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2 <section id="GuideOptionsFiltering">
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3 <title id="titleGuideOptionsFiltering">Files Options</title>
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4 <para>This section describes the options presented under the Files Tab of the preferences dialogue.</para>
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6 <section id="Filters">
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7 <title>Filters</title>
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11 <guilabel>Show hidden files or folders</guilabel>
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14 <para>Enables the display of hidden files and folders, also known as dot files.</para>
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19 <guilabel>Show parent folder</guilabel>
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22 <para>Enables the display of the parent folder as a double dot in the directories views.</para>
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27 <guilabel>Case sensitive sort</guilabel>
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30 <para>Files and folders are sorted such that upper case letters occur before lower case letters.</para>
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32 Enabled result: A, B, C, a, b, c
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34 Disabled result: A, a, B, b, C, c
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40 <guilabel>Disable file extension checks</guilabel>
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43 <para>During rename operations, allows files to be renamed to a different extension with no warning issued.</para>
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48 <guilabel>Disable file filtering</guilabel>
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51 <para>Enable this to allow Geeqie to list all files, even those that do not contain images.</para>
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57 <section id="Groupingsidecarextensions">
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58 <title>Grouping sidecar extensions</title>
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59 <para>This field defines which extensions will lead to file grouping. Grouped files will appear as a single entry in file views. This is useful, for example, when browsing directories containing two files for the same image (such as raw+jpeg files generated by some cameras).</para>
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60 <para>The group is represented by the first extension in the list for which a file exists.</para>
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62 Each extension should include the starting dot and should be separated by a semi-colon from following entries. It is possible to use wild-cards corresponding to entries in the
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63 <emphasis>File Types Class</emphasis>
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68 <literal>%unknown</literal>
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71 expands to all files listed in class
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72 <emphasis>Unknown</emphasis>
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78 <literal>%image</literal>
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81 expands to all files listed in class
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82 <emphasis>Image</emphasis>
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88 <literal>%raw</literal>
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91 expands to all files listed in class
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92 <emphasis>RAW Image</emphasis>
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97 <literal>%meta</literal>
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100 expands to all files listed in class
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101 <emphasis>Metadata</emphasis>
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109 <section id="Filetypes">
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110 <title>File types</title>
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112 This list contains the image formats that are understood by Geeqie. To disable a specific file type from being displayed, uncheck it's corresponding check-box. Filters can be edited by first selecting the line containing the item to be changed, then clicking the filter or description field, making any changes, then pressing
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113 <keycap>Enter</keycap>
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115 <keycap>Escape</keycap>
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116 to cancel an active edit.
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119 <para>Unlike all other options in the dialogue, filter list changes are applied immediately.</para>
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122 The table consists of:
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126 <guilabel>Filter</guilabel>
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129 List of extensions this filter applies to, separated by a
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131 . Each extension must be preceded by a dot.
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136 <guilabel>Description</guilabel>
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138 <listitem>Brief description. This is not used elsewhere.</listitem>
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142 <guilabel>Class</guilabel>
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145 This may be used to define sets of file types, for use in the
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146 <emphasis>Grouping</emphasis>
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147 function described above. The drop-down list has 4 entries:
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149 <listitem>Unknown</listitem>
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150 <listitem>Image</listitem>
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151 <listitem>RAW Image</listitem>
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152 <listitem>Metadata</listitem>
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158 <guilabel>Writable</guilabel>
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160 <listitem>If this option is checked, Geeqie will try to write metadata to the image file itself. This, and the following option, are mutually exclusive.</listitem>
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164 <guilabel>Sidecar is allowed</guilabel>
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166 <listitem>If this option is checked, Geeqie will try to write metadata to a sidecar file associated with the image. This, and the previous option, are mutually exclusive.</listitem>
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175 <inlinegraphic fileref="list-add.png" />
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180 <listitem>Adds a new blank line to the filter list, change the parameters to match the desired file type.</listitem>
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188 <inlinegraphic fileref="list-remove.png" />
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193 <listitem>Removes the selected line from the filter list.</listitem>
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199 <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton>
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201 <listitem>Resets the filter list to the default values, discarding any customizations made by the user.</listitem>
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