Re: Gwenview for Konqueror in KDE4?

> On Friday 19 June 2009 01:10:14 pm Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I don't recall Gwenview ever adding functionality to Konqueror.  What is
> > it you expected to see?
> >
> > And have you installed kipi-plugins?  The provide quite a bit of the
> > functionality in Gwenview.
>
> From the Gwenview RPM summary:
> "Gwenview also provides image and directory KParts components
> for use e.g. in Konqueror."
>
> What you got in KDE3 is functionality for Konqueror so that
> when you select/view image files an embedded Gwenview
> viewer is used by default, which provides:
> (1) Appropriate resizing;
> (2) Next and previous buttons appear automatically in the toolbar
> to allow you to move among images;
> (3) A Colors entry appears under the View menu, which allows you
> to adjust gamma, etc.
>
> Looking a bit further now, I see that an embedded Gwenview viewer
> is being used in Konqueror in KDE4, but it lacks features (2) and (3)
> above. So unfortunately, Konqueror in KDE4 is pretty useless for dealing
> with directories of images.  This appears to be a regression in the KParts
> elements of Gwneview for KDE4.
>
> The kipi-plugins packge is also installed, BTW, but it has nothing
> to do with what I was talking about.