Re: importing directories

[Anders Bo Rasmussen <fuzz fuzz dk>]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 01:44:25PM -0500, David Moore wrote:
> > > Defaulting it to on is probably a good idea, but saving your preference
> > > after the first time is also a good idea.
> > 
> > It is a potential data loss situation, I'm not sure saving the setting
> > is appropriate.  It certainlt needs to be explicit and not implcit that
> > the setting is lasting.  Is it really that hard to uncheck the box?  Or
> > is it just a pain when combined with the automatic path chosing stuff
> > below?
> 
> I think the difficulty here stems from the fact that "import" is an
> ambiguous term which can be used for two very distinct types of user
> interactions:
> 1) Copying files from removable media onto the local machine.
> 2) Asking f-spot to catalog a directory that already exists on the local
> machine.
> 
> These are both necessary features, but have very different effects.  My
> suggestion would be to stop using the term "import" completely, and
> instead create two dialogs:

I think this is a good idea.

> The second would be called "Directories to monitor...".  This would be a
> dialog that contains a user-configurable list of paths (~/Photos by
> default) where f-spot should automatically look for new files and import
> them into the user interface without requiring user intervention.  It
> might also contain a list of "exclude" paths.  This is in the same
> spirit as the Picasa interface, which I think is very good.  

When will f-spot search these directories? When the dialog is accepted,
when f-spot starts or all the time?

P.S. to David. Sorry about the first mail it should have been sent to
the list.