[digiKam-users] CLI options?

[Sky Diver]

I have v5.6.0 installed from Ubuntu's official repo.
v5.9.0 running from AppImage as well as the 6.0.0-beta versions.

Thus I wouldn't mind clearly seeing the version number at all times,
e.g. next to the "digiKam" text on the title bar.

As for beta versions, visually marking that this is a beta version
(across themes, e.g. dark theme) is indeed welcome, although, once it
has been launched, the active album's DB gets upgraded whether the
user likes it or not.

Towards that end, I would love to see a popup message, notifying the
user that a DB upgrade is about to happen, and asking the user to
authorize the upgrade.

Yeah, usability is essential.

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 3:55 PM Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
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> On mardi 18 décembre 2018 14:18:00 CET Sky Diver wrote:
> > Remco Viëtor wrote:
> > > Have you tried "digikam --help" (that's more or less a de facto standard
> > > under linux)
> >
> > Not really.
> > Coming from Windows I'm not used to UI apps having a "--help" CLI
> > option (let alone additional CLI options).
> > My bad, I guess.
> > (*) Wouldn't mind seeing some CLI Options reference on the website though.
> >
> > > You do realise that the "beta" in that version means "not suitable for
> > > production"? So not much reason to add a command line option just for the
> > > testing phase.
> > >
> > > But yes, there is an option "--database-directory", though it refers to
> > > SQLite (only?). There is also an option to specify the configuration file
> > > to use, that could also be useful.
> >
> > In case I didn't explain clearly, my point is to duplicate my (SQLite)
> > production DB to a tmp dir and run the beta version against that dir.
> > By specifying the dir from CLI, I can skip all the DB switching back and
> > forth. I'll check if the configuration file is also required in order to
> > ensure full separation between production and test envs.
> >
> You didn't specify that is was a SQlite database, hence the extra remark.
> And for the config file, I was thinking of perhaps using a different theme for
> the 6.0.0beta, to distinguish it clearly from the production version.
>
> Remco
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