Re: [gthumb-list] Move/Copy dialog in 2.10.x

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Jef Driesen ha scritto:
> On 01/03/10 20:30, Paolo Bacchilega wrote:
> > Matthias Hawran ha scritto:
> > > Are you planning to put back the move/copy dialog from 2.10.x?
> >
> > no, cut and paste is the preferred way to move files.
>
> I would absolutely miss this feature.
>
> One of my use cases for it is as follows. I have a large collection of 
> images. When I want to make a slideshow or some other presentation, I 
> go through my images, and when I find an image that I want to use, I 
> copy it to a working folder. Doing this with copy-and-past would be a 
> lot of work because I'll always have to go back and forth to the 
> destination and search folder. With the copy dialog, I can stay in my 
> search folder and the destination folder is pre-selected in the copy 
> dialog. Very easy.
>
> I could use catalogs for this purpose, but I often want to make 
> changes to the images that go into my presentation, while I want to 
> keep the original intact. Catalogs are only present in gthumb, and I 
> do most of my modifications outside gthumb (gimp). So that's why I 
> make copies to a working folder.

you can add the images to a catalog and, when you're done, open the 
catalog and copy and paste in a new folder


Paolo