I believe he is talking about the collection history ("recently used
collections"), which is written on exit to 'darktablerc' rather than
continuously to the database. When Darktable crashes, the collection
history from the current run is always lost.-- August Schwerdfeger [email protected] On 8/8/20 3:52 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Bill Martz <[email protected]> [08-08-20 16:08]: >> Thanks, Patrick, but I am already writing the xmps. What I meant was dt >> crashes. This was the first time in a long time, but I hadn't closed it for >> days, and all the importing I had done was lost. Lost in the sense that I >> had to import each folder again, and then close dt so the importing would >> stay in the database. I don't understand that dt doesn't write to the >> database upon import. After a crash, when I open dt it displays the >> contents of the folder that was open the last time I closed dt. All other >> importing history is lost. >> >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:38 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> * Bill Martz <[email protected]> [08-08-20 14:17]: >>>> Windows 10, dt 3.0.2 and V4 dev. version >>>> >>>> Crashes have been nonexistent more recently, and I have gotten out of the >>>> habit of closing dt after importing folders/files. Earlier today dt V4 >>> dev >>>> crashed, and the importing history covering several folders was lost. Is >>>> there some way to get this information written into the database without >>>> having to close dt? >>> turn on "write sidecar file for each image" >>> config -> storage -> xmp >>> >>> sidecar files will be written as photos are imported. If you have a >>> crash, ensuing imports will read the sidecar files which contain your >>> image history/tags/... >>> >>> not running windows but cannot remember the last time I had a crash. >>> >>> -- >>> (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri >>> http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri >>> Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________________________ >>> darktable user mailing list >>> to unsubscribe send a mail to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> darktable user mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > > > No my experience, but I usually close dt after I finish a session or > finish working for the day, unless exporting. I believe dt adds or stores > events as they happen rather than on close or I don't understand your > problem. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
