Hey, On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 08:46 +0200, Lorenzo Milesi wrote: > Bill Moseley ha scritto: > > Hi, > > > > When importing from a directory how does f-spot determine if the photo > > has already been imported? > > > It won't. The photo will be imported again. There is a request for a > duplicate finder on bugzilla. a bit wrong... when importing from folder, f-spot do already do a quick and simple dup detection based on filename and destination directory (i.e. the date)
> > If I import a photo can I "delete" the photo but have f-spot remember > > it so it's not imported again (say if the image is still on my > > camera)? > > > Again, no, sorry. no, f-spot doesn't keep history of removed pictures. > > How does f-spot decide on the directory structure when copying the > > files to the photos directory? Does it look at the file data or the > > exif data? > > > Exif data. > > I tend to import all my photos to my laptop and then rsync to a > > desktop for backup and viewing. My laptop has limited disk space. > > Any way to "archive" photos so that f-spot still remembers them (and > > the thumbnail) but the actual photo is not on the laptop drive any > > longer? > > > The thumbnails are remembered, because it uses gnome's standard thumbs > (.thumbnails/large IIRC), which are "local". > Actually there's no archive function implemented. There's a request for > that on bugzilla! > > I'll rsync the sqlite database to the desktop machine, too. I assume > > there's no way to be able to edit photos on both machines and then > > "merge" the changes. > > > Have a look at Conduit. It should support F-Spot, though I don't know at > what stage. > http://conduit-project.org/wiki/SyncStatus > > Can f-spot use another database besides sqlite? (i.e. Postgresql)? > > > No... > > > Please report your experience about usage on multiple computers and > Conduit. We may add it on the FAQ page. > Ciao! > _______________________________________________ F-spot-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/f-spot-list
