[Digikam-users] open with external editor disappeared in recent beta

[Simon Frei]

I think you misunderstood me: I have all other optional widgets 
installed and they are found. Only for the last compilation I 
uninstalled the libkio (and only it) dependency, because I thought I do 
not need it (I do not use KDE). However now you told me, that the 
feature "open with" is removed when libkio is not found. So now after 
reinstallation of libkio and recompilation of digikam the "open with" 
feature is back. If "open with" is indeed possible without libkio, it 
would be great if it was included also if libkio is missing.

On 29/05/16 21:08, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> The KIO dependency do not want mean to drop this feature if non KDE 
> desktop is used under Linux. At compile time we don't have a way to 
> check if application will run under Gnome or KDE for ex. At run time 
> yes, but for this feature, it's not used.
>
> Typically, the KIO dependency is checked to activate or not the 
> feature. But KIO as 2 possible way to be compiled :
>
> - The core KIO to access on remote computer with different protocols
> - With widgets as optional (for this feature)
>
> Perhaps the widget part is not compiled on your computer through 
> packaging.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
>
> 2016-05-29 20:22 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:freisim93 at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Hi Gilles,
>
>     That is the reason. I read the diffs since my last pull and there
>     was something about kio. The following suggests that kio is only
>     relevant together with KDE, so I removed it. Apparently it is
>     generally needed for linux desktop integration (e.g. open with).
>     PRINT_OPTIONAL_LIBRARY_STATUS("libkio"
>     "https://projects.kde.org/projects/frameworks/kio"
>     <https://projects.kde.org/projects/frameworks/kio> "(version >=
>     ${KF5_MIN_VERSION})"      "digiKam will be compiled without KDE
>     desktop integration support."           KF5KIO_FOUND)
>     Maybe that should be adjusted?
>     I will reinstall and recompile - thanks for your help.
>
>
>
>     On 29/05/16 06:35, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     No. This option is just optional if KIO component from KDE is
>>     found. Typically, thsi option is only valid under Linux, not
>>     under OSX and Windows because KIO is not able to handle external
>>     applications with these OS. We need to use a native solution instead.
>>
>>     So, the question is : What your environnement while your
>>     recompile digiKam ? At configuration time, a details panel give a
>>     feedback about the configuration done, especially with desktop
>>     integration.
>>
>>     Best
>>
>>     Gilles Caulier
>>
>>     2016-05-29 1:36 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <freisim93 at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:freisim93 at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         I recompiled digikam recently and now cannot find a menu item
>>         to open a file in an external editor anymore. It used to be
>>         possible to right click an image and select something like
>>         open with (I do not remember the exact name) which opened a
>>         list of image editors to choose from, in which the image then
>>         gets opened. Has this option been intentionally removed?
>>         Integration with other image editors is key for me. Digikams
>>         main strenth is image handling, as an editor, there are
>>         superior options out there.
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