Re: [Gramps-users] Gramps : Import photo

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

Laurent, could you add a bug to the tracker? Something like: incorrect
relative media path in preferences creates error on adding pictures which is
not clear.

My guess is the error message should be better as other people might become
bitten by this also.

Benny

2008/10/19 Laurent Protois <lau...@fr...>

> You're so Great Doug,
>
> My media path in preferences was a wrong path
> does not exist and contains accents ;-(
>
> I Correct it and now all is fine ;-)
>
> Thanks to all
> Laurent
>
> Le samedi 18 octobre 2008 à 16:09 +0200, doug a écrit :
> > Hi Laurent,
> > I have an identical set-up. Thanks to Benny, this works perfectly for me:
> >
> > suppose my photo is laurent.jpg and I put all my family photos in a
> > folder /home/laurent/familyhistory/gramps/photos.
> >
> > First step:
> > with the family database loaded, go to Edit=>Preferences=>Base path for
> > relative media paths. Navigate to your photo folder
> > /home/laurent/familyhistory/gramps/photos. Close.
> >
> > Next:
> > Go to Media=>Add=>Select a Media Object. Navigate to your photo folder
> > /home/laurent/familyhistory/gramps/photos. Enable "Convert to a relative
> > path".
> > Find your photo "laurent.jpg". You can do this in several ways:
> >               scroll through the list of photos
> >               if you've just added it, click on the "Modified" header.
> > This brings recent additions to the top of the list
> >               type "lau" in the "Location"; Enter. This selects photos
> > with "lau......" in the name
> > Click OK.
> >
> > Once you've set this up, all you need to do to have subsequent photos
> > available in Gramps is to add them to folder
> > /home/laurent/familyhistory/gramps/photos. They'll be visible
> > straightaway on the list when you go to Media=>Add=>Select a Media
> Object.
> >
> > Note: On my system, only .jpg files are immediately visible as previews;
> > for other formats I need to select the image and then call up an
> > appropriate image viewer
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >
> > Laurent Protois wrote:
> > > Hello Stephane,
> > >
> > > What would you want more ?
> > >
> > > I am using Mandriva 2008.1 and Gramps 3.0.2-1
> > > on a x86_64 laptop.
> > >
> > > I Just import a media photo into a person gallery,
> > > and gramps refuse to add it,
> > > just saying it can't find it.
> > >
> > > The path seems to be simple,
> > > no accent, no special characters,
> > > no backtrace on the terminal ...
> > >
> > > Just nothing else to say, sorry !!!
> > >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
>
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