[KimDaBa] Re: Rescan for images proposal

[Robert L Krawitz]

   From: "Jesper K. Pedersen" <blackie at blackie.dk>
   Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:06:42 -0400

   My question still stands, how many pictures do you have that would
   make this feasible? I mean, if you are to choose the directory from
   a GUI, then it easily adds 10 seconds to the process

Have two menu items, "Scan for new images" and "Scan a directory for
new images".

   On Friday 21 October 2005 03:24, Marco Colnaghi wrote:
   | Sorry,
   | I absolutely don't know kimdaba sources  and
   | I did't mean it was a "must have feature"...
   |
   | I was thinking that scan finding a new folder during a full scan
   | or during a partial scan were quite similar situations (from development
   | perspective)
   | so a very quick rescan for the single folder I just added after downloading
   | images with gphoto2
   | or for a small subtree when you rename a folder was a good thing.
   |
   | P.S. I'm a Debian user (Etch) with kimdaba 2.1 but I didn't find a way to
   | install kipiplugins so
   | it could be I miss different features offered by plugins, sorry.
   |
   | Thanks everybody,
   | Marco.
   |
   |
   | ----- Original Message -----
   | From: "Eugen Dedu" <Eugen.Dedu at pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr>
   | To: "Marco Colnaghi" <marco.colnaghi at libero.it>
   | Cc: <>
   | Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:34 PM
   | Subject: Re: [KimDaBa] Rescan for images proposal
   |
   | > Marco Colnaghi wrote:
   | > > Hi everybody,
   | > > I hope this was not discussed before (I started following kimdaba list
   |
   | only  2 months ago)
   |
   | > > I make "Rescan for new Images" less than i can because it takes a long
   |
   | time,
   |
   | > > but I think it could be improved adding a similar function: "Rescan for
   |
   | Images from dir"
   |
   | > > This function could do exacly the same rescan but simply starting from
   | > > a
   |
   | choosen dir (a dir select dialog is needed)
   |
   | > > so to avoid wasting time for scanning unchanged dirs.
   | > >
   | > > A simple example (common for me) can explain it very well.
   | > >
   | > > I use a folder tree for images:
   | > >
   | > > 2001/
   | > >     /010515_SeaTrip
   | > > 2002/
   | > >     /020712_SeaTrip2002
   | > >     /020712_Mountain
   | > > 2005/
   | > >     /050811_Holidays
   | > >     /050902_Friends
   | > >     /051001_NewDir
   | > >
   | > > When I add the new subdir 051001_NewDir in 2005 dir I should not need
   | > > to
   |
   | rescan all the tree,
   |
   | > > I would like to rescan 2005 subtree only.
   | > >
   | > > Thanks for you opinions,
   | > > bye, Marco.
   | >
   | > Your feature adds complexity.  IMHO, I think it's not necessary, since
   | > you execute rarely kimdaba with new images.  The most frequently you
   | > execute it without new images.
   | >
   | > --
   | > Eugen
   |
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