[Digikam-users] about library path...

[Achim Bohnet]

On Saturday 15 October 2005 13:35, Domenico Salvagnin wrote:
> Hello!

Hi if you search bugs.kde.org like:

	http://bugs.kde.org/simple_search.cgi?id=digikam+library+path

you'll find similar requests.  I suggest to add _why_ you like/need this
feature to http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871.

Achim
> 
> I have a couple of wishes that IMHO could make digikam even more usable than 
> now.
> 
> I have two folders in which I store images on my computer: one 
> is /media/Images, which is managed by the root user and on which I have only 
> read access. The other is in my home folder, and of course I can do what I 
> want there.
> 
> Now, digikam is quite annoying in this scenario for a couple of reasons:
> 
> - the choice of the library path is very "static", while I would like to 
> switch very fast from one directory to another. Maybe a document logic could 
> help here...
> 
> - I cannot switch to a library path where I don't have write access (at least 
> with digikam 0.7.4). I know there are some good reasons beyond this, but I 
> think that this is very limiting!!! There are a lot of nice digikam features, 
> like browsing, searching, slideshow, set as wallpaper, etc... that are 
> perfectly compatible with a read only library path!
> 
> I don't know whether these features would be to difficult to implement or if 
> they're been dealt with in the beta version of digikam, anyway this is my 
> wish list.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Domenico
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