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Gerhard

[digiKam-users] Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

Hello all,

is there a way to control Digikam behavior rsp. startup settings, and/or
all/most basic settings, one could do inside Digikam/Settings, by a kind
of ini file, or environment variables (not from GUI)? Are there (which?)
local settings at registry, %appdata% or %userprofile%?

I'd like to run different setups with same .exe (from 7.2 portable
package), kind of different usage profiles, to have same (or even
different) exe versions to access different/independent data storages
(drives, sticks...) without switching in GUI.

Cheers, Gerhard

Gilles Caulier-4

Re: Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

Hi,

digiKam do not use the registry database from Windows. It has a text configuration file named digikamrc located in your home directory (~/AppData/Roaming/...)

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 6 mai 2021 à 22:20, KRODER Gerhard <[hidden email]> a écrit :

Hello all,

is there a way to control Digikam behavior rsp. startup settings, and/or
all/most basic settings, one could do inside Digikam/Settings, by a kind
of ini file, or environment variables (not from GUI)? Are there (which?)
local settings at registry, %appdata% or %userprofile%?

I'd like to run different setups with same .exe (from 7.2 portable
package), kind of different usage profiles, to have same (or even
different) exe versions to access different/independent data storages
(drives, sticks...) without switching in GUI.

Cheers, Gerhard

Gerhard

Re: Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

Hi,

i do not have a digikamrc in my %appdata/roaming. Is it generated by installer? Or how can i get it?

I only have the unpacked tar, and it's .exe runs in general (besides lots of aborts).

Cheers, Gerhard

Am 06.05.2021 um 22:28 schrieb Gilles Caulier:

Hi,

digiKam do not use the registry database from Windows. It has a text configuration file named digikamrc located in your home directory (~/AppData/Roaming/...)

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 6 mai 2021 à 22:20, KRODER Gerhard <[hidden email]> a écrit :

Hello all,

is there a way to control Digikam behavior rsp. startup settings, and/or
all/most basic settings, one could do inside Digikam/Settings, by a kind
of ini file, or environment variables (not from GUI)? Are there (which?)
local settings at registry, %appdata% or %userprofile%?

I'd like to run different setups with same .exe (from 7.2 portable
package), kind of different usage profiles, to have same (or even
different) exe versions to access different/independent data storages
(drives, sticks...) without switching in GUI.

Cheers, Gerhard

Maik Qualmann

Re: Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

It's "...\AppData\Local" for configuration. digiKam also knows a "--config
PATH/TO/CONFIGFILE" parameter with which you can use a different
configuration. The specified file must be available, i.e. at least a 0-byte
file.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 6. Mai 2021, 22:41:59 CEST schrieb KRODER Gerhard:

> Hi,
>
> i do not have a digikamrc in my %appdata/roaming. Is it generated by
> installer? Or how can i get it?
>
> I only have the unpacked tar, and it's .exe runs in general (besides
> lots of aborts).
>
> Cheers, Gerhard
>
> Am 06.05.2021 um 22:28 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> > Hi,
> >
> > digiKam do not use the registry database from Windows. It has a text
> > configuration file named digikamrc located in your home directory
> > (~/AppData/Roaming/...)
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> >
> > Le jeu. 6 mai 2021 à 22:20, KRODER Gerhard <[hidden email]
> >
> > <mailto:[hidden email]>> a écrit :
> > Hello all,
> >
> > is there a way to control Digikam behavior rsp. startup settings,
> > and/or
> > all/most basic settings, one could do inside Digikam/Settings, by
> > a kind
> > of ini file, or environment variables (not from GUI)? Are there
> > (which?)
> > local settings at registry, %appdata% or %userprofile%?
> >
> > I'd like to run different setups with same .exe (from 7.2 portable
> > package), kind of different usage profiles, to have same (or even
> > different) exe versions to access different/independent data storages
> > (drives, sticks...) without switching in GUI.
> >
> > Cheers, Gerhard

Gerhard

Re: Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

Hi,

no such file in whole %userprofile% , and appdata/loal quite empty. So how is it generated, or where is a template to customize, at least? --config parameter would help then to get a profile like behaviour. Tnx.

Cheers, Gerhard.

Am 06.05.2021 um 22:59 schrieb Maik Qualmann:

It's "...\AppData\Local" for configuration. digiKam also knows a "--config 
PATH/TO/CONFIGFILE" parameter with which you can use a different 
configuration. The specified file must be available, i.e. at least a 0-byte 
file. 

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 6. Mai 2021, 22:41:59 CEST schrieb KRODER Gerhard:

Hi,

i do not have a digikamrc in my %appdata/roaming. Is it generated by
installer? Or how can i  get it?

I only have the unpacked tar, and it's .exe runs in general (besides
lots of aborts).

Cheers, Gerhard

Am 06.05.2021 um 22:28 schrieb Gilles Caulier:

Hi,

digiKam do not use the registry database from Windows. It has a text
configuration file named digikamrc located in your home directory
(~/AppData/Roaming/...)

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 6 mai 2021 à 22:20, KRODER Gerhard <[hidden email]

[hidden email]> a écrit :
    Hello all,
    
    is there a way to control Digikam behavior rsp. startup settings,
    and/or
    all/most basic settings, one could do inside Digikam/Settings, by
    a kind
    of ini file, or environment variables (not from GUI)? Are there
    (which?)
    local settings at registry, %appdata% or %userprofile%?
    
    I'd like to run different setups with same .exe (from 7.2 portable
    package), kind of different usage profiles, to have same (or even
    different) exe versions to access different/independent data storages
    (drives, sticks...) without switching in GUI.
    
    Cheers, Gerhard

Gilles Caulier-4

Re: Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

RC files are created after to complete First Run assistant and at least started one digiKam instance.

https://i.imgur.com/Vhv6JCo.png

Gilles Caulier

Le ven. 7 mai 2021 à 00:02, KRODER Gerhard <[hidden email]> a écrit :

Hi,

Cheers, Gerhard.

Am 06.05.2021 um 22:59 schrieb Maik Qualmann:

It's "...\AppData\Local" for configuration. digiKam also knows a "--config 
PATH/TO/CONFIGFILE" parameter with which you can use a different 
configuration. The specified file must be available, i.e. at least a 0-byte 
file. 

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 6. Mai 2021, 22:41:59 CEST schrieb KRODER Gerhard:

Hi,

i do not have a digikamrc in my %appdata/roaming. Is it generated by
installer? Or how can i  get it?

I only have the unpacked tar, and it's .exe runs in general (besides
lots of aborts).

Cheers, Gerhard

Am 06.05.2021 um 22:28 schrieb Gilles Caulier:

Hi,

digiKam do not use the registry database from Windows. It has a text
configuration file named digikamrc located in your home directory
(~/AppData/Roaming/...)

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 6 mai 2021 à 22:20, KRODER Gerhard <[hidden email]

[hidden email]> a écrit :
    Hello all,
    
    is there a way to control Digikam behavior rsp. startup settings,
    and/or
    all/most basic settings, one could do inside Digikam/Settings, by
    a kind
    of ini file, or environment variables (not from GUI)? Are there
    (which?)
    local settings at registry, %appdata% or %userprofile%?
    
    I'd like to run different setups with same .exe (from 7.2 portable
    package), kind of different usage profiles, to have same (or even
    different) exe versions to access different/independent data storages
    (drives, sticks...) without switching in GUI.
    
    Cheers, Gerhard

Gerhard

Re: Environment/ini on Win10 & Digikam 7.2

ok, tnx, this worked, now the config files are here. so i can proceed...

Am 07.05.2021 um 12:35 schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> started one digiKam instance.
>