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