Yes, I am running windows 10. Oh well. I can still manually create and enter info into a text file and use the existing mouse over feature to see it. I know that works as it was what triggered my interest in the lua script.
Thanks everyone for your replies. Regards Sheridan On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 12:09 AM William Ferguson, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:26 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> * Sheridan Price <[email protected]> [03-14-19 22:55]: >> > Hello; >> > >> > I find the idea of having a mouse over text file show up over a photo a >> > great idea as I can use it to remind myself of things yet to do to the >> > image. BUT...though it seems to set up the LUA options in the darktable >> > preferences I can't figure out how to make it actually create a text >> file >> > and input my text string into it. Has anyone used this script? Can you >> help? >> > >> you don't say but if you are on windows this may be incorrect: >> > > The script only runs on linux. The script just ensures that a text > sidecar file exists for the image. > The sidecar file only displays the text when you are zoomed in to one > image. I tried it and it displays filename, exposure info, focal length > and ISO. > > darktable preferences (the wheel above the images display on lighttable) >> lua >> create txt sidecars .... (3rd option on my display) >> >> but I don't believe it works as you think. above will generate *.txt >> files matching your images displaying exif data and filename, but I see no >> way to display it over an image. >> >> but... >> >> darktable preferences >> gui options >> miscellaneous (last group) >> overlay txt slidecar over ... (4th from last) >> >> will display the filename and some of the exif (shot) data on mouse-over >> image in lighttable and filmstrip in darkroom. but afaik, not editable. >> >> >> -- >> (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] >> >> > Bill > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
