problem adding caption in BQM

[Maik Qualmann]

Hi frederic,

is already been reported and fixed for digiKam-8.1.0.
As a workaround, write text somewhere and copy/paste it.

Maik

Am Samstag, 29. April 2023, 12:47:26 CEST schrieb frederic chaume:
> Hi all
> 
> Additional information when using assign caption tool in Batch Queue Manager
> - text written in reverse order (from left to right)  for caption and
> title, but not for the author below the caption
> - title and caption are overwritten (while overwrite option is not set)
> 
> I guess this is not the normal behavior, no?
> 
> regards
> frederic
> 
> Le 28/04/2023 à 15:09, frederic chaume a écrit :
> > Hi remco
> > 
> > thanks for your reply
> > I have checked  that I only use x-defaults
> > I have added a caption "Audierne" (with x-defaults)  from the caption
> > menu (right sidebar) to be the original caption
> > Now I have added a new caption ("test")  from the assign caption in
> > the BQM using x-defaults , the overwrite option is not set , and the
> > result I see in the caption of the generated file is "tset" for
> > x-defaults and the original one is also missing
> > 
> > strange isn't it ?
> > 
> > frederic
> > 
> > Le 28/04/2023 à 10:35, Remco Viëtor a écrit :
> >> On vendredi 28 avril 2023 10:22:57 CEST frederic chaume wrote:
> >>> Hi all
> >> 
> >> (...)
> >> 
> >>> also I see there is language selection, what is the purpose here ? from
> >>> what I see, depending on the language , I don't see the same result in
> >>> the caption
> >> 
> >> tl;dr: you can enter multiple versions of a caption. Make sure you
> >> always have
> >> a version for "x-default".
> >> 
> >> long version:
> >> Several fields, like caption and title, allow you to add translations or
> >> versions for different languages. You choose which version to edit
> >> with the
> >> language selection box.
> >> 
> >> The "funny codes" you see there are standardised and used by
> >> applications to
> >> pick the preferred version for the user. The same codes are also used
> >> when you
> >> set up your desktop to select interface language, decimal separators,
> >> etc.
> >> They may also influence the writing direction!
> >> 
> >> If a requested version doesn't exits, the "x-default" version is
> >> used, which
> >> is why it should always be present. If it's not present, *nothing*
> >> will be
> >> displayed if the requested language version isn't found...
> >> 
> >> Remco