Very Computer

by **Rolf Johannesse** » Sun, 04 Nov 2001 10:45:50

Hello !
I have installed RedHat 7.2 with KDE 2.2.
When I look in a directory with BMP files, the picture of the file show up
as a ICON. Is it possible to do the same with JPG files?

Rolf Johannessen

by **Todd Jone** » Sun, 04 Nov 2001 18:50:26

> Hello !
> I have installed RedHat 7.2 with KDE 2.2.
> When I look in a directory with BMP files, the picture of the file show up
> as a ICON. Is it possible to do the same with JPG files?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the format needs to be in
either png or bmp. So, if you have any jpg's, just convert them to png's
and try it out. You should be able to convert them with many image editing
programs such as gimp and ee.

Todd Jones
--
The KDE Usability Study
http://usability.kde.org

by **Robert_** » Sun, 04 Nov 2001 16:46:29

>> Hello !
>> I have installed RedHat 7.2 with KDE 2.2.
>> When I look in a directory with BMP files, the picture of the file show
>> up as a ICON. Is it possible to do the same with JPG files?

> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the format needs to be in
> either png or bmp. So, if you have any jpg's, just convert them to png's
> and try it out. You should be able to convert them with many image
> editing programs such as gimp and ee.

> Todd Jones

Nope, it should preview jpegs, and gifs too.
(behavior reverts to just icon with view->preview->)
Perhaps you are missing a library like libjpeg<xxx> though I'm afraid I
don't really know the reason.
Robert_L

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Kernel 2.4.13 XFree86 4.1.0
KDE: 2.2.1 KNode: 0.6.1

by **Gregory Davi** » Mon, 05 Nov 2001 07:28:11

>>> Hello !
>>> I have installed RedHat 7.2 with KDE 2.2.
>>> When I look in a directory with BMP files, the picture of the file show
>>> up as a ICON. Is it possible to do the same with JPG files?

>> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the format needs to be in
>> either png or bmp. So, if you have any jpg's, just convert them to png's
>> and try it out. You should be able to convert them with many image
>> editing programs such as gimp and ee.

>> Todd Jones
> Nope, it should preview jpegs, and gifs too.
> (behavior reverts to just icon with view->preview->)
> Perhaps you are missing a library like libjpeg<xxx> though I'm afraid I
> don't really know the reason.
> Robert_L

Also make sure you compiled QT with support for an external jpeg library.
It does not come with one, you need to get your own (though RH probably has
one) and tell it to use it. Otherwise jpegs in KDE will not render at all.
If you can view jpegs, and you are using an rpm version of KDE, there
probably was a bug in the rpm build. In that case, try making KDE and Qt
from source (these are of the easier programs to compile in the linux
world). As a speed hint, disable that icon previewing thing someplace in
preferences. KDE is pretty and robust, but that comes at the price of
speed; there's really no way around that, save for compiler optimizations
and really tight code. Give them credit.

Greg

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How to get jpg files to show up with icon showing the picture.

How to get jpg files to show up with icon showing the picture.

How to get jpg files to show up with icon showing the picture.

How to get jpg files to show up with icon showing the picture.

How to get jpg files to show up with icon showing the picture.