Re: Tagging all photos matching a certain filename

[Jean Levasseur <levasseur jean gmail com>]

Sorry for double-post, to make it available in the list as well....

2010/2/26 Jean Levasseur <levasseur jean gmail com>:
> I think that if you use the "/" shortcut, a search bar will appear at
> the top, allowing you to type in your search terms.  I've tried it and
> it matched filenames.  It might be what you are looking for!
>
> Regards, Jean.
>
> 2010/2/25 Oliver Maunder <olly roomaroo co uk>:
>> Hi
>> I've got a load of photos with distinct filenames like myphoto001.jpg to
>> myphoto999.jpg. These photos are already in f-spot and I'd like to give all
>> the photos the same tag.
>> Ideally what I'd like to do is search by filename in the GUI and then add a
>> tag to the search results - but this doesn't seem to be possible.
>> My second idea was to write a python script and control f-spot through DBUS.
>> It looks easy enough to get the filename of a photo through
>> PhotoRemoteControl.GetPhotoProperties, but I can't see a method that will
>> apply a tag to a photo. Am I missing something.
>> My third idea was to just add rows directly to the photo_tags table in the
>> database. However, I'd also like the tag to be stored in the photo's
>> metadata. I guess f-spot usually does this when the tag is applied. Is there
>> any way to update the metadata at a later point?
>> The final idea is to add a tag to the photos metadata with an external
>> script or program and somehow get f-spot to recognise this new tag. Is there
>> anyway to do this?
>> (And yeah - I know it would have been a lot simpler if I'd just applied the
>> tag when I imported the photos!)
>> Thanks for your help
>> Olly
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