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

[Gilles Caulier]

2013/9/21 Elle Stone <l.elle.stone at gmail.com>:
> 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?

yes you can. Don't forget to give a XCF sample file to reproduce the problem....

Gilles Caulier

>
> 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 ;)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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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