[0.1.23] Export a capture's original to a folder: [export] folder lines, a dropdown or Custom...

README.md

@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ What becomes of each file:
   The date is the phone's (Apple's creation date), else one in its name, else the video's own
   creation time, else the file's time; the phone and its location are kept too. The thumbnail shows a
   play mark and how long it runs; **Play in the default player** in the Capture window writes the
-  video out to the temporary folder and opens it.
+  video out to the temporary folder and opens it. **Export...** (any capture) writes the file as it
+  was imported to a folder it asks for: one of the `folder:` lines under `[export]` in the settings
+  file (the first is the default; none: the Downloads folder), or **Custom...**, which can be added to
+  them. A file of that name already there, and different, is not overwritten.
 - **Snagit `.snagx`:** the same `.mcap` as `snagit-converter mcap` makes, byte for byte, named as
   the `.snagx` is.
 - **Duplicates:** an image already in the library, in any of its folders, is not stored again; the

check_targets.jai

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ APP_NAME        :: "mcap";
 APP_FOLDER_NAME :: "mcap";
 GIT_BRANCH    :: "check";
 GIT_HASH      :: "-";
-VERSION       :: "0.1.20";
+VERSION       :: "0.1.23";
 BUILD_DATE    :: "-";
 DEBUG         :: true;
 COMPILE_TESTS :: true;

first.jai

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ APP_NAME              :: "mcap";
 APP_FOLDER_NAME       :: "mcap";
 APP_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER :: "com.example.mcap";
 
-VERSION :: "0.1.20";
+VERSION :: "0.1.23";
 // Where everything goes: bin/, or bin-headless/ for builds made with no_crash_dialog, so automated
 // builds never write over the ones you run by hand.
 build_directory := "bin";

src/app/ocr_ui.jai

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ ocr_ui: struct {
   show_boxes := true;
   match_cursor: s64 = -1;        // which match Next and Previous last went to
   scroll_to_match: bool;
+  menu_text: string;             // heap: the line right-clicked, for its menu's Copy
 
   window_open := false;
   toast_shown := false;
@@ -823,6 +824,8 @@ ocr_ui_frame :: () { using ImGui;
       if section && viewer.full_index >= 0 {
         Separator();
         Text("Text of % (% , % lines):", viewer.captures[viewer.full_index].name, section.model, section.lines.count);
+        SameLine();
+        if SmallButton("Copy all text")  ocr_copy_all_text(section);
         BeginChild("ocr text");
         for section.lines  TextUnformatted(it.text);
         EndChild();
@@ -849,6 +852,17 @@ text_with_links :: (text: string) { using ImGui;
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- the Capture window
 
+// Puts the reading on the clipboard, a line of text to each of its lines.
+ocr_copy_all_text :: (section: *Mcap_Ocr_Section) {
+  builder: String_Builder;
+  builder.allocator = temp;
+  for section.lines {
+    if it_index  append(*builder, "\n");
+    append(*builder, it.text);
+  }
+  clipboard_set_text(builder_to_string(*builder,, temp));
+}
+
 // The reading shown over the capture in the Capture window: the overlay's choice, else the chosen
 // model's, else the first there is.
 ocr_overlay_section :: () -> *Mcap_Ocr_Section {
@@ -910,6 +924,8 @@ ocr_ui_capture_controls :: (index: s32, path: string) { using ImGui;
       SameLine();
     }
     Checkbox("Boxes", *ocr_ui.show_boxes);
+    SameLine();
+    if SmallButton("Copy all text")  ocr_copy_all_text(section);
     if viewer.search_terms.count {
       matches := 0;
       for section.lines  if search_line_matches(it.text, viewer.search_terms)  matches += 1;
@@ -943,6 +959,7 @@ ocr_ui_capture_overlay :: (index: s32, image_min: ImGui.ImVec2, zoom: float) { u
   plain     := GetColorU32(.PlotHistogram, ifx searching then 0.35 else 1.0);
   matching  := GetColorU32(.PlotLinesHovered);
   match_number := 0;
+  clicked: string;   // the line right-clicked this frame; the last drawn, which is on top, where they overlap
   for section.lines {
     p0 := ImVec2.{image_min.x + it.x * scale_x, image_min.y + it.y * scale_y};
     p1 := ImVec2.{p0.x + it.width * scale_x, p0.y + it.height * scale_y};
@@ -963,6 +980,21 @@ ocr_ui_capture_overlay :: (index: s32, image_min: ImGui.ImVec2, zoom: float) { u
     } else {
       draw.AddQuad(draw, q[0], q[1], q[2], q[3], plain, 1.5);
     }
-    if IsMouseHoveringRect(p0, p1)  SetTooltip("% (%)", it.text, FF(it.confidence, 2));
+    if IsMouseHoveringRect(p0, p1) {
+      SetTooltip("% (%)", it.text, FF(it.confidence, 2));
+      if IsWindowHovered() && IsMouseClicked(.Right)  clicked = it.text;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Right-click a box for its menu. The text is kept, since the reading may change while the menu is up.
+  MENU :: "##ocr_line_menu";
+  if clicked {
+    free(ocr_ui.menu_text,, context.default_allocator);
+    ocr_ui.menu_text = copy_string(clicked,, context.default_allocator);
+    OpenPopup(MENU);
+  }
+  if BeginPopup(MENU) {
+    if MenuItem("Copy")  clipboard_set_text(ocr_ui.menu_text);
+    EndPopup();
   }
 }

src/app/viewer.jai

@@ -149,15 +149,24 @@ viewer: struct {
   full_fit := Viewer_Fit.WINDOW;
   full_zoom: float = 100;       // percent of the size it was captured at; set by the fit, unless OFF
 
-  // A video or animation's original, written out to open in the default player (viewer_open_original).
+  // A capture's original, written out to open in the default player (viewer_open_original), or
+  // exported to a folder (viewer_export_original).
   open_thread: Thread;
   open_started: bool;
   open_busy: bool;              // set by the main thread, cleared by the open thread when it ends
   open_source: string;          // the .mcap; heap, main thread's until the thread starts
   open_name: string;
+  open_folder: string;          // where to export it; "" to write it to the temporary folder and open it
   open_result: string;          // the file written, or ""; heap, the open thread's until it ends
   open_error: string;
 
+  // The export being asked about (viewer_export_popup).
+  export_index: s32 = -1;       // the capture to export, while the popup is up
+  export_choice: s64;           // which of viewer_export_choices, or -1 for Custom...
+  export_buffer: [1024] u8;     // the folder typed in for Custom...
+  export_add: bool;             // Custom...: add the folder to [export]
+  export_make_default: bool;
+
   // The selected capture's image, decoded off the main thread for the clipboard (viewer_copy_image).
   copy_thread: Thread;
   copy_started: bool;
@@ -1135,6 +1144,7 @@ viewer_ui :: () { using ImGui;
   viewer_grid();
   EndChild();
   viewer_delete_popup();
+  viewer_export_popup();
 
   viewer_full_window();
 }
@@ -1197,17 +1207,28 @@ viewer_duration_text :: (seconds: float64) -> string {
 // Writes the capture's original (a video, an animated GIF) as it was imported to a file in the
 // temporary folder, on a thread of its own, as it may be large; viewer_open_frame opens it.
 viewer_open_original :: (index: s32) {
+  viewer_write_original(index, "");
+}
+
+// Writes the capture's original as it was imported into folder, on a thread of its own, as it may be
+// large; viewer_open_frame says where it went.
+viewer_export_original :: (index: s32, folder: string) {
+  viewer_write_original(index, folder);
+}
+
+viewer_write_original :: (index: s32, folder: string) {
   if viewer.open_started  return;
   capture := *viewer.captures[index];
   push_allocator(context.default_allocator);
-  free(viewer.open_source); free(viewer.open_name); free(viewer.open_result); free(viewer.open_error);
+  free(viewer.open_source); free(viewer.open_name); free(viewer.open_folder); free(viewer.open_result); free(viewer.open_error);
   viewer.open_source = copy_string(capture.path);
   viewer.open_name   = copy_string(capture.name);
+  viewer.open_folder = copy_string(folder);
   viewer.open_result = "";
   viewer.open_error  = "";
   viewer.open_busy = true;
-  viewer.open_started = thread_init(*viewer.open_thread, viewer_open_proc, temporary_storage_size = 256 * 1024, name = "open original");
-  if !viewer.open_started { viewer.open_busy = false; toast_show(.Error, "Could not open %", capture.name); return; }
+  viewer.open_started = thread_init(*viewer.open_thread, viewer_open_proc, temporary_storage_size = 256 * 1024, name = "write original");
+  if !viewer.open_started { viewer.open_busy = false; toast_show(.Error, "Could not write % out", capture.name); return; }
   thread_start(*viewer.open_thread);
 }
 
@@ -1217,14 +1238,28 @@ viewer_open_proc :: (thread: *Thread) -> s64 {
   m, original, ok, error := mcap_read_without_original(viewer.open_source,, temp);
   if !ok { viewer.open_error = copy_string(error); return 0; }
 
+  exporting := viewer.open_folder.count > 0;
+  folder := viewer.open_folder;
+  if !exporting {
     #if OS == .WINDOWS  base := windows_expand_environment("%TEMP%");
     else                base := "/tmp";
-  folder := tprint("%/%", base, APP_FOLDER_NAME);
+    folder = tprint("%/%", base, APP_FOLDER_NAME);
+  }
   make_directory_if_it_does_not_exist(folder, recursive = true);
+  if !is_directory(folder) { viewer.open_error = copy_string(tprint("% is not a folder that can be written to", folder)); return 0; }
   extension := path_extension(m.original_name);
-  path := tprint("%/%.%", folder, viewer.open_name, ifx extension then extension else "bin");
+  if !extension  extension = "bin";
+  path := tprint("%/%.%", folder, viewer.open_name, extension);
   _, size, exists := file_modtime_and_size(path);
-  if !exists || size != original.size {   // written out before, it is used again
+  // Written out before, it is used again. An export does not overwrite another file of that name.
+  if exporting && exists && size != original.size {
+    for 2..1000 {
+      path = tprint("%/% (%).%", folder, viewer.open_name, it, extension);
+      _, size, exists = file_modtime_and_size(path);
+      if !exists || size == original.size  break;
+    }
+  }
+  if !exists || size != original.size {
     ok, error = mcap_extract_original(original, path);
     if !ok { viewer.open_error = copy_string(error); return 0; }
   }
@@ -1232,14 +1267,141 @@ viewer_open_proc :: (thread: *Thread) -> s64 {
   return 0;
 }
 
-// Each frame: opens what viewer_open_proc wrote, once it is done.
+// Each frame: opens what viewer_open_proc wrote, or says where it was exported, once it is done.
 viewer_open_frame :: () {
   if !viewer.open_started || viewer.open_busy  return;
   thread_is_done(*viewer.open_thread, -1);
   thread_deinit(*viewer.open_thread);
   viewer.open_started = false;
-  if viewer.open_result  platform_open_file_in_default_program(viewer.open_result, path_strip_filename(viewer.open_result));
-  else                   toast_show(.Error, "Could not write % out: %", viewer.open_name, viewer.open_error);
+  if !viewer.open_result      toast_show(.Error, "Could not write % out: %", viewer.open_name, viewer.open_error);
+  else if viewer.open_folder  toast_show(.Success, "Exported % to %", viewer.open_name, viewer.open_result);
+  else                        platform_open_file_in_default_program(viewer.open_result, path_strip_filename(viewer.open_result));
+}
+
+// The folders Export offers: the [export] folder lines in settings.config, else the Downloads folder.
+viewer_export_choices :: () -> [] string {
+  if app_user_settings.export_folders  return app_user_settings.export_folders;
+  #if OS == .WINDOWS  downloads := tprint("%/Downloads", windows_expand_environment("%USERPROFILE%"));
+  else                downloads := posix_expand_home("~/Downloads");
+  choices := NewArray(1, string,, temp);
+  choices[0] = downloads;
+  return choices;
+}
+
+// Asks where to export the capture's original, starting from the default folder.
+viewer_export_ask :: (index: s32) {
+  viewer.export_index = index;
+  viewer.export_choice = 0;
+  viewer.export_add = false;
+  viewer.export_make_default = false;
+}
+
+viewer_export_set_buffer :: (folder: string) {
+  count := min(folder.count, viewer.export_buffer.count - 1);
+  memcpy(viewer.export_buffer.data, folder.data, count);
+  viewer.export_buffer[count] = 0;
+}
+
+// Puts folder in [export]: first when it is to be the default, else at the end if it is not there yet.
+viewer_export_remember :: (folder: string, make_default: bool) {
+  folders := *app_user_settings.export_folders;
+  changed := false;
+  if !folders.count {
+    // The list was only the Downloads folder: it stays offered.
+    array_add(folders, copy_string(viewer_export_choices()[0],, context.default_allocator));
+    changed = true;
+  }
+  at := -1;
+  for folders.*  if it == folder { at = it_index; break; }
+  if make_default && at != 0 {
+    copy := copy_string(folder,, context.default_allocator);
+    if at > 0 { free(folders.*[at],, context.default_allocator); array_ordered_remove_by_index(folders, at); }
+    array_insert_at(folders, copy, 0);
+    changed = true;
+  } else if at < 0 {
+    array_add(folders, copy_string(folder,, context.default_allocator));
+    changed = true;
+  }
+  if changed  app_save_user_settings_file_and_toast("the export folders");
+}
+
+// The folder for viewer.export_index, as a modal popup.
+viewer_export_popup :: () { using ImGui;
+  POPUP :: "Export capture";
+  if viewer.export_index >= 0 && !IsPopupOpen(POPUP)  OpenPopup(POPUP);
+  if !BeginPopupModal(POPUP, null, .AlwaysAutoResize)  return;
+  index := viewer.export_index;
+  if index < 0 || index >= viewer.captures.count || viewer.captures[index].removed {
+    viewer.export_index = -1;
+    CloseCurrentPopup();
+    EndPopup();
+    return;
+  }
+  capture := *viewer.captures[index];
+  Text("Export %", capture.name);
+  TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "Writes the file as it was imported, unchanged, into the folder.");
+  Spacing();
+
+  choices := viewer_export_choices();
+  if viewer.export_choice >= choices.count  viewer.export_choice = 0;
+  custom := viewer.export_choice < 0;
+  SetNextItemWidth(GetFontSize() * 30);
+  if BeginCombo("##folders", temp_c_string(ifx custom then "Custom..." else choices[viewer.export_choice])) {
+    for choices {
+      if Selectable(temp_c_string(it), it_index == viewer.export_choice)  viewer.export_choice = it_index;
+      if it_index == 0 && IsItemHovered()  SetTooltip("The default");
+    }
+    Separator();
+    if Selectable("Custom...", custom) && !custom {
+      viewer.export_choice = -1;
+      viewer_export_set_buffer(choices[0]);   // somewhere to start from
+    }
+    EndCombo();
+  }
+  SameLine();
+  Text("Folder");
+  custom = viewer.export_choice < 0;
+
+  folder: string;
+  if custom {
+    SetNextItemWidth(GetFontSize() * 30);
+    InputTextWithHint("##folder", "The folder to export to", viewer.export_buffer.data, viewer.export_buffer.count);
+    #if OS == .WINDOWS {
+      SameLine();
+      if Button("Browse...") {
+        chosen := windows_choose_folder("Choose a folder to export to");
+        if chosen  viewer_export_set_buffer(chosen);
+      }
+    }
+    folder = trim(to_string(viewer.export_buffer.data));
+    Checkbox("Add it to the list", *viewer.export_add);
+    if IsItemHovered()  SetTooltip("Adds a folder line under [export] in %", APP_USER_SETTINGS_FILE_NAME);
+  } else {
+    folder = choices[viewer.export_choice];
+  }
+  if custom || viewer.export_choice > 0 {
+    Checkbox("Make it the default", *viewer.export_make_default);
+    if IsItemHovered()  SetTooltip("Puts it first under [export] in %", APP_USER_SETTINGS_FILE_NAME);
+  }
+  Spacing();
+
+  // Enter and Escape are the open dropdown's while it is up.
+  keys := IsWindowFocused();
+  if !folder  BeginDisabled();
+  if Button("Export") || (folder && keys && IsKeyPressed(.Enter)) {
+    viewer.export_index = -1;
+    CloseCurrentPopup();
+    if (custom || viewer.export_choice > 0) && viewer.export_make_default  viewer_export_remember(folder, true);
+    else if custom && viewer.export_add                                     viewer_export_remember(folder, false);
+    viewer_export_original(index, folder);
+  }
+  if !folder  EndDisabled();
+  SameLine();
+  if Button("Cancel") || (keys && IsKeyPressed(.Escape)) {
+    viewer.export_index = -1;
+    CloseCurrentPopup();
+  }
+  EndPopup();
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- copying the selected capture
@@ -1413,6 +1575,13 @@ viewer_full_window :: () { using ImGui;
       TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "% x %", viewer.full_source_width, viewer.full_source_height);
     }
     if viewer.full_loading { SameLine(); TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "Loading..."); }
+    SameLine();
+    exporting := viewer.open_started;
+    if exporting  BeginDisabled();
+    if SmallButton("Export...")  viewer_export_ask(viewer.full_index);
+    if exporting  EndDisabled();
+    if IsItemHovered(.AllowWhenDisabled)  SetTooltip("Writes the file as it was imported, unchanged, to a folder");
+    if exporting && viewer.open_folder { SameLine(); TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "Exporting..."); }
     TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "Left / Right: previous / next");
 
     // Zoom is a percentage of the size the capture was taken at. A fit sets it from the window, larger
@@ -1445,7 +1614,7 @@ viewer_full_window :: () { using ImGui;
       if SmallButton(temp_c_string(ifx entry.media == .VIDEO then "Play in the default player" else "Open in the default viewer"))  viewer_open_original(viewer.full_index);
       if busy  EndDisabled();
       if IsItemHovered(.AllowWhenDisabled)  SetTooltip("Writes the file as it was imported to the temporary folder, and opens it");
-      if busy { SameLine(); TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "Writing it out..."); }
+      if busy && !viewer.open_folder { SameLine(); TextColored(app_theme.palette.dim, "Writing it out..."); }
     }
     ocr_ui_capture_controls(viewer.full_index, capture.path);   // app/ocr_ui.jai
     labels_ui_capture_line(viewer.full_index);                  // app/labels_ui.jai

src/test/logger_tests.jai

@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ settings_tests :: () {
   expect(ok && !seen.event_log && settings.event_log_capacity == EVENT_LOG_CAPACITY_DEFAULT,
          "a file without the key gave seen % and capacity %", seen.event_log, settings.event_log_capacity);
 
+  {
+    group("[export] folder lines");
+    data := tprint("@version %\n[export]\nfolder: D:\\Exports\nfolder:\nfolder: \" E:\\Shared #2\"\n", APP_USER_SETTINGS_VERSION);
+    settings: App_User_Settings;
+    ok, seen := settings_parse("logger_tests", data, *settings);
+    defer settings_free(*settings);
+    expect(ok && seen.export_folder && settings.export_folders.count == 2, "gave seen % and % folders", seen.export_folder, settings.export_folders.count);
+    if settings.export_folders.count == 2 {
+      expect(settings.export_folders[0] == "D:\\Exports" && settings.export_folders[1] == " E:\\Shared #2",
+             "gave % and %", settings.export_folders[0], settings.export_folders[1]);
+    }
+  }
+
   // A section that does not mention an action gets its default installed right away, since the save
   // that writes it into the file does not reload it; a pre-upgrade file gets "none" instead.
   {

src/ui/imgui_theme_registry.jai

@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ app_user_settings: App_User_Settings;
 App_User_Settings :: struct {
   theme: string;   // "" means the default theme; heap-allocated
   ocr_model: string;   // [ocr] model: the OCR model's name in models.config; "" means the default; heap-allocated
+  // [export] folder, one line each: the folders Export offers for a capture's original, the first
+  // the default. None means the Downloads folder. Heap-allocated.
+  export_folders: [..] string;
 
   // Of the monitor the window first opens on.
   window_width_fraction:  float = 0.80;
@@ -323,6 +326,8 @@ App_User_Settings :: struct {
 settings_free :: (s: *App_User_Settings) {
   free(s.theme,, context.default_allocator);
   free(s.ocr_model,, context.default_allocator);
+  for s.export_folders  free(it,, context.default_allocator);
+  array_free(s.export_folders);
   free(s.video_capture,, context.default_allocator);
   array_free(s.hotkey_bindings);
   array_free(s.global_hotkey_bindings);
@@ -382,11 +387,11 @@ app_load_user_settings_file :: () -> write_back: bool {
   if hotkeys_missing.count || global_missing.count  return true;
 
   #if OS == .LINUX  seen.global_hotkeys = true;   // not written there: Linux has no global hotkeys yet
-  return !(seen.theme && seen.width && seen.height && seen.font_size && seen.font_scale && seen.event_log && seen.hotkeys && seen.global_hotkeys && seen.ocr_model && seen.video_fps && seen.video_cursor && seen.video_capture && seen.video_system_audio && seen.video_microphone);
+  return !(seen.theme && seen.width && seen.height && seen.font_size && seen.font_scale && seen.event_log && seen.hotkeys && seen.global_hotkeys && seen.ocr_model && seen.export_folder && seen.video_fps && seen.video_cursor && seen.video_capture && seen.video_system_audio && seen.video_microphone);
 }
 
 Settings_Seen :: struct {
-  theme, width, height, font_size, font_scale, event_log, hotkeys, global_hotkeys, ocr_model: bool;
+  theme, width, height, font_size, font_scale, event_log, hotkeys, global_hotkeys, ocr_model, export_folder: bool;
   video_fps, video_cursor, video_capture, video_system_audio, video_microphone: bool;
 }
 
@@ -398,13 +403,14 @@ settings_file_hash: u64;
 Settings_App_Values :: struct {
   theme: string;
   ocr_model: string;
+  export_folders: string;   // the list, a line each
   font_size_base:  float;
   font_scale_main: float;
 }
 
 // The app values as of the last load or save. A save keeps what the file says for a setting that
 // has not changed in the app since, so an edit made by hand while the app runs is not overwritten.
-settings_synced: Settings_App_Values;   // theme heap-allocated
+settings_synced: Settings_App_Values;   // its strings heap-allocated
 
 settings_app_values :: () -> Settings_App_Values {
   values: Settings_App_Values;
@@ -412,6 +418,7 @@ settings_app_values :: () -> Settings_App_Values {
   values.theme = ifx entry then entry.name else app_user_settings.theme;
   if !values.theme.count  values.theme = APP_DEFAULT_THEME_NAME;
   values.ocr_model = ifx app_user_settings.ocr_model.count then app_user_settings.ocr_model else OCR_DEFAULT_MODEL;
+  values.export_folders = join(..app_user_settings.export_folders, "\n",, temp);
 
   values.font_size_base  = app_user_settings.font_size_base;
   values.font_scale_main = app_user_settings.font_scale_main;
@@ -428,9 +435,11 @@ settings_app_values :: () -> Settings_App_Values {
 settings_note_synced :: () {
   free(settings_synced.theme,, context.default_allocator);
   free(settings_synced.ocr_model,, context.default_allocator);
+  free(settings_synced.export_folders,, context.default_allocator);
   settings_synced = settings_app_values();
   settings_synced.theme = copy_string(settings_synced.theme,, context.default_allocator);
   settings_synced.ocr_model = copy_string(settings_synced.ocr_model,, context.default_allocator);
+  settings_synced.export_folders = copy_string(settings_synced.export_folders,, context.default_allocator);
 }
 
 // Parses the file's contents into out, replacing its theme and hotkey bindings. ok is false when
@@ -445,6 +454,9 @@ settings_parse :: (path: string, file_data: string, out: *App_User_Settings) ->
   array_reset(*out.hotkey_bindings);
   out.global_hotkey_bindings.allocator = context.default_allocator;
   array_reset(*out.global_hotkey_bindings);
+  for out.export_folders  free(it,, context.default_allocator);
+  out.export_folders.allocator = context.default_allocator;
+  array_reset(*out.export_folders);
 
   seen_version := false;
   version: s64;
@@ -506,6 +518,10 @@ settings_parse :: (path: string, file_data: string, out: *App_User_Settings) ->
       free(out.ocr_model,, context.default_allocator);
       out.ocr_model = copy_string(settings_unquote(value),, context.default_allocator);
       seen.ocr_model = true;
+    } else if section == "[export]" && key == "folder" {
+      folder := settings_unquote(value);   // an empty line says the list is empty
+      if folder.count  array_add(*out.export_folders, copy_string(folder,, context.default_allocator));
+      seen.export_folder = true;
     } else if section == "[ui]" && key == "theme" {
       free(out.theme,, context.default_allocator);
       out.theme = copy_string(settings_unquote(value),, context.default_allocator);
@@ -633,6 +649,7 @@ app_save_user_settings_file :: () -> bool {
   values := settings_app_values();
   theme           := values.theme;
   ocr_model       := values.ocr_model;
+  export_folders: [] string = app_user_settings.export_folders;
   font_size_base  := values.font_size_base;
   font_scale_main := values.font_scale_main;
 
@@ -663,6 +680,7 @@ app_save_user_settings_file :: () -> bool {
   if disk_ok {
     if seen.theme      && values.theme           == settings_synced.theme && on_disk.theme.count  theme = on_disk.theme;
     if seen.ocr_model  && values.ocr_model       == settings_synced.ocr_model && on_disk.ocr_model.count  ocr_model = on_disk.ocr_model;
+    if seen.export_folder && values.export_folders == settings_synced.export_folders  export_folders = on_disk.export_folders;
     if seen.font_size  && values.font_size_base  == settings_synced.font_size_base   font_size_base  = on_disk.font_size_base;
     if seen.font_scale && values.font_scale_main == settings_synced.font_scale_main  font_scale_main = on_disk.font_scale_main;
     if seen.width      app_user_settings.window_width_fraction  = on_disk.window_width_fraction;
@@ -695,6 +713,12 @@ app_save_user_settings_file :: () -> bool {
   append(*builder, "[ocr]\n");
   append(*builder, "# The OCR model, by its name in ocr-models/models.config: ppocr-v5-mobile (light) or ppocr-v5-server (heavy).\n");
   print_to_builder(*builder, "model: %\n\n", settings_quote_if_needed(ocr_model));
+  append(*builder, "[export]\n");
+  append(*builder, "# The folders Export (in the Capture window) offers to write a capture to as it was imported, a\n");
+  append(*builder, "# folder: line each; the first is the default. None: the Downloads folder.\n");
+  for export_folders  print_to_builder(*builder, "folder: %\n", settings_quote_if_needed(it));
+  if !export_folders  append(*builder, "folder:\n");
+  append(*builder, "\n");
   append(*builder, "[video]\n");
   append(*builder, "# Screen recording (Ctrl+PrintScreen; Windows). fps: frames a second at most, written only when the\n");
   append(*builder, "# screen changes. cursor: true or false. capture: auto (Desktop Duplication, else\n");