There are three ways that Image-Dired can store and generate
thumbnails:
- 1. According to the \"Thumbnail Managing Standard\", which allows
+ 1. According to the Thumbnail Managing Standard, which allows
sharing of thumbnails across different programs. Thumbnails
will be stored in \"$XDG_CACHE_HOME/thumbnails/\"
- To use this way, set this user option to one of the following values:
+ Set this user option to one of the following symbols:
- `standard' means use thumbnails sized 128x128.
- `standard-large' means use thumbnails sized 256x256.
- `standard-x-large' means use thumbnails sized 512x512.
- `standard-xx-large' means use thumbnails sized 1024x1024.
- 2. In the Image-Dired specific directory indicated by
+ 2. In the Image-Dired specific directory, as indicated by
`image-dired-dir'.
- To use this way, set this user option to `image-dired' (or
- to `use-image-dired-dir', which means the same thing for
- backward-compatibility reasons).
+ Set this user option to `image-dired' (`use-image-dired-dir'
+ also works, for backward-compatibility reasons).
3. In a subdirectory \".image-dired\" in the same directory
- where the image files are.
+ as the image files.
- To use this way, set this user option to `per-directory'.
+ Set this user option to `per-directory'.
To control the default size of thumbnails for alternatives (2)
and (3) above, customize the value of `image-dired-thumb-size'.