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454 <a name="GuideOptionsFiltering"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleGuideOptionsFiltering"></a>Files Options</span></h1></div>
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459 <p class="para block block-first">This section describes the options presented under the Files Tab of the preferences dialogue.</p>
460 <p class="para block"></p>
461 <div class="autotoc"><ul>
463 <span class="label">11.5.1. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html#Filters" title="Filters">Filters</a>
466 <span class="label">11.5.2. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html#Groupingsidecarextensions" title="Grouping sidecar extensions">Grouping sidecar extensions</a>
469 <span class="label">11.5.3. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsFiltering.html#Filetypes" title="File types">File types</a>
472 <div class="division section">
473 <a name="Filters"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.5.1. </span>Filters</span></h2></div>
474 <div class="block list variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
475 <dt class="term dt-first">
476 <span class="guilabel">Show hidden files or folders</span>
479 <p class="para block block-first">Enables the display of hidden files and folders, also known as dot files.</p>
482 <span class="guilabel">Show parent folder</span>
485 <p class="para block block-first">Enables the display of the parent folder as a double dot in the directories views.</p>
488 <span class="guilabel">Case sensitive sort</span>
491 <p class="para block block-first">Files and folders are sorted such that upper case letters occur before lower case letters.</p>
492 <p class="para block">
493 Enabled result: A, B, C, a, b, c
494 <p class="para block block-first"></p>
495 Disabled result: A, a, B, b, C, c
499 <span class="guilabel">Natural sort order</span>
502 <p class="para block block-first">Files and folders are sorted with the dot '.' treated as a special case, so the order is e.g. "event.c" "event.h" "eventgenerator.c". Also, files containing numbers are sorted as "file1" "file5" "file10".</p>
505 <span class="guilabel">Disable file extension checks</span>
508 <p class="para block block-first">During rename operations, allows files to be renamed to a different extension with no warning issued.</p>
511 <span class="guilabel">Disable file filtering</span>
514 <p class="para block block-first">Enable this to allow Geeqie to list all files, even those that do not contain images.</p>
517 <p class="para block"></p>
519 <div class="division section">
520 <a name="Groupingsidecarextensions"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.5.2. </span>Grouping sidecar extensions</span></h2></div>
521 <p class="para block block-first">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).</p>
522 <p class="para block">The group is represented by the first extension in the list for which a file exists.</p>
523 <p class="para block">
524 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
525 <span class="emphasis">File Types Class</span>
527 <div class="block list variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
528 <dt class="term dt-first">
529 <span class="literal" dir="ltr">%unknown</span>
532 expands to all files listed in class
533 <span class="emphasis">Unknown</span>
537 <span class="literal" dir="ltr">%image</span>
540 expands to all files listed in class
541 <span class="emphasis">Image</span>
545 <span class="literal" dir="ltr">%raw</span>
548 expands to all files listed in class
549 <span class="emphasis">RAW Image</span>
552 <span class="literal" dir="ltr">%meta</span>
555 expands to all files listed in class
556 <span class="emphasis">Metadata</span>
560 <p class="para block"></p>
561 <p class="para block"></p>
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564 <a name="Filetypes"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.5.3. </span>File types</span></h2></div>
565 <p class="para block block-first">
566 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
567 <span class="keycap">Enter</span>
569 <span class="keycap">Escape</span>
570 to cancel an active edit.
572 <div class="admonition block note block-indent"><div class="note-inner">
573 <p class="para block block-first">Unlike all other options in the dialogue, filter list changes are applied immediately.</p>
575 <p class="para block">
576 The table consists of:
577 <div class="block list variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
578 <dt class="term dt-first">
579 <span class="guilabel">Filter</span>
582 List of extensions this filter applies to, separated by a
583 <span class="code" dir="ltr">;</span>
584 . Each extension must be preceded by a dot.
587 <span class="guilabel">Description</span>
589 <dd>Brief description. This is not used elsewhere.</dd>
591 <span class="guilabel">Class</span>
594 This may be used to define sets of file types, for use in the
595 <span class="emphasis">Grouping</span>
596 function described above. The drop-down list has 4 entries:
597 <div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist">
598 <li class="li-first">Unknown</li>
605 <span class="guilabel">Writable</span>
607 <dd>If this option is checked, Geeqie will try to write metadata to the image file itself. This, and the following option, are mutually exclusive.</dd>
609 <span class="guilabel">Sidecar is allowed</span>
611 <dd>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.</dd>
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615 <dt class="term dt-first">
616 <span class="guibutton">
617 <span class="guiicon">
618 <span class="inlinegraphic"><img src="list-add.png"></span>
623 <dd>Adds a new blank line to the filter list, change the parameters to match the desired file type.</dd>
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626 <dt class="term dt-first">
627 <span class="guibutton">
628 <span class="guiicon">
629 <span class="inlinegraphic"><img src="list-remove.png"></span>
634 <dd>Removes the selected line from the filter list.</dd>
636 <div class="block list variablelist"><dl class="variablelist">
637 <dt class="term dt-first">
638 <span class="guibutton">Defaults</span>
640 <dd>Resets the filter list to the default values, discarding any customizations made by the user.</dd>
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