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.
>>
>>
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