Re: F-Spot on Two Computers?

[Patrick Wagstrom <wagspat iit edu>]

On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:24 -0800, ulugeyik wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Ican not locate any information if it is possible to share f-spot tags
> between two computers with *non-identical* set of photos? What I am thinking
> is having a directory structure on a desktop with all the photos, and a
> laptop with a subset of the photos . Tagging can be done on either one but
> not simultanenously. Then if photos are , say moved from laptop to the
> desktop, the tags on the laptop migrate to the desktop.

Currently this is not possible.  The main reason is because all of the
information about tags and what not is stored in a single file
~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db.

> Right now, this is how I handle my two computers. The photos I am working on
> a are stored on my laptop and when I am done, they get moved to the desktop
> because of storage issues.
> 
> Alternatively, is it possible to store the database on an external harddrive
> ?

Yup, move you ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db file to somewhere on the
external harddrive and then do a symlink.

--Patrick