Yes, that's it. A shortcut key to force a write would be what I am looking for.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 5:04 PM August Schwerdfeger <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
