GIMP Thumbnails reset to GIMP Icon after View Reload
robinboncoeur opened this issue · 9 comments
Distribution
Mint 21.1
Package version
Nemo 5.6.4
Frequency
Always
Bug description
I am having a problem with Nemo thumbnails of GIMP XCF files. If I save an image as .xcf file, the thumbnail reflects the image. However, as soon as I do a refresh of a folder [Alt] [View] [Reload] in Nemo, the icon reverts back to the default GIMP icon, which is singularly useless.
In Nemo, I've tried to resolve this issue by
- selecting the Show Thumbnails under View;
- in Preferences-> Preview Previewable Files-Show Thumbnails [Yes] ;
- installed dconf-editor, jumping through all the hoops there too.
No joy: the icon will display a thumbnail of the image immediately upon saving the image in GIMP (a rather blurry thumbnail, to be sure) but when I refresh Nemo, it's back to that completely useless GIMP icon.
Is this a Nemo or a GIMP issue?
Steps to reproduce
I save an image as .xcf file, the thumbnail reflects the image. However, as soon as I do a refresh of a folder [Alt] [View] [Reload] in Nemo, the icon reverts back to the default GIMP icon
Expected behavior
The icon is a thumbnail of the image, respecting the settings of Nemo and dconf-editor
Additional information
No response
Same here, but with xcursor files. Standard thumbnail in Nemo, but when i open the file in Gimp suddenly Nemo has a thumbnail for it. When i close Gimp (not even saving the cursor file), wait a few seconds and refresh Nemo the thumbnail is back to a standard useless thumb.
Mint 20.3
Nemo 5.2.4
Normal behavior on reload is to wipe any existing thumbnail. It gets regenerated automatically. Unfortunately gimp does not provide a proper thumbnailing utility for file managers to use - it only happens while using gimp.
I'll try to add something to our thumbnailers repo if I can figure out the command line to do this with gimp-console.
What about xcursor files? They are not made with Gimp, but installed as a package. They do not show a thumbnail in Nemo. I used Gimp as an example that it briefly shows a thumbnail, but after closing Gimp it is back as a standard thumbnail.
If you discover any other file types let me know.
A few EPUB's don't show a correct thumbnail - probably due to defective file formatting.
They are readable by EPUB readers and do show a cover picture.
Instead of a text file thumbnail, could a generic EPUB thumbnail be shown for these cases?
Example:-
But change the .zip to .epub because Github doesnt accept epub files.
The Vampyre a Tale by Polidori, John William.zip
Present Thumbnail:-
That's an icon theme issue. For example, here's Yaru:
I meant any other file types gimp can thumbnail. I'll look into getting the Mint icon theme fixed for epubs
Thanks for providing a solution, MTWebster. I'm a bit unclear how I would implement this... sorry, I'm not a particularly switched-on Linux user.