I wrote a version for the lua-scripts and submitted the PR. There's an option, currently commented out, to make the luarc just a link to lua/tools/script_manager.lua. I'll activate it once the PR is accepted. That way it should stay up to date, and every time you update the scripts you'll have the current version.
Will it become a part of darktable and replace the system luarc file that's distributed with it? That was my intent when I wrote the first version back in 2016. At that time it was too new and just a work in progress. Now I'm not sure. I guess it's up to the developers and whether they want a tighter integration with the lua scripts. For now I think it's probably better as an add on until we use it for awhile, flush out any remaining bugs, and maybe enhance a thing or two. We can release as needed so we can be more responsive. I think once it gets a little maturity and becomes fairly static, then a slower release cycle would be fine and making it part of the darktable distribution would work. On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 11:57 PM David Vincent-Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice =:) > > Will the Script-Manager become part of the next dt version and be a part > of git updates ... or is it to remain as an addon only? > > David > > On 08/19/18 12:20, William Ferguson wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 2:02 PM J Albrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Bill. Thanks again for your great work and rapid response to the >> couple of issues which had been identified. >> >> With regards to the functionality of the link to the “downloads” >> directory, could you perhaps explain your reasoning for this? Isn’t it >> redundant since one is able to create one’s own directories within the >> default lua directory? Furthermore… >> >> >> *The optional “downloads” directory is limiting* >> >> - Because I regularly tend to clean-up my downloads directory, any >> extra lua scripts sitting in there are at risk of being deleted and thus >> unavailable to dt >> >> I look forward to being told that I’ve overlooked something painfully >> obvious and quite logical ;-) >> > > The limitation is windows and trying to keep the bar for entry low. The > original idea behind the script came from all the mailing list questions > about how to install, how to enable, etc and the realization that a lot of > people wanted it to "just work" without tinkering. The downloads directory > is the baseline. If you know how to modify the lua directory, then you can > add much more. If you don't, then you have a place to put random scripts > you download. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
