[Shotwell] Add or modify tags

[Adam Dingle]

Peter,

On 07/22/2010 12:10 PM, Peter DO Smith wrote:
> I notice in the context menu and the main menu you have two entries for
> tags
> 1) Add tags
> 2) Modify tags
>
> Could this not be just one entry? Add/modify tags
>    

The Add Tags command can work on multiple photos, but Modify Tags works 
on only one photo at once (since it displays the existing tags for the 
photo).  It's not easy to see how a single command could modify existing 
tags and also work on multiple photos (which is very useful for adding), 
so we have two commands.

> I was going to complain about the keyboard selection for zoom amount but I
> have just realised that Ctrl-1, Ctrl-2 and Ctrl-0 do the job. Logical since
> 1,2 and 0 are now assigned to the star rating.
>    

Right.  We haven't begun the documentation for 0.7 yet, so I'm glad you 
figured it out.  :)

> How will we select our rated photos? Will it be like another form of tag?
>    

In the Shotwell trunk today, you can use the View->Filter Photos submenu 
to select which set of rated photos you want to view (e.g. 3 stars and 
higher).  We're also planning to add a dropdown box to the toolbar which 
will let you make the same choices (this is 
http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2296 ).

> Currently I have five pre-set tags
> A
> AA
> AAA
> A - favourite
> A - trash
>
> This works very well for me. The new star and favourites settings seem to be
> nothing more than  disguised tags.
>    

Yes - I'm hopeful you'll now be able to use the new star ratings rather 
than your own preset tags.

> I am waiting and hoping that a multiple tag selection facility will happen
> :)
>    

Sadly this won't happen for 0.7 - there's not enough time.  This feature 
is a strong candidate for 0.8, however.

adam