On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:08:17AM -0700, frank gaude' wrote:

Does anyone know of a Linux SVG or AI thumbnail browser, one that shows a folder of files as thumbnails, like we have with other formats, JPG, PNG, WMF, PCX, etc., in things like Nautilus and gThumb?

I use ROX when I want a file manager, and it does SVG just fine. I had assumed that Nautilus did too. Hmm

A problem has come up when converting an svg file to a ps file.

The created file is a custom sized document, 24 inches long x 8.5 inches wide. I save as a ps file.

I then open the ps file using GSView. The file opens but not to the size of the original document. A one page document opens that is 8.5 x 11 inches, not the custom size I created the document in.

Am I missing something? How can I open the file and see (and print) the custom sized document?

Thank you so much!!

jt

The created file, which is a cutom sized document, is saved as an

frank gaude wrote:

Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:08:17AM -0700, frank gaude' wrote:

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Does anyone know of a Linux SVG or AI thumbnail browser, one that shows a folder of files as thumbnails, like we have with other formats, JPG, PNG, WMF, PCX, etc., in things like Nautilus and gThumb?

I use ROX when I want a file manager, and it does SVG just fine. I had assumed that Nautilus did too. Hmm

Yes, you are right, both Nautilus and Nautilus handles SVG files just fine, but not AI. Does ROX? If so, I'll install it promptly. <smile>

frank

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Alan Horkan wrote:

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, frank gaude' wrote:

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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:08:17 -0700 From: frank gaude' <tanzen@...777...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] SVG or AI Broswer

Does anyone know of a Linux SVG or AI thumbnail browser,

Any half-ways sensible GTK based thumbnail browser will be using gdkpixbuf and will have librsvg installed which takes care of the SVG thumbnails. Ideally you want this kind of thing fixed generically in GdkPixbuf so that the whole desktop will benefit but that doesn't always happen unfortunately.

Adobe Illustrator (.ai) support is more complicated, and is actually more than one question.

Since Adobe Illustrator 10 the file format uses a special form of PDF and assuming certain options are enabled it is possible to view the file inside Acrobat Reader or any other good PDF Viewer. This does not work for all files but since the underlying work has been done already it might be relatively easier convincing Nautilus developers to get it to work. (Remind me to file a request for PDF thumbnailing if Nautilus or if it does already exist I'll make a more specific AI related request.)

Hopet that helps (will try and suggest more alternatives tomorrow when less tired...zZZ)

Thanks for the reply... well, I see that Nautilus does handle SVG okay, as does gThumb and others Linux browsers. I have over 10,000 AI files collected over the years and would like to continue to use them in my work as I convert over to 100% Linux. Soon I'll not need them what with SVG and XAR coming right along, but in the meantime. It's all in the work flow and time required to do a job.

Please do see if the Nautilus developers would add the AI rendering ability, much appreciated.

frank