[KPhotoAlbum] Re: Excluding folders

[John Pearson]

On Saturday 09 September 2006 2:50 pm, Christoph Moseler wrote:

Hi Christoph,

I think that just might do it.   Thanks.  I will do some testing.



Cheers,
John


> Hi John,
>
> I had the same problem and I posted a fix for that about a week ago:
>
> void NewImageFinder::searchForNewFiles( const QDict<void>& loadedFiles,
> QString directory )
> {
>   [snip]
>          else if ( fi.isDir() )  {
> +            QString dirName = file.mid( imageDir.length()+1 );
> +            if ( ! DB::ImageDB::instance()->isBlocking( dirName ) )
>                  searchForNewFiles( loadedFiles, file );
>          }
>      }
> }
>
> After that you add an entry to the blocklist in your index.xml like that:
>
>   <blocklist>
>    <block file="exclude" />
>   </blocklist>
>
> KPA then will skip /whatever/your_kpa_root/exclude when searching for
> new images. The disadvantage for now is, that you have to add the
> entries with your favorite text editor by hand. Maybe Jesper can add a
> dialog where directories to be exclude can be defined.
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> John Pearson wrote:
> > On Saturday 09 September 2006 10:48 am, you wrote:
> >> then, *nix makes it possible to create copies that aren't really copies
> >> so you can arrange for KPA to see what you want.  Come to think of it,
> >> that's probably the reason the exclusion feature hasn't already been
> >> implemented.
> >>
> >>         Shawn.
> >
> > Thank you.  Yes.  I am using my existing structure while I am testing. 
> > The results have been very positive since I managed to limit the number
> > of images with which I am dealing.
> >
> > The only downside to this approach which I can see is a set of 37K lines
> > in the <blocklist>.
> >
> > A parallel folder structure for the exclusive use of kpa is succinct.  It
> > won't disturb backups, or conflict with other applications using the
> > images. And Krename offers the functionality, unless I choose to script
> > it.
> >
> > It has been quite a while since I have done anything but scripting in
> > bash or perl.
> >
> > -jp
>
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