Re: [gthumb-list] Comment files

[Jef Driesen <jefdriesen hotmail com>]

On 16/07/10 00:11, Paolo Bacchilega wrote:
> Il 15/07/2010 21:36, Jef Driesen ha scritto:
> > On 13/07/10 23:55, Paolo Bacchilega wrote:
> > > Il 13/07/2010 22:17, Jef Driesen ha scritto:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Does the latest gthumb (2.11.5) still support the comment files from
> > > > older versions (2.10.11)? It doesn't seem to work here, but before I
> > > > take a closer look I would like to know if it is supposed to work or
> > > > not.
> > >
> > > yes, it should still read old style comments.
> >
> > I found the problem already. The comment file is indeed loaded as it
> > should be, but the "note" part is now only shown in the properties pane.
> > In the previous version, it was also shown underneath the thumbnail, and
> > that's where I was looking for it. It doesn't seem to be possible to
> > make it show up there again. Only the place, date, keywords are there in
> > the preference dialog.
>
> It was removed because most of the times the comment is too long to show
> it on a single line, and showing just the beginning was considered useless.

Well, I kind of abused the comments (v2.10.11) to store a comma 
separated list of keywords, because the keywords weren't as useful as in 
the new gthumb (thanks a lot for the nice work btw!). Mainly because the 
keywords are not shown anywhere, while the comments are nicely 
underneath each thumbnail.

I'll have to write a script to convert my comments into proper keywords.