BUG: The user is not able to create a new library

raindropsfromsky commented 3 years ago

A user may need to conduct his research in multiple subjects. (After all, this user need not be a doctoral student with only one target subject of research).

For example, I have three areas of interest: Lakes, solid waste management and mobility. All three subjects are totally independent. But if I collect all my focus in one single library, their autotags and themes will get mixed up.

Solution: Qiqqa should allow the user to create a separate library for each subject.

GerHobbelt commented 3 years ago

Hm, I thought Qiqqa allows one to create multiple libraries.

I'll have to test that then. Will check in a few days (I'm writing these comments in my spin-down time at end of day; not a good plan to run qiqqa tests for me right now before I need to hit the sack. :wink: (If I find a bug, I can't let it go easily. 🤡 )

Hm, where's that screenshot I made of my libs 🤔 - have made several with v82 too IIRC 🤔

GerHobbelt commented 3 years ago

Theoretically COULD be done via HOME > Libraries > Create/Join.

However, that functionality still has issues in bleeding edge Qiqqa development, at least, given today's commit:

SHA-1: 8934713493291611ea772eef168a410986338bbd

preliminary support for https://github.com/jimmejardine/qiqqa-open-source/issues/268 : the Create/Join code did exist, but ASSERT checks would fail, at least in DEBUG BUILDs, before the library would be set up properly before.

Problems still to solve:

joining a sync path which is already used by another of your libraries: collision!
joining a sync path where the library ID is the same as one of your already existing ones, because
- this was EITHER an old sync directory for that lib once
- OR the sync path happens to have the same Id/whatever because someone else created it (or you've been messing around with sync paths and testing Qiqqa, @GerHobbelt ;-) )
give some user grokkable feedback when you JOIN but DO NOT see the change, because it somehow decides that one is already in your library list. This is now happening silently.
might want to ASK if that was intentional before overwriting another library's sync path or changing the library name through CREATE and then editing the title + description in there.

Anyway, stuff's happenin'... (slowly)

raindropsfromsky commented 3 years ago

Hi

IINW the library is NOT suitable, because Qiqqa can only create a Intranat-based library, where you have to share a folder. Thus if you do not have an Intranet, Qiqqa produces an error.

In other words, if you are working from home, on a single laptop, Qiqqa cannot create local libraries for you.

Desired: Let Qiqqa create a library out of any local folder on internal or removable HDD. There must not be a precondition to share it with other Qiqqa users.

Even with this, the user can always search for shared folders on the Intranet, and point to one or more such folders to add them all to the library.

GerHobbelt commented 3 years ago

Ah yes. Well, it's a bit of a work-around but you can pick any local directory as your sync directory. That way, everything remains on the local machine, bit I had not considered the scenario where you don't want a "sync point" (not even to local USB stick /HD) but just want to have a couple of libraries that each act akin to the "Guest" library Qiqqa starts with. Thanks for reminding me about this scenario. To be added.

jimmejardine / qiqqa-open-source

BUG: The user is not able to create a new library #268

might want to ASK if that was intentional before overwriting another library's sync path or changing the library name through CREATE and then editing the title + description in there.