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442 <a name="GuideImageManagementPlugins"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="chapter title"><span class="title">Plugins</span></h1></div>
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444 <p class="para block block-first">Geeqie provides the facility to execute external commands - any external command may be called via this facility.</p>
445 <p class="para block">Actions may be performed on a single file, or on a set of selected files.</p>
446 <p class="para block">Plugins can do anything from running simple operations like symlink to activating fully featured programs like Gimp. Nor does the action have to be performed on files - you may, for instance, configure a plugin to download images from your digital camera.</p>
447 <p class="para block">
448 To perform these actions, Geeqie uses standard
449 <a class="link" href="GuideReferenceStandards.html" title="Standards">desktop</a>
452 <p class="para block">
453 It is not necessary to understand the details of desktop file specifications because the
454 <a class="link" href="GuidePluginsConfig.html" title="Plugins Configuration">Plugins Configuration</a>
455 dialogue presents you with an easy-to-use template. This dialogue is accessed via
456 <span class="menuchoice"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Configure Plugins</span></span>
459 <p class="para block">
460 Plugins will appear in the menu
461 <span class="menuchoice"><span class="guimenu">Plugins</span></span>
462 , unless specified otherwise in the desktop file.
464 <p class="para block"></p>
465 <p class="para block">Commands that are set to display their output in a window will show a dialogue when the command is executed.</p>
466 <p class="para block">The Result dialogue will display the command's text output. If the plugin command will result in multiple runs of the same command for each file, you can use the Stop button to stop Geeqie from executing the command for remaining files.</p>
467 <p class="para block">
468 Once all commands have completed, or if the Stop button was pressed and the pending command has completed, you can use the Close button, or press
469 <span class="code" dir="ltr">Escape</span>
470 , to close the Result dialogue. The Result dialogue can not be closed while a command is still running.
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