* Tobias Ellinghaus <m...@houz.org> [10-21-17 10:07]: > 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.
perhaps a second preset to default target? -- (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 darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
