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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
content

Research direction

Start by reading the linked Ansel issue and reviewing the available Lua scripting entry points in this repository. The issue names no files or tests, so first determine whether image notes can be represented through the script API and stored in the database or XMP. Done would require an agreed scope and implementation approach, not just discussion.

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Description

Hi,

Aurelien has an issue open for ansel considering this feature. I personally believe it would be extremely useful in Darktable. As an ugly workaround I have kept a markdown file containing filename -> note, which is pretty messy. To quote the original issue

In the lifecycle of an image, you may need to pass-on notes:

* comments and remarks of the client regarding current edit or expectations,

* technical details to remember for later edits/prints (color profile used, issues during processing, trade-offs made during editing),

* done and to-do lists,

* URLs and pathes to ressources linked to the current image (reference images/moodboards, exported files, etc.)

Images should have a way to store text notes, possibly as Markdown, in the database and XMP.

Do you think something along these lines could be implemented with a lua script? I do not expect anyone to do it, I'm more so opening this for discussion, ideas and thoughts from the community.

Thanks for your time!

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