[Digikam-devel] Contribution: Getting started

[Gilles Caulier]

Koushik,

I will post all technical details to bug #335661 after noon (i take
train to go to Paris today)

Best

Gilles Caulier

2014-10-23 15:48 GMT+02:00 Koushik S <skoushik333 at gmail.com>:
> 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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