Hi,
[I apologise if this starts a new thread. I received it in a digest, but I
know of no way of replying to a message in a digest. I've not used mailing
lists much.]
Thanks for that. I didn't know of the GSettings connection. I'll have a
look at that. I've commented below.
Hi,
>
> > I saved and deleted the database in ~/.local/share/shotwell/data and
> > started it up again. It immediately started auto-importing my
> > pictures again. How do I stop it doing that and where does it find
> > the information to know where to auto-import stuff from?
>
> The two configuration keys are:
>
> gsettings get org.yorba.shotwell.preferences.files auto-import
> gsettings get org.yorba.shotwell.preferences.files import-dir
>
> You can obviously also set them with "set" instead of get
>
> Thanks.
> >
> > I want to
> > a) Remove the database and any configurations that might be around.
> > b) Start up Shotwell and set the Library location to the location of
> > my photos on disk.
>
> See above, you should be able to do that from the command line,
> but at least you are able to turn off auto-import.
>
> > c) Import all the photos from that same location.
> >
> > It seems odd to me that Shotwell, by default, moves images from the
> > import location to the library. It would seem more sensible to leave
> > the files where they are, by default, and build the database pointing
> > to the import location. As it is I seem to have to trick Shotwell
> > into leaving the images where they are by setting the import location
> > to the library location. There doesn't seem to be a configuration
> > option to stop Shotwell moving the files.
>
> I don't know how you managed to configure Shotwell to have its library
> and the auto-import directory differently. Auto-import on start-up
> usually only happens from the library and when it is importing inside
> the library it will not move.
>
> OK. Probably my misunderstanding of what happened. I'll try again, and
this time I will note down exactly what I do.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Cliff
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