* Wolfgang Goetz <wolfgang.zt...@web.de> [10-17-14 12:45]: [...] > first of all: back your existing output while playing with dup/exp > > you selected all in lighttable and > exported in a clean destination without overwrite. > this is the only way to get pseude-synchron filenames. > > > try another full export (unchecked overwrite) into existing destination > what is your output? _02 _03 > > try select one clone and export (unchecked overwrite) into existing > destination > what is your output? _04 > > make a new clone and export only this picture ... _05 > > now select all and check overwrite. expected:update all existing jpeg > what output file(s)? ..the basic version is written 3 times. > > > _03 doesnt look good, you want more exposure. change. export. Filename? > if you look in jpg with exiftool for Derived.. you see the nef. NOT the xmp > for the recipe. > scripting? no. > > > into empty desination: > export single picture one after the other starting from last clone back to > orig. > output reversed (look at he content) > > > > thus: atm it is not advisable to use duplicate. > > > proposal: > implement *different* counter naming convention for dup and exp. > make any tag in jpg pointing to the corresponding recipe (xmp) file. > > dup-cnt is stable, existing dup-xmps should work, always counting up. > _XX.nef.xmp XX=01..999. no change > exp-cnt overwrite protection by aa..zz like the default in split from > coreutils? > export should use the xmp basename as FILE_NAME, not the nef. > > darktable-cli nef xmp jpg .. uses any xmp to produce jpg from nef. no > change needed. > > automatism: darktable-cli nef jpg ...searches for the xmp with same > basename. nef->xmp > wish: darktable-cli xmp jpg ...searches for the nef referenced > in xmp. _XYxmp->nef
After more pointed testing, I agree with you. Present condition is definitely not optimal. Exported files *should* reflect the xmp from which they were generated. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list darktable-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel