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Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:26:58 +0100


Am I just missing it? Is there a built-in thumbnail/image browser that 
I'm not seeing? I'm using 2.6.6 on Kubuntu 9.04.

Thanks.


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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:07:16 +0100


On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:

> Am I just missing it? Is there a built-in thumbnail/image browser that
> I'm not seeing? I'm using 2.6.6 on Kubuntu 9.04.
> 
> Thanks.

Does not look like anyone uses your particular mix.

At present I currently have
mepis8 - KDE - gimp 2.6.7
acer netbook - (1) ubuntu 8.04 - gimp 2.4.something
acer netbook - (2) kubuntu 9.1 KDE4 gimp 2.6.7

They all have the same browser when you use 'file' -> 'open'

Three panes - 'folders' 'file names' 'preview'
the preview shows the thumbnail

or is it something else you require?


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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:36:02 +0100

rich wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
> 
>> Am I just missing it? Is there a built-in thumbnail/image browser that
>> I'm not seeing? I'm using 2.6.6 on Kubuntu 9.04.
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> Does not look like anyone uses your particular mix.
> 
> At present I currently have
> mepis8 - KDE - gimp 2.6.7
> acer netbook - (1) ubuntu 8.04 - gimp 2.4.something
> acer netbook - (2) kubuntu 9.1 KDE4 gimp 2.6.7
> 
> They all have the same browser when you use 'file' -> 'open'
> 
> Three panes - 'folders' 'file names' 'preview'
> the preview shows the thumbnail
> 
> or is it something else you require?

Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows thumbnails 
of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you select the 
image(s) you want to open from their thumbnail(s).  Kind of like gThumb 
Image Viewer or Gwenview.  When I have hundreds of images in a directory 
and I'm trying to find the one I want to open in the GIMP, it's BEYOND 
annoying to have to select them one by one so the preview will come up. 
Right now I'm using gThumb to browse the thumbnails, locating the image 
I want, then switching back over to GIMP to open the file for editing. 
I'm too type A for this!!

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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:51:46 +0100


MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
> rich wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>>
>>> Am I just missing it? Is there a built-in thumbnail/image browser that
>>> I'm not seeing? I'm using 2.6.6 on Kubuntu 9.04.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Does not look like anyone uses your particular mix.
>>
>> At present I currently have
>> mepis8 - KDE - gimp 2.6.7
>> acer netbook - (1) ubuntu 8.04 - gimp 2.4.something
>> acer netbook - (2) kubuntu 9.1 KDE4 gimp 2.6.7
>>
>> They all have the same browser when you use 'file' -> 'open'
>>
>> Three panes - 'folders' 'file names' 'preview'
>> the preview shows the thumbnail
>>
>> or is it something else you require?
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows thumbnails 
> of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you select the 
> image(s) you want to open from their thumbnail(s).  Kind of like gThumb 
> Image Viewer or Gwenview.  When I have hundreds of images in a directory 
> and I'm trying to find the one I want to open in the GIMP, it's BEYOND 
> annoying to have to select them one by one so the preview will come up. 
> Right now I'm using gThumb to browse the thumbnails, locating the image 
> I want, then switching back over to GIMP to open the file for editing. 
> I'm too type A for this!!
> 
In Ubuntu and windows you can drag an image from your file browser 
directly into gimp. It should be possible to have the images showing in 
your file browser by setting your preferences correctly .

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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:14:58 +0100

Ron Dean wrote:
> MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows thumbnails 
>> of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you select the 
>> image(s) you want to open from their thumbnail(s).  Kind of like gThumb 
>> Image Viewer or Gwenview.  When I have hundreds of images in a directory 
>> and I'm trying to find the one I want to open in the GIMP, it's BEYOND 
>> annoying to have to select them one by one so the preview will come up. 
>> Right now I'm using gThumb to browse the thumbnails, locating the image 
>> I want, then switching back over to GIMP to open the file for editing. 
>> I'm too type A for this!!

> In Ubuntu and windows you can drag an image from your file browser 
> directly into gimp. It should be possible to have the images showing in 
> your file browser by setting your preferences correctly .

I don't do windoze, only Linux. :)

Yes, I have my numerous file browsers set to display thumbnails, but 
going that route is no less cumbersome than doing the gThumb method I'm 
currently using.  Actually, it's more cumbersome, because gThumb gives 
me options Dolphin, et al, do not.

So the GIMP itself really doesn't have an image/thumbnail viewer?  I 
wonder if this is a planned feature for some future version?  Sure would 
come in handy!

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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:19:49 +0100

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:14:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:

> Ron Dean wrote:
>> MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>>> Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows
>>> thumbnails of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you
>>> select the image(s) you want to open from their thumbnail(s).  Kind of
>>> like gThumb Image Viewer or Gwenview.  When I have hundreds of images
>>> in a directory and I'm trying to find the one I want to open in the
>>> GIMP, it's BEYOND annoying to have to select them one by one so the
>>> preview will come up. Right now I'm using gThumb to browse the
>>> thumbnails, locating the image I want, then switching back over to
>>> GIMP to open the file for editing. I'm too type A for this!!
> 
>> In Ubuntu and windows you can drag an image from your file browser
>> directly into gimp. It should be possible to have the images showing in
>> your file browser by setting your preferences correctly .
> 
> I don't do windoze, only Linux. :)
> 
> Yes, I have my numerous file browsers set to display thumbnails, but
> going that route is no less cumbersome than doing the gThumb method I'm
> currently using.  Actually, it's more cumbersome, because gThumb gives
> me options Dolphin, et al, do not.
> 
> So the GIMP itself really doesn't have an image/thumbnail viewer?  I
> wonder if this is a planned feature for some future version?  Sure would
> come in handy!

I don't think that it will happen soon, if at all. One of the 'features' 
of linux structure is the multi-tasking that existed from day one, so 
there tend to be lots of open windows. 

However you have gwenview so why not use that. You can easily open an 
image for 'editing'.

A few screen shots
http://www.imageno.com/533q0bdp1mijpic.html

The first is gwenview and you can open the image in gimp with a *right-
click* context menu.  If this does not work, check gwenview settings -> 
external tools and change 'command' to 'gimp'
 or
The second is as Ron Dean described, have gimp open and drag the 
thumbnail to the tools and it will open.
The third shot is linux xnview, where you can assign a hot-key to open 
the selected image with gimp, Can't be much easier than that.

If all the open windows become too much for you, consider installing 
compiz as an alternative desktop manager. The rotating cube looks very 
gimicky but have gimp on one side and gwenview on another. Do a right-
click 'open with gimp' and it opens up in gimp on the other face. Very 
quick and easy.

I didn't think I could get a screen shot of the 'cube' rotating but FWIW 
here it is
http://www.imageno.com/zf620qtinpn2pic.html

Thats gimp on one face, gwenview on another and all this post out-of-
sight on a third face. Who needs windows 7.

best of luck

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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:22:49 +0100


rich wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:14:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
> 
>> Ron Dean wrote:
>>> MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows
>>>> thumbnails of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you
>>>> select the image(s) you want to open from their thumbnail(s).  Kind of
>>>> like gThumb Image Viewer or Gwenview.  When I have hundreds of images
>>>> in a directory and I'm trying to find the one I want to open in the
>>>> GIMP, it's BEYOND annoying to have to select them one by one so the
>>>> preview will come up. Right now I'm using gThumb to browse the
>>>> thumbnails, locating the image I want, then switching back over to
>>>> GIMP to open the file for editing. I'm too type A for this!!
>>> In Ubuntu and windows you can drag an image from your file browser
>>> directly into gimp. It should be possible to have the images showing in
>>> your file browser by setting your preferences correctly .
>> I don't do windoze, only Linux. :)
>>
>> Yes, I have my numerous file browsers set to display thumbnails, but
>> going that route is no less cumbersome than doing the gThumb method I'm
>> currently using.  Actually, it's more cumbersome, because gThumb gives
>> me options Dolphin, et al, do not.
>>
>> So the GIMP itself really doesn't have an image/thumbnail viewer?  I
>> wonder if this is a planned feature for some future version?  Sure would
>> come in handy!
> 
> I don't think that it will happen soon, if at all. One of the 'features' 
> of linux structure is the multi-tasking that existed from day one, so 
> there tend to be lots of open windows. 

Yes, I know--I've used *nix since 1985, starting with Tandy Xenix. There 
were no windows all over the screen back then, as GUIs hadn't been 
invented yet. :)  As for multitasking, I know all about that--I set up 
the multi-location, multi-user UNIX environment for my first 
programming/sysadmin job circa 1987, a retail store.  I'm not trying to 
be rude--REALLY I'm not, so please don't think I am--but I don't need 
help figuring out how to multitask (I am not a windoze convert, I've 
been *nix since 1985).  I just think a built-in image browser would be a 
nice enhancement/feature for the GIMP. That's all.  I do appreciate your 
willingness to help. Thanks.

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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:44 +0100


On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:22:49 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:

> rich wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:14:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>> 
>>> Ron Dean wrote:
>>>> MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows
>>>>> thumbnails of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you
<snip>
> 
> Yes, I know--I've used *nix since 1985, starting with Tandy Xenix. There
> were no windows all over the screen back then, as GUIs hadn't been
> invented yet. :)  As for multitasking, I know all about that--I set up
> the multi-location, multi-user UNIX environment for my first
> programming/sysadmin job circa 1987, a retail store.  I'm not trying to
> be rude--REALLY I'm not, so please don't think I am--but I don't need
> help figuring out how to multitask (I am not a windoze convert, I've
> been *nix since 1985).  I just think a built-in image browser would be a
> nice enhancement/feature for the GIMP. That's all.  I do appreciate your
> willingness to help. Thanks.

Holy shit - someone older than me, although probably not
I remember (in 1970-ish) when graphics were confined to ASCII - one line 
per punched card. Always great fun to shuffle up your mates pile of cards.


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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:27:30 +0100


rich wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:22:49 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
> 
>> rich wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:14:58 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ron Dean wrote:
>>>>> MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks for the reply.  I'm referring to a browser that shows
>>>>>> thumbnails of -all- images in a directory at one time, and lets you
> <snip>
>> Yes, I know--I've used *nix since 1985, starting with Tandy Xenix. There
>> were no windows all over the screen back then, as GUIs hadn't been
>> invented yet. :)  As for multitasking, I know all about that--I set up
>> the multi-location, multi-user UNIX environment for my first
>> programming/sysadmin job circa 1987, a retail store.  I'm not trying to
>> be rude--REALLY I'm not, so please don't think I am--but I don't need
>> help figuring out how to multitask (I am not a windoze convert, I've
>> been *nix since 1985).  I just think a built-in image browser would be a
>> nice enhancement/feature for the GIMP. That's all.  I do appreciate your
>> willingness to help. Thanks.
> 
> Holy shit - someone older than me, although probably not
> I remember (in 1970-ish) when graphics were confined to ASCII - one line 
> per punched card. Always great fun to shuffle up your mates pile of cards.

Oh, goodness! The company I set up the UNIX system for was using an IBM 
System/3, which read 96-column punched cards, before the transition. 
Punched cards...ah, a stroll down memory lane. I actually have a stack 
of them around here somewhere. They're a pretty shade of green. :)

Okay, you may be older than me. 1970-ish I had yet to touch a computer. 
I did have a VIC-20 and a Commodore 64 in the '80s, though.

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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:54:53 +0100

MorrisonAndBoyd <nospam@nospam.com> writes:

> So the GIMP itself really doesn't have an image/thumbnail viewer?  I
> wonder if this is a planned feature for some future version?  Sure
> would come in handy!

It is planned to not have this, because file managers display
thumbnails these days.

In the ancient GIMP history, there had been such a plug-in, but
nowadays it is obsolete.

Michael

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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:06:05 +0100

Michael Schumacher wrote:
> MorrisonAndBoyd <nospam@nospam.com> writes:
> 
>> So the GIMP itself really doesn't have an image/thumbnail viewer?  I
>> wonder if this is a planned feature for some future version?  Sure
>> would come in handy!

> It is planned to not have this, because file managers display
> thumbnails these days.
> 
> In the ancient GIMP history, there had been such a plug-in, but
> nowadays it is obsolete.

I guess I disagree.  True, file managers display thumbnails, but they 
don't allow you to open the images in GIMP.  So I guess I'm puzzled as 
to why this is thought to be an unnecessary feature. I'd like the clean, 
simple route of browsing thumbnails of all images in a directory and 
then choosing the image(s) I want to edit and open them.  I guess I've 
gotten too lazy in my old age to want the added step of using a file 
manager and/or image viewer PLUS the GIMP to accomplish this. *shrug*

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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:26:03 +0100


On 22 Nov., 17:06, MorrisonAndBoyd <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:

> I guess I disagree. =A0True, file managers display thumbnails, but they
> don't allow you to open the images in GIMP.

They allow you to open the images in GIMP.
Does this not work for you?


HTH,
Michael

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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:42:50 +0100

Michael Schumacher wrote:
> On 22 Nov., 17:06, MorrisonAndBoyd <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> 
>> I guess I disagree.  True, file managers display thumbnails, but they
>> don't allow you to open the images in GIMP.
> 
> They allow you to open the images in GIMP.
> Does this not work for you?

We may be having a difference in semantics, or perhaps what we consider 
"opening in GIMP."  What I'm talking about is from WITHIN the GIMP, 
browsing/selecting images.  If you do it via a FM/image viewer, i.e., by 
file association, that fires up ANOTHER iteration of the GIMP--I want 
the image opened right there where I'm already working, not in another 
instance of GIMP.  Does that make sense? I mean am I explaining it so it 
makes any sense?  (You'll have to forgive me, but I'm recovering from 
brain surgery and sometimes it's really hard to explain things clearly. 
They tell me this, as well as the facial paralysis and various other 
complications, is temporary. I hope they're right!)

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Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:56:22 +0100

MorrisonAndBoyd <nospam@nospam.com> writes:

> We may be having a difference in semantics, or perhaps what we
> consider "opening in GIMP."  What I'm talking about is from WITHIN the
> GIMP, browsing/selecting images.  If you do it via a FM/image viewer,
> i.e., by file association, that fires up ANOTHER iteration of the
> GIMP--

This is the way it worked for quite some time. In previous versions,
an additional tool - gimp-remote - was required to open an image in
the current instance of GIMP.

> I want the image opened right there where I'm already working,
> not in another instance of GIMP.

In the current version, this is handled by the gimp binary itself, on
all of the officially supported platforms.

So you should try to figure out why this doesn't work for you.

Michael

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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:06:17 +0100

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:50 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:

> Michael Schumacher wrote:
>> On 22 Nov., 17:06, MorrisonAndBoyd <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I guess I disagree.  True, file managers display thumbnails, but they
>>> don't allow you to open the images in GIMP.
>> 
>> They allow you to open the images in GIMP. Does this not work for you?
> 
> We may be having a difference in semantics, or perhaps what we consider
> "opening in GIMP."  What I'm talking about is from WITHIN the GIMP,

As per Photoshop where there is a built in browser.
see:
http://www.imageno.com/wr6jr1a4oi0zpic.html

> browsing/selecting images.  If you do it via a FM/image viewer, i.e., by
> file association, that fires up ANOTHER iteration of the GIMP--I want
> the image opened right there where I'm already working, not in another
> instance of GIMP.  Does that make sense? I mean am I explaining it so it

Thats not quite correct, open from gwenview or xnview- see second image 
on above and if gimp is already open it just opens an image window not a 
whole new instance of gimp.

So I have Xnview set up in 'film-strip' layout, select an image, hot-key 
(alt-1) and the image opens. Not very pretty but click on it in the 
kicker to minimise or shade or do whatever.

> makes any sense?  (You'll have to forgive me, but I'm recovering from
> brain surgery and sometimes it's really hard to explain things clearly.
> They tell me this, as well as the facial paralysis and various other
> complications, is temporary. I hope they're right!)

It might be worthwile pursuing but maybe this is not the place to ask, 
something like 
http://gimp-brainstorm.blogspot.com/2008/06/file-browser-tab.html
might be better.

One thing I just looked at, If I can open an image in gimp with an Xnview 
hot-key, why not call an image browser with one of the gimp hot-keys. 
Alas I do not think this is possible.

Hope you recover soon

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Subject:

Re: Is there a built-in browser?

Date:Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:24:01 +0100

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:06:05 -0800, MorrisonAndBoyd wrote:

<snip>

> I guess I disagree.  True, file managers display thumbnails, but they
> don't allow you to open the images in GIMP.  So I guess I'm puzzled as

????? I open files everyday in the GIMP from my file manager.

I select the file, right click, and open it in the gimp.

Just for giggles I selected 3 different files and did the above. It
opened all 3 in the GIMP.  I am using Ubuntu and the file manager is
Nautilus.

I don't think that I am doing something unusual here.

<snip>

ciao,
f

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