[Digikam-users] certain Gimp xcf files cause showFoto to crash

[Elle Stone]

Gilles, thanks! I thought I had seen such an option for digiKam but
couldn't remember where, and was hoping there was a showFoto option
also.

So an eventual bug report would be to KDEimgio?

On 9/21/13, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> Setup/Type Mime, where you can add and remove file format to manage in
> digiKam.
>
> Just entry if i remember "-xcf" in image format. Try SHIFT+F1 for help.
>
> There is no such option for Showfoto
>
> Note that there is no CXF image loader code in digiKam all is delegate
> to KDEimgio component.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2013/9/21 Elle Stone <l.elle.stone at gmail.com>:
>> My xcf files are generated by the development version of Gimp, so I
>> haven't filed a bug report with digiKam as the file format itself
>> might be in a state of flux.
>>
>> I don't know whether xcf files from Gimp 2.8 cause crashes or not. Has
>> anyone experienced such crashes?
>>
>> It seems reasonable that digiKam might provide the option to ignore
>> file extensions that the user doesn't actually want digiKam to track.
>> So I was wondering if there is such a feature hidden away somewhere. I
>> looked at the config files but didn't see a list of file extensions.
>>
>> On 9/20/13, HaJo Schatz <hajo at hajo.net> wrote:
>>> I think the solution for that should be to fix the programs so they can
>>> read
>>> xcf properly rather than disabling support ;)
>>>
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>>> Composed on my smartphone. Apologies for typos.
>>>
>>> On 21 Sep 2013, at 01:13, "Elle Stone" <l.elle.stone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a way to tell digiKam/showFoto to ignore all xcf images?
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes when opening an image (eg a png or a tiff or a jpeg) with
>>>> showFoto, showFoto will open the image and then crash. The reason
>>>> turns out to be that there is a Gimp xcf file in the same folder and
>>>> that makes showFoto crash. The same thing happens with digiKam if
>>>> digiKam is trying to add the images in that folder to its database.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Elle
>>>>
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