Benny Malengier wrote:
>
>
> 2008/6/5 Doug <
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> Noobie using 3.0.1. <
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> I've imported a gramps gpkg from version 2.x into 3.0.1 and want to
> organise my media better, putting them all into a subfolder.
> Instead of
> having the base media attached to the topdirectory of user, I want to
> put it in the subfolder with the other media.
>
> At present the paths to the media are long full paths like
>
> /home/doug/Doc/Gen/FTree/26_05_08.gpgmedia/home/doug/Doc/Gen/FTree/18_05_08.gpgmedia/home/doug/Doc/Gen/FTree/12_05_08.gpgmedia
>
>
> I have the impression you extract gpkg media always to the same place,
> like this the path keeps growing.
> I personally don't like this much.
>
> In 3.0.x, you have media directory in the preferences you can set.
> Then all your media can be changed to 'relative media paths' meaning
> the path will be given relative as to the media directory given in the
> preferences (part of the options in the edit menu).
> Relative media is in my opinion what you should use when working with
> gpkg files, as it is the only way to keep things not nesting on import
> as in the example you give.
>
>
> which I want to shorten to
>
> 26_05_08.gpgmedia18_05_08.gpgmedia12_05_08.gpgmedia......
>
> intending to mean that they reside in the current (subfolder)
> directory.
>
>
> This looks like a bad directory name to me, but obviously, you are
> free to make this choice.
>
>
> However, I don't seem to be able to get any batch behaviour from Media
> Manager:
>
> when I use 'Replace substring' , replace /home/doug/Doc/Gen/FTree/
> with nothing, either
> (1) no media path is altered
> OR
> (2) only the first media path is altered, but *not* first substring.
> That remains, i.e.
>
> /home/doug/Doc/Gen/FTree/26_05_08.gpgmedia18_05_08.gpgmedia12_05_08.gpgmedia.
>
>
> The reason is that the media are given as absolute, so the absolute
> path is shown. As you replace '/home/....' the first part of a path
> cannot be replaced, as the path /home/doug/Doc/Gen/, actually means:
> root / + path home/doug/Doc/Gen/
> In Windows, this would be eg:
> root C:\ + path home/doug/Doc/Gen/
>
> The root part is not part of the string you are replacing.
>
>
> Running Media Manager again doesn't change it.
>
> Am I misunderstanding, doing something wrong, or is there a bug?
>
>
> In your case, experiment with the absolute path (you are using that
> now) and the relative path. The media manager can change between
> those. For string substitution, be carefull, and note that the root
> part is not part of the string you can replace (that is how I remember
> it, however, I can be wrong, didn't check the code, but I would be
> amazed if you could change absolute path (root present) to relative
> path (root not given) with a string substitution).
>
> Let us know if you succeed.
>
> Benny
>
I've tried to sort things out, so my current set-up is as follows:
The /home/dougb/Documents/Genealogy/Family_Tree/GRAMPS directory
contains 26_05_08.gpkg.media and a sub-directory Images with the actual
jpegs.
in Edit-Preferences I've set Base path for relative media paths as
/home/dougb/Documents/Genealogy/Family_Tree/GRAMPS/26_05_08.gpkg.media
I've managed to eliminate the media paths from root and trim the paths
with Media Manager (more or less by nibbling from the ends) down to
Images/xxx/jpg, Images/yyy.jpg, etc.
However, I don't see the images. I tried 'convert absolute to relative'
(once before removing /home/dougb/Documents/Genealogy/Family_Tree/GRAMPS
and once after) but it only produces a blank 'Affected path'
Wher do I go from here?
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