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On 06/07/2015 08:24 PM, Mick wrote: |
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> On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 13:03:05 Paul Klos wrote: |
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>> Op zondag 7 juni 2015 17:42:37 schreef Andrew Lowe: |
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>>> Hi all, |
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>>> |
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>>> Under KDE, which I use, when you go to move/copy a file and it |
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>>> |
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>>> already exists in the destination, you get a dialogue pop up with a |
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>>> heading of "File already exists", it says in the dialogue "Source" and |
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>>> "Destination" with the respective paths underneath then underneath that |
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>>> a big expanse of nothing then below that some stuff including the |
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>>> Overwrite/Skip/Cancel buttons. |
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>>> |
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>>> My question relate to the expanse of nothingness. For example, if I'm |
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>>> |
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>>> moving/copying image files, should there be a preview of the two files |
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>>> in this nothingness? Is there some USE flag I've stuffed up that has |
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>>> disabled this. This happens, in my experience with Dolphin and |
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>>> Gwenview, |
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>>> but I'm assuming they both use a standard Qt/KDE dialogue so others |
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>>> probably display this behaviour as well. |
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>>> |
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>>> Any thoughts, greatly appreciated, |
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>>> |
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>>> Andrew |
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>> Hi Andrew, |
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>> If I try to copy a file that already exists in the destination folder, I |
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>> do indeed get preview images and some metadata, not a vast expanse of |
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>> nothingness. |
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>> |
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>> For example, when copying a jpg the dialog shows thumbnails of the |
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>> source and the destination, and underneath each image the type, size, |
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>> width, height and the date it was last modified. |
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>> Below that is an input field where an alternative name can be entered, |
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>> which presumably you still have. Finally there are the buttons. |
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>> As for what triggers the presence/absence of the preview, I have no |
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>> idea. |
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>> Paul |
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> From what I recall, in a full KDE desktop you will see previews only if you |
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> have clicked on View/Previews to enable it. This will create loads of |
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> thumbnails of various files so that the preview can show these. |
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> Have you tried this? |
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No I haven't. I've just tried, but I can't find what you're actually |
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referring to. Is "View/Preview" a system setting somewhere, an |
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application setting or you can't remember the actual title and it could |
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be view or preview??? |
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Thanks for the suggestion, |
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Andrew |
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