[SOLVED] WMF files

[DoYouKubuntu]

I have a boatload of graphics files in WMF format. The GIMP reads them just fine, so that's good, but I really need to be able to preview them, en masse, rather than select each one in the GIMP in order to get a preview. I thought I used to have Dolphin configured to preview these files, but if I did I'm missing something now, as I don't see any setting or plugin for this. Gwenview can't read them either. Any ideas?

[vinnywright]

look in dolphin>settings>general>previews tab,, and see if you have "microsoft windows images" checked.



VINNY

[DoYouKubuntu]

Yep--I have EVERYTHING checked in Dolphin.

[Rog132]

Earlier...

Windows Metafile (wmf): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Metafile

KDE thumbnailer plugin + enable the preview from the file manager


"DoYouKubuntu" asked 12-13-11: Thread: How to get .wmf files to preview? - https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...eview&p=360347

Now it seems to work....

[DoYouKubuntu]

Not working for me.

I installed KDE WMF Thumbnailer 2.1 but nothing relating to WMF files got added to Dolphin's choices. I had already installed everything I could find that seemed related to WMF files [via Synaptic].



ETA: I just installed Karbon and now I have "WMF Images" in Dolphin's preview settings. But...it's still not showing previews of WMF files...

[DoYouKubuntu]

I deleted everything and started fresh, and now I have WMF files previewing in Dolphin.

Specifically, the files generated during the cmake/make/install process, deleted them. Repeated the cmake/make/install process, and I'm in business.

[Rog132]

Show previews for

The Karbon is adding the 'Show previews for WMF Images' and the KDE WMF Thumbnailer is adding ' Show previews for Windows MetaFile'.



Both options to preview the wmf files are working at here...


Check/Todo list when nothing seems to happen


0) Close all windows, log out, restart

1) Are all component installed to the correct places ?

With the 'KDE WMF Thumbnailer':

/usr/share/kde4/services/wmfthumbnail.desktop
/usr/lib/kde4/wmfthumbnail.so

2) The KDE should automatically read information from the '.desktop' files - if this is not working you could manually start this. Run the kbuildsycoca4 :

kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental

The kbuildsycoca4 is

~$ kbuildsycoca4 --help
Usage: kbuildsycoca4 [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] 

Rebuilds the system configuration cache.

Generic options:
  --help                    Show help about options
  --help-qt                 Show Qt specific options
  --help-kde                Show KDE specific options
  --help-all                Show all options
  --author                  Show author information
  -v, --version             Show version information
  --license                 Show license information
  --                        End of options

Options:
  --nosignal                Do not signal applications to update
  --noincremental           Disable incremental update, re-read everything
  --checkstamps             Check file timestamps
  --nocheckfiles            Disable checking files (dangerous)
  --global                  Create global database
  --menutest                Perform menu generation test run only
  --track <menu-id>         Track menu id for debug purposes

[DoYouKubuntu]

Thanks, Rog...but if you read my last post you'll see I got it working.