Handbooks

The digiKam documentation comes as a separate package usually called digikam-doc) which you have to install for local use. But you can read it online as well (some options might differ from your local installation because the online manuals belongs to the development versions):

• digiKam and image editor plugins
• Showfoto
• Kipi-plugins




• digiKam PDF handbook
• Showfoto PDF handbook
• Kipi-plugins PDF handbook

A wiki page hosted by KDE project is under contruction. Every one can contribute to add and fix wiki contents. Look here for details.

API and Database schema

If you plan developing for digiKam you might find these links interesting:

• digiKam API
• libkipi API
• SQlite3 database schema used with digiKam 0.8.x and 0.9.x (KDE3)
• SQlite3 database schema used with digiKam 0.10.0 (KDE4)

Use SQliteBrowser or the sqlite firefox extension to play with SQlite3 database files.

Online Source Code

There are two web interfaces to have a look at the source code. Websvn is a subversion activity viewer. Lxr is a source code browser.

• digiKam for KDE4 source code.
• kipi-plugins for KDE4 source code.




• digiKam for KDE4 subversion repository.
• digiKam for KDE4 subversion repository.

Contributions

We'll be happy to take up your remarks, corrections or patches to make our manuals even better, we care for details like wrong plural forms etc.

If you'd like to contribute to the documentation, have a look at the contrib page.