Re: [gthumb-list] .comments files

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Il 19/09/2010 18:52, Timothy M. Shead ha scritto:
> I've been using the gThumb 2.10.11 provided with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> extensively - great software!  However, I just built gThumb 2.11.92, and
> noticed that when I use it my comments/tags aren't visible.
>
> I've turned off the "Store metadata inside files if possible" in the
> gThumb 2.11.92 preferences, and verified that if I assign a comment/tag
> it gets stored in a .comments directory.
>
> Comparing the .comments files created with both versions of the
> software, I notice that 2.10 creates gzip-compressed files whereas 2.11
> creates uncompressed files.  Is this a regression, or will I need to
> convert all my .comments files going forward?

there is no need to convert the old comments, version 2.11 can read the 
compressed version without problem, the only difference is that the 
comments aren't displayed in the list any more, you have to click an 
image to read the comment.

> Many thanks,
> Tim

- Paolo