My idea was just to copy the media to a folder inside the .mnemosyne dir, that way it's easier for users to modify these files afterwards.
You have a point about more easily sharing images, though. I'll have to think about it. Peter On Tuesday 03 March 2009 04:01:32 qtipk wrote: > If the system is moving to an sqlite back end, would it be > advantageous to just instead store the files as blobs in the database? > I understand that this would bloat the size, but no more than an auto > copy would. Well, actually, I understand that an sqlite3 database does > grow significantly larger than its constituent data, but I would > hardly think it would get out of control for sets of JPEG and PNG > images. You could even encode the images in base 64 in a specific tag > for the xml, which would allow individuals to share image sets much > more easily. > > Anyway, I'm not strictly promoting the idea, I was just throwing it > around. > > On Mar 2, 7:31 am, Patrick Kenny <ptmke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > What do people think about a feature for 2.0 that automatically copies > > any added image or sound file to the .mnemosyne directory by default? > > This could eliminate confusion by users without signficant computer > > knowledge about relative paths, and could help them back up their files > > more safely. > > > > I've been wondering this lately after trying to explain to some novice > > computer users the idea of a "relative path." > > > > Would this interfere with anyone's current workflow? > > > > Regards, > > Patrick > > -- ------------------------------------------------ Peter Bienstman Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be email: peter.bienst...@ugent.be ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
