[Kde-imaging] ImageCollection or Browser

[Renchi Raju]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Jesper K. Pedersen wrote:

> On Wednesday 23 June 2004 11:56, Renchi Raju wrote:
> | On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Jesper K. Pedersen wrote:
> | > On Wednesday 23 June 2004 01:10, Renchi Raju wrote:
> | > | from what i understand with regards to accessing images from the
> | > | app,there are two classes of plugins:
> | > |
> | > | 1) plugins which work on the currently selected images or all the
> | > | images in the classes. its important to clearly differentiate between
> | > | the two, as there are plugins (like wallpaper and rotation) where
> | > | action needs to be taken only on the currently selected images. the
> | > | currentSelection() and currentAlbum() methods work well for this
> | > | purpose. i don't understand the concept of currentScope(); what purpose
> | > | does it serve?
> | >
> | > It returns the selection if there is any otherwise it returns the album.
> |
> | and what is it useful for? why would any plugin choose to use
> | currentScope over the other two methods?
> Well thats what they all do now.
> It gives the user the full power.
> If he select some images, they are used, otherwise the current album is used.

am i missing something here. if i choose to run the rotation plugin and i
don't have any images selected it will rotate all the images in the
current view/album?

renchi