[Digikam-users] Deleting in Digikam
Photonoxx
photonoxx at free.fr
Sun Jan 3 10:49:19 GMT 2010
I don't think the use of 1.0.0 beta5 is the matter.
If I have rightly understand, Andrew want to delete in a mostly automatic
way his duplicates photos.
But, for me, the first matter is how could Digikam know which file to
delete and which one to keep ? I don't think it's possible for the moment
and you have to choose manually.
Now, I understand what can be problematic here. Digikam show duplicates
results one by one. I mean you have to click in the left panel on a result
to see the involved for this particular result, but you can't see all the
found duplicates in one time.
So, the way to delete all the duplicates is to browse one by one the
results, select the files to delete and delete their. And do the same
thing for each result.
May be it could be great to offer the possibility to see all the result in
one time, each result grouped as in present version but followed by the
others. In this way, it take anyway a long time (it's why it's better to
be aware of not duplicate too easily the files), but with this display
possibility, we can potentially select all the files to deleted in one
time (without having to delete and switch to the next result).
To come back to the second discussion, I think too it's harmful that
Ubuntu repository keepers doesn't update eventual beta version they
integer in repository. In an other point of view, as it was said, as the
politic of Ubuntu is too block version of each software for the repository
of a particular release, if it's meaning to stay with digikam 0.10.0, it's
not the best way for some users too.
But I am 100% agree with updating beta included in repository, as true
it's not really a new version but an achievement.
Personally, I have to use SVN because I have a bug which finally was
related to exiv2 and not Digikam, but I stay on SVN (with 1.1.0) because
it's not very convenient for me to change the way Digikam is installed (I
don't blame Digikam here, just me to don't be enough self confident in
build and install and, as many newcomers in linux, to prefer repository
install way.... so if I start to use SVN... (I know I could install 1.0.0
final in the same way but I'm lazy too :>. ).
Kind regards
Nicolas
Le Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:53:39 +0100, Gys van Zyl <gysvanzyl at gmail.com> a
écrit:
> Yes, I have to say that this discussion has gone off on a tangent so fast
> that the original question is nowhere in sight. If I understand Andrew's
> question correctly, he has used digikam to find duplicates in his photo
> collection. Now he needs a way to quickly delete all the duplicates.
> I've
> not done this myself, but I'm going to try it. I'll first have to
> generate
> the fingerprints though, so it'll take some time. It should be as
> simple as
> Ctrl-A to select all the duplicates once digikam has found them and then
> pressing delete to get rid of them, but I'll see.
>
> BTW, personally I was very happy that ubuntu put beta 5 in the
> repositories.
> There are no dealbreaker bugs for me and usability has gone up
> tremendously
> from 0.10. I just wish that they'd update the package to 1.0 final now
> that
> it's available.
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Greg Kennedy <kennedy.greg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm confused, did anyone ever answer your question? Is the function
>> simply missing in 1.0.0 beta5, or what?
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>> Andrew Ampers Taylor wrote:
>> > Yes, this is very frustrating. I have found a way, but it is going to
>> > take about fifteen hours to do it.
>> >
>> > Gerry, please take note, this makes Ubuntu seem a third world program.
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> > __________________________________________________________
>> > Andrew "Ampers" Taylor - London UK - Editor of The Finchley Arrow
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>> > Voice: UK 020-8020 3904 - USA 1-202-580 8694
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>> >
>> >
>> > 2010/1/2 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com>>
>> >
>> > My response : do not use an old beta version in production. Use
>> last
>> > 1.0.0 final out for Christmas.
>> >
>> > More than 200 bugs have been fixed between beta5 and final. I
>> cannot
>> > be more clear.
>> >
>> > I have already said in this room that Ubuntu make a mistake to
>> place
>> a
>> > beta release in production WITHOUT to update packages step by step
>> > until final release. Mandriva do it very well. Ubuntu team is not
>> > serious for me. Ignoring software cycle release, especially in
>> open
>> > source is a shame.
>> >
>> > Yes, my words are a little bit hard... But you must understand me
>> :
>> > why trying to fix and fix and fix bugs is the more used linux
>> > distribution do not follow the game.
>> >
>> > Anyway, happy new year... (:=))))
>> >
>> > Gilles Caulier
>> >
>> > 2010/1/2 Andrew Ampers Taylor <ampers at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:ampers at gmail.com>>:
>> > > I have been having a problem understanding one process of
>> Digikam.
>> > >
>> > > I have been using Lightroom and photoshop for a while and this
>> > is one of
>> > > three operations I need to move to Linux before I can dump
>> > windows totally.
>> > > Gimp sorts out Photoshop and I have a feeling your program will
>> > sort out
>> > > Lightroom.
>> > >
>> > > However I have a large collection of photographs with far too
>> many
>> > > duplicates and I am trying to remove them but cannot as it is so
>> > unclear (to
>> > > me) how to do this.
>> > >
>> > > I have created fingerprints, and searched for duplicates.
>> > >
>> > > I have hundreds of duplicates spread over dozens of folders
>> showing.
>> > >
>> > > I read in the manual that I can go to Delete/Delete All, (yes I
>> have
>> > > searched the manual) but I cannot find this command anywhere.
>> > >
>> > > I am using version
>> > >
>> > > digiKam
>> > > Version 1.0.0-beta5
>> > >
>> > > I downloaded this from the Ubuntu repository and I am using
>> > Ubuntu Karmic
>> > > 9.10.
>> > >
>> > > And if anyone can help, please spell it out carefully as I won't
>> > see my 70th
>> > > birthday again!
>> > >
>> > > __________________________________________________________
>> > > Andrew "Ampers" Taylor - London UK - Editor of The Finchley
>> Arrow
>> > >
>> > >
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