Hi, Would it be too hard to create a little add-on to report orphaned images in the mnemosyne directory or a manually given directory. This tool would scan all the cards and the directory of images and report any image file that is not used in any cards. Thanks Murat
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Dougie Nisbet <[email protected] > wrote: > On 16/09/2010 07:04, Peter Bienstman wrote: > >> On 15/09/2010 22:28, Michael Campbell wrote: >>> >>>> You can put images wherever you want, no? The card question/answer is >>>> what tells the application where to find it, per card. >>>> >>>> Pre-packaged decks of course need to have them in a specific spot >>>> since the cards and images must match on location, but I believe you >>>> are free to edit the deck and move the image(s) accordingly. >>>> >>> That's the current behaviour. But I believe Peter is/was considering >>> changing it for 2.x. I've dug out the thread where it was discussed: >>> * >>> *http://tinyurl.com/2d2t8zm >>> >> To clarify what I mentioned in that thread, mnemosyne2 can work with >> nested >> folders, but they all need to be inside a specific media directory. >> >> If you create a card, and add media from (a subfolder) of the media >> directory, >> the media file is kept where it is. However, if you add media to a card >> which >> is not located in the media folder, it is copied without renaming to the >> media >> folder into the media directory in a flat folder structure. This is to >> safeguard against the original image disappearing or moving. >> >> I even thought specifically about you when I changed the side effects of >> deleting a card: deleting a card no longer automatically deletes the >> corresponding media files, as you could be using that media file for other >> purposes, even though there is no more a card associated with it. >> >> Is this OK for you? >> >> Peter >> >> > That's absolutely fine for me, thanks! I keep all my images in subfolders > under the .mnemosyne directory; i.e. > /home/dougie/.mnemosyne/images > > so it sounds straightforward. > > Your comment regarding file deletion is interesting. Sometimes I delete a > card when I'm reviewing (it it's a poor image for example and I consider it > of limited value), in the knowledge that I have 'orphaned' the image file > and will need to tidy up later. It would actually suit me for the image file > to be deleted too, but it's no great hardship. All my images are currently > resized to a lower resolution but I might change this depending on how I > find mnemosyne2's handling of higher-res images. > > Dougie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mnemosyne-proj-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. > > -- Dr.Murat Sincan [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
