[digiKam-users] digiKam Templates

[Remco Viëtor]

On jeudi 25 juillet 2019 16:42:43 CEST Northern Colorado Event Photograph 
wrote:
> 1.  I don't agree that the exhibited behavior is correct.  See attachment,
> which describes my attempt to create a template step-by-step for my
> reasoning.  Perhaps I am missing something.

To me, it looks like the *intended* behaviour though. Whether that behaviour 
is "correct" depends on your point of view, I guess. 

The "OK" button saves the changes and closes the dialog, next time you open 
the dialog, it's a fresh start. If you want to edit a previously created 
template, you have to select it in the list at the top first.  The "template 
title" field being empty might be taken as a hint that you are not working on 
the previously created "Template test" template...

> 2.  I downloaded v. 6.2 but I have not yet installed it.  When I started
> the installation a message was displayed that read, in part:
> 
> "Important:  database schemas can be upgraded between major releases, so
> it's recommended to backup all database files . . . ."
> 
> I am not sure where those database files are located.
> 
> I found this:  Program Files/digiKam/digikam/database/dbconfig.xml.
> 
> Is that the actual database file that I need to backup?  If not, where is
> the database file located?
No, the databases should be in your private data directory (not using MS-
Windows, so I don't know the exact location). Those *.xml and *.conf are 
configuration files. 

> In that same folder is also mysql-global.conf. 
> Does that also need to be backed up?

See above.