Would it be possible to make the "Working Files" button 'sticky', i.e., remember my preference between sessions? Also, could an option be provided to show all image files only?
Hi,
Quote from: TT on December 20, 2011, 01:49:44 PM
Would it be possible to make the "Working Files" button 'sticky', i.e., remember my preference between sessions?
It is possible and I have also tried/used that, but.. too many times it happened to me, that some of my files "disappeared" when I started GUI -simply because I forgot I left (in previous session) "working files" in (for example) JPG only. So I've decided to keep GUI starts by showing all files.
QuoteAlso, could an option be provided to show all image files only?
I understand. The thing is, the list of image files is quite long and many will come in future -so this is almost impossible to be done (and I would need to keep track to update image files).
In short: in next major GUI version, there will be a option, where user can define image files he wish to be filtered.
Bogdan
Hi Bogdan,
If you are using the -stay_open feature in the next version, you could use the -listf option to get a full list of supported file extensions after you launch exiftool without adding much of a delay.
- Phil
Edit: Actually, this is the exact reason I provide all of the various -list options -- to allow calling applications to determine the capabilities of exiftool, and configure themselves accordingly.
Hi Phil,
Thank you for mentioning -listf -it lists quite a lot of extensions :)
I would say, that most of us (ExifTool author excluded) only use few (say, max five) image formats in regular work. So, I believe it's simpler for user to define it's own "short" list.
Bogdan
Sounds good. :)
- Phil
If there are 5,000 files in a folder, with only a few image files, it takes a bit of time to list all the files.
Sounds like there are options coming. Thanks.
The -listf idea sounds good since it's sure to recognize all files that exiftool can handle.
Yes, but very few users are actually using all files ExifTool can handle. For example, I'm using only a very small amount of image files ExifTool recognizes (three, that is).
So, I think, if user can filter few files he actually uses (i.e. "*.jp*; *.tif*; *.dng; *.xmp; *.mie"), then this should suffice for regular work.
And if I may comment: having thousands of different files in single folder isn't the best idea.
Bogdan
Quote from: BogdanH on December 20, 2011, 03:57:27 PM
Yes, but very few users are actually using all files ExifTool can handle. For example, I'm using only a very small amount of image files ExifTool recognizes (three, that is).
So, I think, if user can filter few files he actually uses (i.e. "*.jp*; *.tif*; *.dng; *.xmp; *.mie"), then this should suffice for regular work.
And if I may comment: having thousands of different files in single folder isn't the best idea.
Bogdan
I would also point out that listing only a small subset of the files in a large folder might not be any faster than listing all the files, depending on the OS, what filesystem is being used, and how much display overhead the program and hardware impose.