Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

[Stephan Henningsen <stephan@møgtest.dk>]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Thomas Gritsch wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Jonathan Gift wrote:
> > Hi, With the new gimp1.2 I just noticed .xvpics directories popping up
> > like mushrooms. This something to do with preview settings? 
> As far as I know .xvpics directories are used to store previews.

Correct, also called thumbnails.  I think it's more og less
a standard developed by the XV-team.  I like GIMP being able
to make use of it.  It's simple small images (in some
obscure format =) saved in a hidden directory called .xvpics.

However, GIMP can be told to stop saving new thumbnails
somewhere in the preferences menu.  Sorry, I cannot help
you further because I haven't installed GIMP on my new Debian
system yet.

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