A number of people have made helpful suggestions both on and off the
list, but none of them exactly hit the spot.
The guash in particular is an improvement on my current practice, but
there is still potentially a 15 minute gap (told you it was a slow
machine) between starting gimp and having
I have a rather slow old machine, and often want to browse
through directories of numerically named pictures from a digital
camera. Clicking the generate preview can take quite a long time, so
I would like to pre-generate the preview thumbnails if possible.
I know the previews are stored in
The easiest way to get your .xvpics is to use xv. In
particular, use the visual schnauzer, get to the directory of
your big pictures, and click on the Update button. In more
detail:
$xv # fire up xv from a terminal window command line
type control-v in the xv window to start the
Gilbert Laycock wrote:
I have a rather slow old machine, and often want to browse
through directories of numerically named pictures from a digital
camera. Clicking the generate preview can take quite a long time, so
I would like to pre-generate the preview thumbnails if possible.
I know
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 19:05, you wrote:
I have a rather slow old machine, and often want to browse
through directories of numerically named pictures from a digital
camera. Clicking the generate preview can take quite a long time, so
I would like to pre-generate the preview thumbnails if
Gilbert Laycock wrote:
I have a rather slow old machine, and often want to browse
through directories of numerically named pictures from a digital
camera. Clicking the generate preview can take quite a long time, so
I would like to pre-generate the preview thumbnails if possible.
I know
