Re: [Hampshire] Hidden folder

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:04:06 +0000
Tim <xendistar@???> wrote:

> On Thursday 27 November 2008 21:35:52 Peter Salisbury wrote:
> > 2008/11/27 Tim <xendistar@???>:
> > > I have a hidden folder in my home folder called .thumbnail,
> > > within this folder there are two other folders called large and
> > > normal. As the name suggests it holds thumbnail pictures of
> > > pictures I guess I have opened on my system. Now this folder
> > > currently stands at 1.6gb in size, some 31600+ files
> > >
> > > So my question is, do I need this folder?? can I control its size
> > > and if so how??
> > >
> > > I am running Mepis 7 with KDE 3.5.8 if that helps
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > You can delete the lot. KDE will re-generate the thumbnails as
> > required. I've not found a way of limiting it but there may well be
> > a way.
> >
> > HTH, Peter
>
> Having looked on Google and found nothing posted on here then went
> back to google and found the answer..........oh well!
>
> It is to do with Gwenview, if you open it up click on settings >>
> configure gwenview, towards the bottom of the page there is an option
> to empty cache on exit, tick the box, then click apply. There is also
> the option to empty the cache as well there and then.

it was one reason I didn't use gwenview.

xzgv does all I need for simple image viewing, with graphicsmagic
available for the occasional resizing of images.

--
John Lewis
using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop