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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Dolphin PDF preview - strange behaviour
From:       Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-07-09 20:58:31
Message-ID: 22674153.SfyfKqOLDz () xps
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El Dilluns, 7 de juliol de 2014, a les 12:26:46, Frank Reininghaus va 
escriure:
> Hi,
> 
> 2014-07-07 11:53 GMT+02:00 Leonardo Giordani:
> > Frank, what does Dolphin use to preview things like JPEGs? If I correctly
> > understand libkdegraphics-thumbnailers contains only stuff for PS/PDF and
> > RAW images.
> 
> quite a few thumbnailers for images can be found in kde-runtime:
> 
> http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kde-runtime.git&a=tree&h=46a482891a2e3074ca3e8cc1
> 80ba76c315054359&hb=5f7dcf4eafeeff7b272c799c6bd7bddc2e57b8da&f=kioslave%2Fth
> umbnail
> > if I would try to use poppler to get PDF thumbnails shall I hack this
> > (unmaintained) package or is there a better place?
> 
> I think that making use of Poppler, rather than using gs, might indeed
> have some benefits (like faster generation of previews), but I can't
> really give good advice on what would be the best way to approach such
> a project.
> 
> I hope that some readers of this list do have more in-depth Poppler,
> gs and/or general thumbnailing experience than myself and can provide
> some feedback. Alternatively, try to get in touch with the Okular
> guys. They might also know who worked on the existing PS/PDF
> thumbnailer (which hasn't seen many commits recently).

The existing thumbnailer hasn't been touched for years i'd say. It kind of 
works (noone cares if thumbnails are not 100% accurate or a bit slower) and is 
why noone cared to touch it.

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> Best regards,
> Frank
> 
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