Am Dienstag, 7. August 2018, 22:08:39 CEST schrieb Patrick Shanahan:
> * Robert Krawitz <[email protected]> [08-07-18 16:04]:
> > On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 12:51:30 -0700, I. Ivanov wrote:
> > >> I'd be perfectly happy to get rid of the database and use sidecar
> > >> files exclusively at least as an option.  I prefer a different tool
> > >> for managing my image collection (KPhotoAlbum) and just use dt for
> > >> image processing.
> > > 
> > > Maybe if you use ":memory:" as a library it would work for you.
> > > 
> > > man darktable
> > > --library <library file>
> > > 
> > >             darktable keeps image information in an sqlite database for
> > >  fast
> > >             access.  The default location of that database file is
> > >             "$HOME/.config/darktable/library.db".  You may give an
> > >  alternative location, e.g. if you want to do some experiments without
> > >  compromising your original library.db.  If the database file does not
> > >  exist, darktable creates it for you.  You may also give ":memory:" as
> > >  a library file in which case the database is kept in system memory -
> > >  all changes are discarded when darktable terminates.
> > 
> > I can't find a configuration option for this?
> 
> afaik there is not one.  you must start dt from cl as:
>   darktabe --library :memory:

It can also be set in darktablerc.

> or alias the command.
> 
> and/or: on my laptop which I carry when traveling, I altered the "exec:"
> line in darktable.desktop file.

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