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I recompiled digikam recently and now cannot find a menu item to open a
file in an external editor anymore. It used to be possible to right click an image and select something like open with (I do not remember the exact name) which opened a list of image editors to choose from, in which the image then gets opened. Has this option been intentionally removed? Integration with other image editors is key for me. Digikams main strenth is image handling, as an editor, there are superior options out there. _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Hi, No. This option is just optional if KIO component from KDE is found. Typically, thsi option is only valid under Linux, not under OSX and Windows because KIO is not able to handle external applications with these OS. We need to use a native solution instead. So, the question is : What your environnement while your recompile digiKam ? At configuration time, a details panel give a feedback about the configuration done, especially with desktop integration. Best Gilles Caulier 2016-05-29 1:36 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <[hidden email]>: I recompiled digikam recently and now cannot find a menu item to open a file in an external editor anymore. It used to be possible to right click an image and select something like open with (I do not remember the exact name) which opened a list of image editors to choose from, in which the image then gets opened. Has this option been intentionally removed? Integration with other image editors is key for me. Digikams main strenth is image handling, as an editor, there are superior options out there. _______________________________________________ Digikam-users mailing list [hidden email] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/digikam-users |
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Hi Gilles,
That is the reason. I read the diffs since my last pull and there was something about kio. The following suggests that kio is only relevant together with KDE, so I removed it. Apparently it is generally needed for linux desktop integration (e.g. open with). PRINT_OPTIONAL_LIBRARY_STATUS("libkio" "https://projects.kde.org/projects/frameworks/kio" "(version >= ${KF5_MIN_VERSION})" "digiKam will be compiled without KDE desktop integration support." KF5KIO_FOUND) Maybe that should be adjusted? I will reinstall and recompile - thanks for your help. On 29/05/16 06:35, Gilles Caulier
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The KIO dependency do not want mean to drop this feature if non KDE desktop is used under Linux. At compile time we don't have a way to check if application will run under Gnome or KDE for ex. At run time yes, but for this feature, it's not used. Typically, the KIO dependency is checked to activate or not the feature. But KIO as 2 possible way to be compiled : - The core KIO to access on remote computer with different protocols - With widgets as optional (for this feature) Perhaps the widget part is not compiled on your computer through packaging. Gilles Caulier 2016-05-29 20:22 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <[hidden email]>:
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I think you misunderstood me: I have all other optional widgets
installed and they are found. Only for the last compilation I
uninstalled the libkio (and only it) dependency, because I thought I
do not need it (I do not use KDE). However now you told me, that the
feature "open with" is removed when libkio is not found. So now
after reinstallation of libkio and recompilation of digikam the
"open with" feature is back. If "open with" is indeed possible
without libkio, it would be great if it was included also if libkio
is missing.
On 29/05/16 21:08, Gilles Caulier
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No open with under Linux depend of libkio. No other alternative exists yet, typically with Qt5 desktop integration. I hope that it will be fixed in Qt later Gilles Caulier 2016-05-29 21:50 GMT+02:00 Simon Frei <[hidden email]>:
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Ok, no problem. My second question was just whether the warning
should be modified to say
"digiKam will be compiled without desktop integration support." instead of "digiKam will be compiled without KDE desktop integration support." The present might make non-KDE users think that they do not need it at all (it did for me). On 29/05/16 21:58, Gilles Caulier
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