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 ~~NOTOC~~ ~~NOTOC~~
-{{ :xfce:xfce.tumbler.png?no link|}}+{{ :xfce:tumbler.png?48nolink|}}
 ====== Tumbler - Thumbnail Service ====== ====== Tumbler - Thumbnail Service ======
  
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   * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**   * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**
   * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**   * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**
 +  * **[[https://developer.xfce.org/tumbler/index.html|tumbler API documentation (for developers)]]**
   * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**   * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**
  
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 thumbnail management D-Bus specification described on  thumbnail management D-Bus specification described on 
  
-[[https://wiki.gnome.org/DraftSpecs/ThumbnailerSpec]]+[[https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/DraftThumbnailerSpec]]
  
 written in an object-oriented fashion using GLib and GObject. Its written in an object-oriented fashion using GLib and GObject. Its
 modular architecture makes it very flexible and useful in many modular architecture makes it very flexible and useful in many
 situations. It provides plugin interfaces for extending the URI schemes situations. It provides plugin interfaces for extending the URI schemes
-and MIME types for which thumbnails can be generated as well as +and MIME types for which thumbnails can be generated as well as for replacing the storage backend that is used to store the thumbnails
- +
-for replacing the storage backend that is used to store the thumbnails+
 on disk. Tumbler's functionality can also be extended via specialized on disk. Tumbler's functionality can also be extended via specialized
 thumbnailer services implemented in accordance to the thumbnail thumbnailer services implemented in accordance to the thumbnail
 management D-Bus specification. management D-Bus specification.
  
-Tumbler is used by Thunar, Xfce and MeeGo.+Tumbler is used by [[:xfce:thunar:start:|Thunar]], [[:apps:ristretto:start|Ristretto]], and Xfce.
  
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   * **D-Bus/ systemd**   * **D-Bus/ systemd**
-     * create a file below ''~/.config/environment.d/'' and inside set XDG_CACHE_HOME. E.g:+     * Create a file below ''~/.config/environment.d/'' and inside set XDG_CACHE_HOME. E.g:
      * ''XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''      * ''XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''
  
   * **Other**   * **Other**
-     * Extend  $HOME/.profile, $HOME/.bash_rc or similar+     * Extend $HOME/.profile, $HOME/.bash_rc or similar
      * ''export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''      * ''export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''
  
 After that, re-login, make sure the variable is set, and check if it works fine. After that, re-login, make sure the variable is set, and check if it works fine.
 +
 +Tumbler has a configuration file ''tumbler.rc'' described in a [[available_plugins#configuration|dedicated page]].
  
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   * [[https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html|XDG Base Directory Specification]]   * [[https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html|XDG Base Directory Specification]]
   * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html|Thumbnail Managing Standard]]   * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html|Thumbnail Managing Standard]]
-  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/DraftSpecs/ThumbnailerSpec|Thumbnail Management D-Bus Specification]]+  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/DraftThumbnailerSpec|Thumbnail Management D-Bus Specification]]
   * [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/file-uri-spec/|File URI Specification]]   * [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/file-uri-spec/|File URI Specification]]
  
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 ===== Debugging Support ===== ===== Debugging Support =====
  
 +As with all Xfce components, you can [[:xfce:building#building_the_packages|set debug support at compile time]], but this is more likely to be of interest to developers or package maintainers.
  
-Tumbler currently supports four different levels of debugging support,  +To get debug logs at runtime, starting with Tumbler 4.17.0 (first stable release 4.18.0), you can do the following:
-which can be setup using the configure flag `--enable-debug' (check the  +
-output of `configure --help'):+
  
-  `full'  Use this if you want to debug Tumbler to locate a bug. The +  pkill tumblerd 
-    build will most probably be noticably slower. This is also +  G_MESSAGES_PREFIXED= G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all /usr/lib/tumbler-1/tumblerd
-    recommended for people that want to develop Tumbler stuff.+
  
-  `yes'  This is the default for git snapshot builds. It adds all +Note: depending on your distribution, you may need to adapt the prefix to ''/tumbler-1/tumblerd'' (e.g. probably ''/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'' on debian-based distros).
-    kinds of checks to the code, and is therefore likely to run +
-    slower. Use this if you want to develop for Tumbler (e.g. +
-    writing Tumbler extensions and such). +
- +
-  `minimum'  This is the default for release builds, and presents the +
-    recommended behaviour. +
- +
-  `no'  Disables all sanity checks. Don't use this unless you know +
-    exactly what you do.+
  
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 Tumbler depends on the following packages: Tumbler depends on the following packages:
  
-  * GLib >= 2.50.0+  * GLib >= 2.66.0
  
 Tumbler can optionally use the following packages: Tumbler can optionally use the following packages:
  
-  * gdk-pixbuf >= 2.14.0 (various image formats, some of them requiring the installation of optional libraries specific to gdk-pixbuf; also required for all other plugins below) +  * gdk-pixbuf >= 2.40.0 (various image formats, some of them requiring the installation of optional libraries specific to gdk-pixbuf; also required for all other plugins below) 
   * FreeType >= 2.0.0 (font)   * FreeType >= 2.0.0 (font)
 +  * A libjpeg implementation (e.g. libjpeg-turbo)
   * FFmpegthumbnailer >= 2.0.0 (video)   * FFmpegthumbnailer >= 2.0.0 (video)
   * GStreamer >= 1.0.0 (video)   * GStreamer >= 1.0.0 (video)
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 ===== Latest Release ===== ===== Latest Release =====
-{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/tumbler 1 date description 2h}}+{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/tumbler 1 date 2h}} 
 + 
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
  
-[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/tumbler/|Previous Releases]]+  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/tumbler/|Download current release]]** (link also contains older versions)
  
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