Good question, but please remember to reply to the list.
On 22/07/2021 18:30, J. Schneider* wrote:
Hello Richard,
has there ever been a way to just "open" an image without adding it to
the database?
Indeed there is.
This solution is for Linux - Windoze users will need to seek help elsewhere.
Create a bash script to call darktable with the memory only option.
Place the script in /.local/bin and mark as executable.
As an example my script is: dl_nl.sh
#!/bin/bash
/opt/darktable/bin/darktable "$1" --library :memory:
Right click on the image file name |select open with | select your
script as the 'program' to open the file.
This will open a single selected image file.
If you wish to open multiple images its better to start darktable in
Memory only mode, and use the 'add to to library' import option!
See the darktable Manual - Special topics/program invocation
--library :memory:
I hope that will give food for thought.
R.
(Anyway, Michael Staats (e-mail 2021-07-21 05:37UTC) put it right: The
new buttons just describe clearer what dt used to do.)
Best regards
Joachim
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Panasonic DMC TZ101 + Sony RX10; darktable on Win10pro on Thinkpad T540
with 2 x 24"
Am 16.07.21 um 10:20 schrieb Richard Hobday:
On 15/07/2021 19:47, Willy Williams wrote:
...
Methinks you are quite right in your observations.
The new approach is unnecessarily complex, and replaces a previously
simple set of actions that worked well.
Further more for those not using the library functions (*) of darktable
it is downright confusing.
(*) --library :memory:
Just my two pence.
R.
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