Am Samstag, 21. Oktober 2017, 16:52:38 CEST schrieb Terry Duell: > Hello Patrick, > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:45:03 +1100, Patrick Shanahan <p...@opensuse.org> > > wrote: > > * Terry Duell <tdu...@iinet.net.au> [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.
As was pointed out, you can create a preset for the export module which will also remember the export destination. Ideally we would want a way to reset that to the default. > Cheers, Tobias
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