[Digikam-devel] Contribution: Getting started

[Koushik S]

Hi,

That's great! And yes, I do plan on working on another bugfix,
specifically, Bug 335661 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335661). I'm
still sifting through the source code to understand how it works.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Koushik,
>
> Patch applied to git/master and bug #306767 closed.
>
> Do you plan to work on another bugzilla entry ?
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2014-10-22 16:16 GMT+02:00 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Please use exclusively git/master code to hack and make patches.
> > Patches must be posted to relevant bugzilla entries.
> >
> > Rename action is managed on top level here :
> >
> >
> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/app/main/digikamapp.cpp#L1021
> >
> > This call this method in view :
> >
> >
> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/app/views/digikamview.cpp#L1822
> >
> > redirected to icon-view here :
> >
> >
> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/app/items/digikamimageview.cpp#L651
> >
> > Which launch rename dialog. The current selection is passed
> > byDigikamView::selectedUrls(). Rename dialog perform files renaming in
> > background and digiKam ScanController will detect files changes from
> > file system. icon-view contents will change accordingly with
> > ScanController results.
> >
> > So, the IconView selection to restore is not simple to do. You must
> > take a care about original file names which will be changed by rename
> > tool, wait ScanController end and restore selection.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > 2014-10-21 19:24 GMT+02:00 Koushik S <skoushik333 at gmail.com>:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>     I'm interested in contributing to the project and needed some
> guidance
> >> on that. I have compiled and installed digikam from source, and went
> through
> >> some of the bugs posted at the bugtracking system.
> >>
> >>     I found Bug 306767 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306767)
> to be a
> >> simple bugfix (I think) with some help. I started to understand a bit
> of the
> >> codebase, and I found that the selection is done by the drawFocusRect
> in the
> >> itemviewimagedelegate.cpp file, but I'm not sure how to move on from
> there.
> >> Any guidance would be helpful.
> >>
> >> --
> >> regards,
> >> Koushik. S
> >>
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-- 
regards,
Koushik. S
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