* Bill Martz <broccoli.salad.s...@gmail.com> [08-09-20 09:40]:
> Yes, that's it. A shortcut key to force a write would be what I am looking
> for.
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 5:04 PM August Schwerdfeger <aug...@schwerdfeger.name>
> wrote:
>
> > I believe he is talking about the collection history ("recently used
> > collections"), which is written on exit to 'darktablerc' rather than
> > continuously to the database. When Darktable crashes, the collection
> > history from the current run is always lost.
> >
> > --
> > August Schwerdfeger
> > aug...@schwerdfeger.name
> >
> > On 8/8/20 3:52 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > * Bill Martz <broccoli.salad.s...@gmail.com> [08-08-20 16:08]:
> > >> Thanks, Patrick, but I am already writing the xmps. What I meant was dt
> > >> crashes. This was the first time in a long time, but I hadn't closed it
> > for
> > >> days, and all the importing I had done was lost. Lost in the sense that
> > I
> > >> had to import each folder again, and then close dt so the importing
> > would
> > >> stay in the database. I don't understand that dt doesn't write to the
> > >> database upon import. After a crash, when I open dt it displays the
> > >> contents of the folder that was open the last time I closed dt. All
> > other
> > >> importing history is lost.
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:38 PM Patrick Shanahan <p...@opensuse.org>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> * Bill Martz <broccoli.salad.s...@gmail.com> [08-08-20 14:17]:
> > >>>> Windows 10, dt 3.0.2 and V4 dev. version
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Crashes have been nonexistent more recently, and I have gotten out of
> > the
> > >>>> habit of closing dt after importing folders/files. Earlier today dt V4
> > >>> dev
> > >>>> crashed, and the importing history covering several folders was lost.
> > Is
> > >>>> there some way to get this information written into the database
> > without
> > >>>> having to close dt?
> > >>> turn on "write sidecar file for each image"
> > >>> config -> storage -> xmp
> > >>>
> > >>> sidecar files will be written as photos are imported. If you have a
> > >>> crash, ensuing imports will read the sidecar files which contain your
> > >>> image history/tags/...
> > >>>
> > >>> not running windows but cannot remember the last time I had a crash.
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA
> > @ptilopteri
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> > > No my experience, but I usually close dt after I finish a session or
> > > finish working for the day, unless exporting. I believe dt adds or
> > stores
> > > events as they happen rather than on close or I don't understand your
> > > problem.
> > >
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well, you essentially have one which you have opted to not use. Shut dt
down after use or after an import and restart it. Takes something less
than six seconds for dt to display on my 10 year old linux system screen.
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