another thing you might try is to always use `darktable --library :memory:'
and always do a fresh import of only the folder you're currently working
on. this way it'll be slower to start up but you will be sure the data is
always read from xmp. you can also give the folder name on the command line
to make dt import that folder on startup (if that helps your use case).
unfortunately we currently have presets in the library, too, so you'll lose
those (until we store those in ~/.config, too, which we should).
-jo
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Willem Ferguson <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I hope I understand the problem below correctly and am not making myself
> appear foolish.
>
> If the images are stored on an external server or NAS, it should be
> perfectly possible to keep the library file on the same external device
> that the images are stored on anyway. The complete collection would then
> be non-local, removing some of the risk of keeping it locally on a
> laptop. My collection is on an external drive with backup to a NAS. The
> important thing is to do file manipulations within dt so that the
> library can keep track of the locations of images and of some preference
> settings. For non-synchronous access to images by more than one computer
> the only requirement would be that both machines have access to the
> appropriate (centrally-located) library file.
>
> Using rsynch circumvents the file management book keeping within dt and
> does not update the library with respect to the locations of files. The
> use of rsynch is probably most efficient if the complete image
> collection is backed up, including the relevant library file. Recovery
> of the backed up collection would then probably require a restore to the
> folders that dt expects.
>
> Personally I do not find the limitations imposed by the library file so
> important. I have on several occasions inadvertently moved files outside
> of dt, thus causing the information in the library file to be incorrect.
> It is simple to rebuild the library. dt is much more flexible in this
> respect than some other software, e.g. digikam (which I frequently use).
> I am following this discussion with great interest.
>
> Kind regards,
> willemf
>
>
> On 01/05/2013 11:07, [email protected] wrote:
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> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:41:04 +0200
> > From: Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] Working With Libraries...
> > To: John P Santos <[email protected]>
> > Cc: Darktable-users <[email protected]>
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> >
> > The difficult thing here is if you plan to edit files in the working
> folder
> > from the laptop and the desktop at the same time, running a sync job in
> the
> > background. If this is the case, there is no easy way to solve this in
> > darktable currently, and even there is no easy way to solve it at all
> > automatically. What you should do is just remove the film roll for the
> > working folder and reimport it before starting to work in the laptop or
> the
> > workstation.
> >
> > When you move the files to the archive folder you can do that from within
> > darktable. That will serve in one of the computers, but in the other you
> > will also have to reimport the archive folder to see the new files.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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