Implement a shortcut for --set mode.

* src/cmdline.opt: If MODE_MOD is set, accept assignments before
file list.
* NEWS: Update.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3390df0..5a618ef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-IdEst -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-07-12
+IdEst -- history of user-visible changes. 2011-07-17
 Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Sergey Poznyakoff
 See the end of file for copying conditions.
 
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ Version 1.2.90, Git
 
 idest --info shows information about input file structure.
 
+* Set mode shortcut.
+
+When setting frames, you can omit the --set option from all
+assignments, except the first one, e.g.:
+
+  idest --set track=1 year=1985 album=Maremar track01.mp3
+
 * The --convert option
 
 The argument to --convert option is either a single major version
diff --git a/src/cmdline.opt b/src/cmdline.opt
index c1de3b5..214cd27 100644
--- a/src/cmdline.opt
+++ b/src/cmdline.opt
@@ -189,5 +189,13 @@ OPTIONS_END
 void
 get_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    GETOPT(argc, argv)
+	GETOPT(argc, argv)
+	if (mode == MODE_MOD) {
+		char *p;
+		/* See if we've been given any assignment arguments */
+		while (p = strchr(argv[optind], '=')) {
+			*p++ = 0;	       
+			input_list_add_assignment(argv[optind++], p);
+		}
+	}
 }