rikona wrote:
On Thursday, August 10, 2006, 1:27:17 PM, Jonesy MDK10.2 wrote:
JM2> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:59:50 -0700, rikona wrote:
I'd appreciate any suggestions for a fast GUI text viewer, sort of
like QuickView, with, for example, one pane showing files, and a
pane below showing the contests of the selected text file. I'd like
to scan through a hundred or so files quickly to see what's in them
- first a very quick glance, and paging through the file for a more
detailed view if it looks interesting.
Something like GQview for text....
JM2> Wouldn't konqueror handle that -- with [x] SHOW FILE TIPS , and
JM2> [x] SHOW PREVIEW IN FILE TIPS set?
Never tried that before - it's very nice for a quick glance at the
first page. On my screen, though, the text for most everything is not
readable. Any way to make it bigger so I could read it [other than a
huge 4096 display :-))]? Perhaps if it were possible to see the
preview without the tips it might be bigger.
JM2> Open "stuff" of interest in a new tab...
I noticed right away that I could not tell much by just being able to
see only the first page, even on those where I could make out a tiny
bit of the words. It would be sooooooo nice to be able to scroll
through - if only that window could be made to stick so one could
manipulate things there. I still long for something like GQview for
text. :-)) Very nice that it does a variety of formats though...
Sometimes stand-alone apps are better than trying to get a browser to
do everything...
JM2> HTH
Yes it did, and I will use it for some previews even though it is not
all I was looking for. Thanks very much for the suggestion.
another thought on using Konq,,,,,
use 'view', 'icon' then use icon size to 'huge' hen 'enable preview' the
writing is small, but I can sure read it enough to know what is on the
first page of a text doc. with a 17 inch LCD monitor set to 1024x768 and
at 800x600 I can read it clearly.
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