[digikam] [Bug 367788] New: It should be possible to save Metadata templates

[Wolfgang Scheffner via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367788

            Bug ID: 367788
           Summary: It should be possible to save Metadata templates
           Product: digikam
           Version: 5.2.0
          Platform: Kubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Metadata-Template
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: wscheffner3 at gmail.com

Metadata templates are an important tool to edit metadata, in particular if you
want to edit the metadata of a whole selection of images. The possibilities to
batch-edit metadata are still quite limited otherwise in digiKam, but that will
be subjet to another wishlist entry.
So I put quite some work into creating a system of templates for different
authors, years, locations (more general like "England" and more detailed like
"England, London, Picadilly Circus"). But many times I lost all this work,
first when I changed from ACDSee to digiKam, then when bought a new computer,
then when I updated to 5.2.0. Now I'm a bit hesitating to create a new system
of templates although I would need it so badly.
digiKam makes 'organizing digital photographs a "snap".' I'm pretty sure it's a
"snap" for a good developer to add a "Save" button in the Metadata Templates
Manager so that one could save the whole collection of templates to an external
file and an "Import" button to import previously backuped templates.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select a pic in the Albums view
2. Click on Captions/Tags on the right sidebar
3. Select the "Information" tab
4. Click on the little button to the right of the Template-field to open the
Template Manager

Actual Results:  
You see no "Save" and "Restore" or "Import" button to backup the whole
collection of templates externally.

Expected Results:  
There should be a possibility to save templates externally. An (maybe even
better) alternative would be a backup function for all the personal adjustments
and preferences the user made in digiKam.

In the input page for KDE bugreports it says in the "Severity" - section: "Say
how serious the problem is, or if your bug is a request for a new feature." The
"or" is wrong here. This is a request for a new feature *and* it is a serious
problem!

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