This kind of file, generated by photo management softwares, after a selection of image based on different criteria, could be easily read with an “Import files” feature in ART. Images not found would have a “missing image” display.
Excellent addition Alberto, many thanks! I used to use the processing queue for this. That worked fine as the queue is saved between sessions – and as long as I didn’t need that queue to process other photos.
One little thing: when saving a session the extension seems to be set to “ars” but when I give it a name like “session_test”, nothing appears when I want to re-open that session. Only when I choose to display “all files” instead of .ars.
To be a bit more clear about how to create the plugin for Geeqie (as it took me some time to find out…):
Create a new file called starter.ART.desktop and paste the following lines into it:
Save this file in /home/user/.local/share/applications and start Geeqie. Right-click on a thumbnail or the actual image and choose Plugins - Art session/Add to add that image to the session.
In Geeqie I made a shortcut for that: A. Very handy!
Any idea why this .desktop entry doesn’t work when I change the application name to gthumb or gThumb? Is that because that program doesn’t support this kind of plugin?