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  32 <H1>4.4 External Editing</H1>
  33 <P>GQview provides the ability to execute commands, such as running
  34 an image editor, on a selected image. In GQview these are called the
  35 external editing commands.</P>
  36 <P>These commands are executed by pressing Control and a number key,
  37 from the Edit menu, or from the context menu available to all images
  38 and files. The keyboards shortcuts are Control + 1 through Control +
  39 9, and Control + 0, they correspond respectively to commands 1
  40 through 10 on the <A HREF="10_5_editor_commands.html">Editors tab</A>
  41 in Options.</P>
  42 <P>To edit the command list refer to section 10.5 <A HREF="10_5_editor_commands.html">Editor
  43 Commands</A>.</P>
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  46 <P><U>Result dialog</U></P>
  47 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Commands that are set to display the
  48 command's output in a window will show a dialog when the command is
  49 executed.</P>
  50 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">To specify a command to show a dialog
  51 begin the command with the %V or %v macros, details for these an all
  52 macros are listed on the <A HREF="10_5_editor_commands.html">Editors
  53 tab</A> in Options.</P>
  54 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The result dialog will display the
  55 command's text output. If the editor command will result in multiple
  56 runs of the same command for each file, the Stop button will be
  57 enabled, activate it to stop GQview from executing the command for
  58 remaining files.</P>
  59 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Once all commands have completed or if
  60 the Stop button was activated and the pending command has completed,
  61 the Close button will be enabled, activate it or press Escape to
  62 close the result dialog. The result dialog can not be closed while a
  63 command is still running.</P>
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