Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-19 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Ben Logan wrote: On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 09:07:20AM -0600, Bill Lee wrote: I would like a thumbnail to be availabale for use on a web page. [...] I usually make thumbnails using the mogrify command (part of ImageMagik): Ben's suggestion is far better than mine (using

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-17 Thread Bill Lee
Stephan Henningsen wrote: 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

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-17 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
[mailed and posted] On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Bill Lee wrote: What IS the format? How could I use the thumbnails in other ways? I would like a thumbnail to be availabale for use on a web page. I know I could probably gin up a method using convert or some-such, but since the full-size images are

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-17 Thread Bill Lee
Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: [mailed and posted] On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Bill Lee wrote: What IS the format? How could I use the thumbnails in other ways? I would like a thumbnail to be availabale for use on a web page. I know I could probably gin up a method using convert or some-such,

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread 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

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Thomas Gritsch wrote: 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. Ah, ha! I thought so. Is there a generic way to

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Wandered Inn
Jonathan Gift wrote: Thomas Gritsch wrote: 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. Ah, ha! I thought so.

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Wandered Inn wrote: Shame, for one brief moment I thought it was a coded hidden mesage from the programmers. You know, like "Paul is dead"... You have to view them backwards At half the usual compression? Jonathan

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Stephan Henningsen stephan@m?gtest.dk wrote: 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. Thanks. Does it pick where it saves these? So far I've worked in two

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Wandered Inn wrote: Shame, for one brief moment I thought it was a coded hidden mesage from the programmers. You know, like "Paul is dead"... You have to view them backwards At half the usual compression? So you've heard it too? Shh. Not so loud. I have to adjust my

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Wandered Inn wrote: Shame, for one brief moment I thought it was a coded hidden mesage from the programmers. You know, like "Paul is dead"... You have to view them backwards At half the usual compression? So you've heard it too? Shh. Not so loud. I

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Jonathan Gift
Wandered Inn wrote: I think they know... AHHH! N! Damn. Got him. You drop the foil a minute and it's all over. The voices inside my head want to let you know you'll be missed. I hope it's over with quickly. I hope they don't play the Wayne

Re: What's with .xvpics dir?

2001-01-16 Thread Garry R. Osgood
Jonathan Gift wrote: Is there a generic way to turn it off, aside from when you save a pic? File -- Preferences. In the "Environment" Category, under "File Saving" Change the answer to the preference "Try to Write a Thumbname File" from "Always" to "Never" No .xvpics directory; no