Re: [Tracker] haw to force index/reindex of one file/directory?

[Debarshi Ray <debarshi ray gmail com>]

> Old annoying topic - photo importer. If you still do not have headace.

Well, I knew that already. :-)

> There is two variants of importer:
> simple - no questions, no chose, no previews. no need of tracker before
> import. Still need to extract metadata (still best work for tracker)
> advanced - with choice and previews. This can't be based on
> gthumb-importer, probably will perform better to base importer on lite
> version of solang.

Can't we combine them both? By default just provide the simple
interface. Something like the screenshot you put up. But provide a
small UI control (a GtkExpander or a GtkButton) that will show a
selectable list of thumbnails. We can separate out the photos, video
and audio based on the filename extensions.

> (I need support of groups, video and audio). This
> need tracker before import and after.

What exactly do you mean by groups?

Once we dump the files into a directory, Tracker will automatically
pick it up. If the directory is not being watched by Tracker, we can
put up a big fat dialog to let the user know about that and suggest
that they do so by clicking a button.

> There are use cases without import but with use of dcim grouping:

Again, what exactly is dcim grouping? Is it something you mentioned
about in your earlier document?

Happy hacking,
Debarshi
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