[digiKam-users] Open with Darktable no longer an option for Linux Mint Cinnamon?

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

The "open with..." menu is populated by the Linux Desktop metadata (eg
.desktop type mime configuration files)

So you need to edit this configuration with your desktop configuration
panel to include DT as a suitable RAW file editor.

Alternative : in digiKam, go to Setup panel / Image Editor / RAW Behavior /
open RAw file in editor / Always use import tool ==> select Darktable as
extension.

In fact digiKam as RAW import plugin to delegate import mechanisms.
DarkTable is on the list. These plugins do not depend of Linux desktop
settings.

Best
Gilles Caulier




Le mar. 13 juil. 2021 à 16:38, Tom Rank <tom at literaryconnections.co.uk> a
écrit :

> I've been using Digikam as image manager very happily for some time,
> with Darktable as my software of choice for editing RAW files and
> exporting to JPEG.
>
> Previously, I've been able to select one or more images in a Digikam
> album, right-click on 'Open with...' - and Darktable is the first
> option. Easy to use, and the metadata from Digikam would be exported
> too, so that the exported JPEG file (which I'd put in a sub-folder)
> would have the same metadata as the RAW original. Great!
>
> But with the latest versions (currently I'm using 7.2), 'Open with...'
> has only ShowFoto, and no way to add Darktable to the list that I can
> find. So all I've been able to do is open the folder in the file manager
> and identify the image(s) by name to load them in Darktable. For my
> current project, that's a folder of 334 images, so not much fun! The
> metadata isn't exported either, so the JPEGs lose their captions, tags,
> etc (I've just seen that I maybe needed to adjust a setting for sidecar
> export, but have yet to see if that's the case.)
>
> I realise that Digikam is a KDE program and with Linux Mint Cinnamon I'm
> not running KDE, but this hasn't been a problem till now.
>
> Digikam and Darktable have been important to the development of my
> digital photography skills - can anyone help me get them working happily
> together again?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Tom Rank
>
> Digikam 7.2
> Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
> --
> Tom Rank | tom at literaryconnections.co.uk
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/literaryconnections/
>
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