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Bug 137268 - Provide a way to manage thumbnails from within the GIMP
Provide a way to manage thumbnails from within the GIMP
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
git master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
: Future
Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-03-15 17:35 UTC by Raphaël Quinet
Modified: 2018-05-24 10:59 UTC
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Description Raphaël Quinet 2004-03-15 17:35:15 UTC
As discussed in bug #137176, it would be nice if the GIMP could provide a
way to manage the thumbnails, especially for users who have a desktop that
does not follow the freedesktop recommendations.  That includes all non-
free desktops (e.g., Windows) but also many free desktops that predate the
freedesktop efforts.  So the feature is not depending on the OS, but rather
on the environment in which the GIMP is currently running.

The minimal functions that should be provided for managing the thumbnails
are:
- view the total size occupied by the thumbnails
- delete all thumbnails

A smarter implementation may also provide the following features, but they
are not required for a minimal implementation:
- view the existing thumbnails
- delete specific thumbnails
- delete all thumbnails that were not accessed in the last N days
- update the existing thumnails

If necessary, this feature could be implemented by a cross-platform
standalone tool that would always be bundled together with the GIMP.
Comment 1 Sven Neumann 2004-03-15 17:50:18 UTC
I started to work on such a tool already. It's rather basic right now
but I could spend a few more hours on it when 2.0 is finally out.
Comment 2 Martin Andersen 2004-03-15 19:19:06 UTC
That sounds almost like the beginning of the Photoshop filebrowser,
but for Thumbnails. 
That may be a nice management tool, but the most important aspect (for
users of non-Unix/Linux desktops like MacOS and Windows at least) is
an option under Preferences to set the thumbnail Cache size, much like
in a Web browser, so you can cap it at say 50Mb, at which point the
oldest (by modification date) are purged. Similarly, as with a browser
cache, an option to clear the cache via a Bin icon or button would be
good. Possibly under this option, purge only items older than X
days/weeks/months. 
Showing the path to the thumbnails folder as with the other Folder
options would be good also, if people want to see and manage it in
their file browser. The Thumbnail view in Explorer, for instance, is a
sufficient management tool. It can be arranged by date, and the entire
content can be viewed at a glance. Same thing for every other file
manager that has Thumbnail previews, be it Linux or MacxOS. Though I
don't know if Linux file browsers like Nautilus or Konqueror actually
draws its thumbnails from there, so I don't know how that works.
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 10:59:45 UTC
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