Revision as of 22:40, 20 May 2019

Overview

Dolphin is the file management application of Plasma Workspace. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful.

Installing Dolphin

Dolphin can be installed by installing the package dolphin in any package manager or with the command:

pamac install dolphin

Enabling previews

Installing optional dependencies

The following packages enable preview thumbnails in dolphin

ffmpegthumbs: video thumbnails
kdegraphics-thumbnailers: PDF and PS thumbnails
qt5-imageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
kimageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
taglib: audio file thumbnails
libappimage: AppImage thumbnails
raw-thumbnailer: Raw image files from a camera

To install all of these use:

pamac install ffmpegthumbs kdegraphics-thumbnailers qt5-imageformats kimageformats taglib libappimage raw-thumbnailer

Enabling preview thumbnails in Dolphin

Once the packages needed to generate thumbnails are installed, you need to enable the previews in dolphin in the settings. These can be found in Dolphin under Control->Configure Dolphin->General under the Previews tab.

Check the boxes for the previews to be enabled. If you don't want large remote files to have previews generated, set a maximum size in box next to Skip previews for remote files above: section.

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-=Introduction=
+__TOC__
-Enable preview many file types. Install the required packages. Then in the settings of the Dolphin activate preview of selected file types.
-=Setup=
+[[File:Dolphin.png|600px|right]]
-Before start close the application Dolphin. Install the recommended packages.
+=Overview=
-Note: calligra provides preview plugins for many offfice and graphics files.
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-'''<code>sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed kdegraphics-{thumbnailers,svgpart} kdesdk-thumbnailers calligra</code>'''
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-Additional plugins for less popular formats directly from AUR:
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-'''<code>yaourt -S --noconfirm --needed audiothumbs kde-thumbnailer-{apk,blender,epub,fb2,gimpresources,mmap,plasmoid,qml,wmf}</code>'''
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-If You want using mplayer instead of ffmpeg for generate thumbnails video files install and activate mplayer instead ffmpeg preview plugin in Dolphin Previews settings:
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-'''<code>sudo pacman -S kdemultimedia-mplayerthumbs --needed --noconfirm</code>'''
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-Open Dolphin. Go to '''Control > Configure Dolphin > General > Previews'''. Mark selected group of file extensions to enable them preview of in Dolphin. Save the changes to the settings.
-[[File:dolphin-settings-tab.png|900px|thumb|center]]
+Dolphin is the file management application of Plasma Workspace. It is designed to be simple to use, yet powerful.
-=Support=
-Official forum topic: [http://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=7731]
+=Installing Dolphin=
-=See Also=
+Dolphin can be installed by installing the package '''dolphin''' in any package manager or with the command:
+ pamac install dolphin
+=Enabling previews=
+[[File:Dolphinsettings.png|right]]
+==Installing optional dependencies==
+The following packages enable preview thumbnails in dolphin
+* ffmpegthumbs: video thumbnails
+* kdegraphics-thumbnailers: PDF and PS thumbnails
+* qt5-imageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
+* kimageformats: thumbnails for additional image formats
+* taglib: audio file thumbnails
+* libappimage: AppImage thumbnails
+* raw-thumbnailer: Raw image files from a camera
+To install all of these use:
+ pamac install ffmpegthumbs kdegraphics-thumbnailers qt5-imageformats kimageformats taglib libappimage raw-thumbnailer
+==Enabling preview thumbnails in Dolphin==
+Once the packages needed to generate thumbnails are installed, you need to enable the previews in dolphin in the settings.  These can be found in Dolphin under Control->Configure Dolphin->General under the Previews tab.
+Check the boxes for the previews to be enabled.  If you don't want large remote files to have previews generated, set a maximum size in box next to Skip previews for remote files above: section.
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