Re: Client storing query state (was Re: Adding and removing images to/from gift)

> 1. I have to create a new MRML client system from scratch which takes
> all user preferences into account and
> keeps track of all selected images ( wanted / unwanted ) before forming
> the "real" query for the gift.

Doesn't the "original" (not the monosock) php-demo-client store such  
info as hidden-variables in the html forms?

> 2. In order to change the way images are matched I have to fiddle
> around with the settings of Classical IDF.
> I think I have to tweak the settings in gift-config, right ? But where
> exactly shall I begin ? Wolfgang, you said
> something about a "configuring and hacking the gift" guide as a
> starting point. Where can we find it ?

Those settings can be set by the mrml client. But perhaps the defaults  
can be set elsewhere... Using the demo-php-client I was able to toggle  
four options and set a pruning level, for classical IDF.
I used that to play around before I wrote my own highly specific (hard  
coded collections, parameters, etc) mrml-client that does what I need  
and nothing more.

> 3. The image append function and more real-life based options for speed
> and convenience ( as listed by Jonas )
> are not yet implented in gift-add-collection.pl

True, but appending can be done by performing the steps "manually", so  
it should be pretty easy to assemble a non-generic script for your  
specific needs.
As for speed... I haven't tried any similar commercial systems, but  
considering its price, I'm quite happy with the GIFT... :-)

/Jonas