* Bernhard <[email protected]> [10-21-17 02:56]: > > > Terry Duell schrieb am 21.10.2017 um 07:52: > >Hello Patrick, > > > >On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:45:03 +1100, Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > >>* Terry Duell <[email protected]> [10-20-17 23:24]: > >>>In times gone by, my recollection is that the export filename was > >>>$(FILE_FOLDER)/Darktable_export/$(FILE_NAME). > >>>I recently had cause to manually select an export destination, and > >>>since > >>>then I have had to manually set the export filename. > >>>Does anyone know if there is a way of automatically setting the export > >>>filename, as above, when needed? > >>>I have perused the manual and settings, but not seen anything that > >>>helps. > >> > >>my choice is: $(FILE_FOLDER)/DrkTbl/$(FILE_NAME) > >>and is set in the export module on a line just below "target storage" > >>when > >>"file on disk" option is selected. > >> > >>raw images exist in "$(FILE_FOLDER) > >>directory "DrkTbl" is created if is does not exist when an image is > >>"exported" > >>"$(FILE_NAME)" is the image file name sans extension, in my case ".nef". > >> > > > >Thanks, I know that, perhaps I didn't explain myself clearly. > >My question is relates to the fact that if I manually change to a > >different export filename, whatever $(FILE_FOLDER) I then work in I have > >to manually change the export filename back to > >$(FILE_FOLDER)/Darktable_export/$(FILE_NAME). There doesn't seem to be a > >default that one can simply select from a menu, it all has to be typed in > >char by char, everytime you change your working folder. > > > >Cheers, > I've created a series of presets in the export module for different tasks. > >All settings in this panel can be saved for later reuse. Press the button > >to manage your presets. > http://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch02s03s12.html.php > They include different size, file type and export locations, e. g. for web > use, prints, further processing e.g. in hugin etc. > > That way I simply select rather than type ...
istr discussion on IRC where more variables were provided. perhaps you can ask there. maybe variables have been provided that you can assign values which would provide the functionality you seek. at any rate, the most knowledgable of dt reside there but primarily EU time. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
