[KPhotoAlbum] Re: Excluding folders

[Christoph Moseler]

Hi,

the "patch" is just the 2 lines with the '+' at the beginning (see below).

Cheers,
Christoph

Jesper K. Pedersen wrote:
> Where did you post that patch?
> 
> Cheers
> Jesper.
> 
> On Saturday 09 September 2006 20:50, Christoph Moseler wrote:
> | 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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