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2 <section id="GuideOptionsFiltering">
3 <title id="titleGuideOptionsFiltering">File Filters Options</title>
4 <para>This section describes the options presented under the File Filters Tab of the preferences dialogue.</para>
11 <guilabel>Show hidden files or folders</guilabel>
14 <para>Enables the display of hidden files and folders, also known as dot files.</para>
19 <guilabel>Show parent folder</guilabel>
22 <para>Enables the display of the parent folder as a double dot in the directories views.</para>
27 <guilabel>Case sensitive sort (Collection and Search windows, and tab completion)</guilabel>
30 <para>Files and folders are sorted such that upper case letters occur before lower case letters.</para>
32 Enabled result: A, B, C, a, b, c
34 Disabled result: A, a, B, b, C, c
40 <guilabel>Disable file extension checks</guilabel>
43 <para>During rename operations, allows files to be renamed to a different extension with no warning issued.</para>
48 <guilabel>Disable file filtering</guilabel>
51 <para>Enable this to allow Geeqie to list all files, even those that do not contain images.</para>
57 <section id="Groupingsidecarextensions">
58 <title>Grouping sidecar extensions</title>
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>
60 <para>The group is represented by the first extension in the list for which a file exists.</para>
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
63 <emphasis>File Types Class</emphasis>
68 <literal>%unknown</literal>
71 expands to all files listed in class
72 <emphasis>Unknown</emphasis>
78 <literal>%image</literal>
81 expands to all files listed in class
82 <emphasis>Image</emphasis>
88 <literal>%raw</literal>
91 expands to all files listed in class
92 <emphasis>RAW Image</emphasis>
97 <literal>%meta</literal>
100 expands to all files listed in class
101 <emphasis>Metadata</emphasis>
109 <section id="Filetypes">
110 <title>File types</title>
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
113 <keycap>Enter</keycap>
115 <keycap>Escape</keycap>
116 to cancel an active edit.
119 <para>Unlike all other options in the dialogue, filter list changes are applied immediately.</para>
122 The table consists of:
126 <guilabel>Enabled</guilabel>
129 Whether or not the filter is used.
134 <guilabel>Filter</guilabel>
137 List of extensions this filter applies to, separated by a
139 . Each extension must be preceded by a dot.
144 <guilabel>Description</guilabel>
146 <listitem>Brief description. This is not used elsewhere.</listitem>
150 <guilabel>Class</guilabel>
153 This may be used to define sets of file types, for use in the
154 <emphasis>Grouping</emphasis>
155 function described above. The drop-down list has 7 entries:
157 <listitem>Unknown</listitem>
158 <listitem>Image</listitem>
159 <listitem>RAW Image</listitem>
160 <listitem>Metadata</listitem>
161 <listitem>Video</listitem>
162 <listitem>Collection</listitem>
163 <listitem>Document</listitem>
164 <listitem>Archive (.zip, .rar etc.)</listitem>
170 <guilabel>Writable</guilabel>
172 <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>
176 <guilabel>Sidecar is allowed</guilabel>
178 <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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192 <listitem>Adds a new blank line to the filter list, change the parameters to match the desired file type.</listitem>
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205 <listitem>Removes the selected line from the filter list.</listitem>
211 <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton>
213 <listitem>Resets the filter list to the default values, discarding any customizations made by the user.</listitem>
219 <guibutton>Column Sorting</guibutton>
221 <listitem>Columns other than Filter can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header.</listitem>
227 <guibutton>Filter Search</guibutton>
229 <listitem>A search of the file extensions listed in the Filter column can be initiated either by typing <code>Ctrl + F</code> or by pressing any alpha-numeric key when the File Types table has focus.</listitem>