@section Thumbnail and image file viewing and manipulation
@cindex tumme mode
- Tumme provides for simple viewing of thumbnails if image files. It
-also provides viewing of the original file, sized or in full size,
-inside Emacs or in an external viewer.
+ Tumme provides for simple viewing of thumbnails of image files. It
+provides viewing of the original file, sized or in full size, inside
+Emacs or in an external viewer.
Tumme aims to be both easy to use for a beginner but also powerful
and useful to an experienced user.
- To try out Tumme, mark some image files in Dired and type @kbd{C-t
-d} (@code{tumme-display-thumbs}). With point in the thumbnail buffer,
-type @kbd{RET} (@code{tumme-display-thumbnail-original-image}) to
-display a sized version of it. Use the keys to move around in the
-buffer. For easy browing, type @kbd{SPC}
-(@code{tumme-display-next-thumbnail-original}) to advance and display
-the next image. Typing @kbd{DEL}
+ The quickest way to try out Tumme is to use the command
+@code{tumme}. It will prompt for a directory where there are images
+files. All images in that directory will get thumbnail files created
+for them, and the thumbnails will be displayed in the ``thumbnail
+buffer''.
+
+ Because thumbnails are created on the fly and before they can be
+displayed, the above command might take a long time, especially the
+first time, if the directory contains many image files. If the number
+of image files is higher than
+@code{tumme-show-all-from-dir-max-files}, the command will be aborted.
+To work around this you can instead mark the files you want to look
+at, using @kbd{m} as usual in Dired, and then type @kbd{C-t d}
+(@code{tumme-display-thumbs}).
+
+ Regardless of which command you chose to display the thumbnails, a
+new buffer will open up, displaying thumbnail images of the files that
+were marked in dired. The new buffer will be the active one.
+
+ With point in the thumbnail buffer, type @kbd{RET}
+(@code{tumme-display-thumbnail-original-image}) to display a sized
+version of it in another window. The image will be sized to fit the
+window. Use the arrow keys to move around in the buffer. For easy
+browing, type @kbd{SPC} (@code{tumme-display-next-thumbnail-original})
+to advance and display the next image. Typing @kbd{DEL}
(@code{tumme-display-previous-thumbnail-original}) backs up to the
-previous thumbnail and displays the image.
+previous thumbnail and displays that instead.
If you want to see the image in its original size, either provide a
prefix argument (@kbd{C-u}) before pressing @kbd{RET}, or type
@kbd{C-return} (@code{tumme-thumbnail-display-external}) to display
-the image in an external viewer.
+the image in an external viewer. To use the latter,
+@code{tumme-external-viewer} must be configured.
If you find in image that you want to delete, type @kbd{d}
(@code{tumme-flag-thumb-original-file}) and the file will be flagged
-for deletion in the dired buffer. If you just want to delete the
-thumbnail image from the thumbnail buffer, type @kbd{C-d}
+for deletion in the dired buffer. If you just want visually to delete
+the thumbnail image from the thumbnail buffer, type @kbd{C-d}
(@code{tumme-delete-char}).
- More advanced features include commands for using ``tags'' (labels,
-or categories) to tag image files and to search for image files with a
-certain tag.
+ More advanced features include commands for using ``tags'' (another
+name for ``keyword'' or ``label'') to tag image files and to search
+for image files with a certain tag.
The tags put on image files are stored in a database file and can be
used for marking image files. For example, you can let Tumme mark all
(@code{tumme-tag-files}). To mark files having a certain tag, type
@kbd{C-t f} (@code{tumme-mark-tagged-files}).
+ After marking image files with a certain tag, they can be viewed as
+explained earlier, by typing @key{C-t d}.
+
Tumme also provide simple image manipulation commands, like rotating
-thumbnails and original image files.
+thumbnails and original image files. In the thumbnail buffer, type
+@kbd{L} to rotate the original image 90 degrees anti clockwise, and
+@kbd{R} to rotate it 90 degrees clockwise.
+
+
@node Misc Dired Features
@section Other Dired Features