Hi, [I apologise if this starts a new thread. I received it in a digest, but I know of no way of replying to a message in a digest. I've not used mailing lists much.]
Thanks for that. I didn't know of the GSettings connection. I'll have a look at that. I've commented below. Hi, > > > I saved and deleted the database in ~/.local/share/shotwell/data and > > started it up again. It immediately started auto-importing my > > pictures again. How do I stop it doing that and where does it find > > the information to know where to auto-import stuff from? > > The two configuration keys are: > > gsettings get org.yorba.shotwell.preferences.files auto-import > gsettings get org.yorba.shotwell.preferences.files import-dir > > You can obviously also set them with "set" instead of get > > Thanks. > > > > I want to > > a) Remove the database and any configurations that might be around. > > b) Start up Shotwell and set the Library location to the location of > > my photos on disk. > > See above, you should be able to do that from the command line, > but at least you are able to turn off auto-import. > > > c) Import all the photos from that same location. > > > > It seems odd to me that Shotwell, by default, moves images from the > > import location to the library. It would seem more sensible to leave > > the files where they are, by default, and build the database pointing > > to the import location. As it is I seem to have to trick Shotwell > > into leaving the images where they are by setting the import location > > to the library location. There doesn't seem to be a configuration > > option to stop Shotwell moving the files. > > I don't know how you managed to configure Shotwell to have its library > and the auto-import directory differently. Auto-import on start-up > usually only happens from the library and when it is importing inside > the library it will not move. > > OK. Probably my misunderstanding of what happened. I'll try again, and this time I will note down exactly what I do. Thanks again. Cheers, Cliff
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