to say this again" ...all those gestures practically BEG for confrontation. ..and given that my fighting energy for years to come was expended on actual deployments....being wrapped up in internet nonsense rates pretty low on my scale of "care".
I was a grunt from 2001-2009, overseas for both OIF and OEF. i prefer my catty-ness unfiltered. No pretense of "im doing this to help you"
so yeah, lets be respectful. My personal litmus test: If I wouldn't say it in the person's presence...not gonna say it online either.