On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:08:23 +0100 Ulrich Pegelow <ulrich.pege...@tongareva.de> wrote:
> It's a good habit in the Unix world to have > dedicated tools instead of bloated pieces of > software that can do everything including the > kitchen sink. Generating a collage is a > perfect task for The Gimp. While I do disagree that Gimp would be the right choice of tool for the task proposed by the OP, the cited unix philosophy is based upon the concept of pipe lines, like in cat out.txt | grep meat | sort -r > filter.txt Now, we can't use such a command line working with darktable, can we? If the goal is to live Unix, there should be some provision allowing to link the output of darktable with the input of another program, specialized in doing what ever is desired to be done. Actually, it's unfortunate, that so much code is being duplicated specially in the graphics world. Why wouldn't it be possible that, for instance, darktable and rawtherapee use the same code to perform the same action? I guess both contenders would get really slick. Anyway, considering the look and feel of graphic programs, they seem to be copies of similar, commercial programs from Windows' world; I specially hate the low contrast of the UI putting so much strain on my eyes (and yes I did discover the keys F8-F11). Anyways, real Unix style is long dead in this area and would most probably get a lot less users (and maybe a few more enthusiasts). just my 2 cents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
