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  Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-06-23 00:16 +0000
    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-06-23 00:34 +0000
      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-06-23 00:39 +0000
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-23 01:31 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-23 01:38 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-23 06:00 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-06-24 02:39 +0000
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-06-23 02:40 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirectories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-23 03:19 +0000
      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2025-07-14 16:57 -0400
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-07-15 07:48 +0200
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-15 08:35 +0100
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-15 07:44 +0000
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.nospam> - 2025-07-16 10:46 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-15 11:47 +0100
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-16 04:27 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2025-07-15 10:24 -0400
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-15 16:35 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-19 15:35 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-07-15 19:32 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-15 23:25 +0000
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-16 04:29 +0000
                Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-16 06:18 +0000
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-19 15:41 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-07-16 03:04 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-07-19 13:09 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-19 15:02 +0100
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-07-15 19:10 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-15 22:33 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-07-16 17:20 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-16 04:27 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-07-16 11:19 +0200
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-16 15:53 +0000
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-07-16 19:20 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.nospam> - 2025-07-16 10:38 +0000
    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-23 02:22 +0000
      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-06-24 02:42 +0000
    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-23 04:03 +0000
      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-06-24 02:45 +0000
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-24 04:25 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-24 06:37 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 06:55 +0000
    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-23 01:05 -0400
    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-23 08:23 +0100
      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2025-06-24 02:47 +0000
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 03:16 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-24 04:52 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-24 01:28 -0400
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-24 20:38 +0000
                Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-24 21:37 +0000
                  Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-27 19:46 +0000
                Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-25 02:14 -0400
                  Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-27 19:49 +0000
                    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-27 18:34 -0400
                      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-28 14:07 +0000
                        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-28 23:06 +0000
                          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-29 03:41 +0000
                            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-29 04:44 +0000
                            XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-29 10:35 +0100
                              Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-29 23:58 +0000
                                Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-30 05:18 +0000
                                  Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-30 06:52 +0000
                                    Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-30 18:50 +0000
                                      Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-30 13:15 -0700
                                        Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:30 +0000
                                        Re: XDG and Freedesktop Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-01 08:38 +0100
                                          Re: XDG and Freedesktop John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-01 12:49 -0700
                                            Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 23:57 +0000
                                              Re: XDG and Freedesktop Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-02 09:33 +0100
                                                Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-02 23:41 +0000
                                                  Re: XDG and Freedesktop John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 07:55 -0700
                                                    Re: XDG and Freedesktop The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-03 16:37 +0100
                                                      Re: XDG and Freedesktop John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-03 08:53 -0700
                                            Re: XDG and Freedesktop The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-02 09:27 +0100
                                      Re: XDG and Freedesktop Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-06-30 16:14 -0700
                                      Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:29 +0000
                                        Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-01 03:40 +0000
                                          Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 04:28 +0000
                                            Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-01 09:01 -0700
                                              Re: XDG and Freedesktop Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-07-01 09:10 -0700
                                              Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 23:57 +0000
                                    Re: XDG and Freedesktop Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:07 +0100
                                      Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:33 +0000
                                        Re: XDG and Freedesktop Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-01 07:02 +0100
                                          Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 07:30 +0000
                                          Re: XDG and Freedesktop Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-01 13:36 +0000
                                  Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.) Harold Stevens <wookie@aspen.localdomain> - 2025-06-30 04:00 -0500
                                Re: XDG and Freedesktop Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:12 +0100
                                  Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:21 +0000
                                    Re: XDG and Freedesktop Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-01 04:20 +0000
                                      Re: XDG and Freedesktop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 04:25 +0000
                            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-07-01 17:00 +0000
                              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-01 19:29 +0000
                                Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-07-02 18:20 +0000
                                  Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-07-03 16:18 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-24 01:13 -0400
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-24 06:42 +0000
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-24 03:42 -0400
                Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-24 19:16 +0000
      Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-29 12:30 +0200
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-29 20:31 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-30 08:40 +0100
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-30 14:03 +0200
        Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing  style. Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-202506.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2025-06-30 02:17 +0200
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing  style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-30 05:53 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing  style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-30 06:55 +0000
          Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-30 02:05 -0400
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2025-06-30 20:32 +0000
              Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-01 00:34 +0000
            Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-01 11:45 +0000
    Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style. Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2025-06-27 17:57 -0300

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#69014 — Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.

I've got a pile of scanned family slides in various directories.

They need to be further subdivided and catagorized so here's my scenario:

1: I have directory 'A' full of jpgs.

2: I make a few (3-5) suitable sub-directories in that directory.
  (eg: "pets" "cars" "ski_trip" etcetera)

3: Is there a program that will display a thumbnail of a jpg (or any size, I
guess) and list the subdirectories somewhere on the screen, 
1 - pets
2 - cars
3 - ski trip

Then display a pic, ask me for a # and move the jpg to that corresponding sub-dir
(maybe with a prompt) with  <CR>/<SPC>  to just leave it where it is.  Q or
ESC to quit.

So that's one way.


Another way might be a program to go through and let me 'tag' the pics of
interest (just one topic) and when at
the end move all the tagged pics to the sub-dir of choice.  But this way
would require (possibly) lots of passes through the source dir picking out a
category each time...not the end of the world, of course.


Was I clear enough?  Any suggestions?

Pureheart in Aptos

This is not a horrible or urgent problem.  A typical directory that I want
to split up might have 300 entries.


Pureheart in Aptos, CA

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#69015

I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)



At Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:16:08 -0000 (UTC) pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote:

> 
> I've got a pile of scanned family slides in various directories.
> 
> They need to be further subdivided and catagorized so here's my scenario:
> 
> 1: I have directory 'A' full of jpgs.
> 
> 2: I make a few (3-5) suitable sub-directories in that directory.
>   (eg: "pets" "cars" "ski_trip" etcetera)
> 
> 3: Is there a program that will display a thumbnail of a jpg (or any size, I
> guess) and list the subdirectories somewhere on the screen, 
> 1 - pets
> 2 - cars
> 3 - ski trip
> 
> Then display a pic, ask me for a # and move the jpg to that corresponding sub-dir
> (maybe with a prompt) with  <CR>/<SPC>  to just leave it where it is.  Q or
> ESC to quit.
> 
> So that's one way.
> 
> 
> Another way might be a program to go through and let me 'tag' the pics of
> interest (just one topic) and when at
> the end move all the tagged pics to the sub-dir of choice.  But this way
> would require (possibly) lots of passes through the source dir picking out a
> category each time...not the end of the world, of course.
> 
> 
> Was I clear enough?  Any suggestions?
> 
> Pureheart in Aptos
> 
> This is not a horrible or urgent problem.  A typical directory that I want
> to split up might have 300 entries.
> 
> 
> Pureheart in Aptos, CA
>                                                                                                                           
> 

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#69016

On 2025-06-23, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
> distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)

I remember xv (and used it and loved it). I had wondered where it went.  

The little swimming fish time-passing sprite was cool.

Thanks for the tip.

pH



>
>
>
> At Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:16:08 -0000 (UTC) pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote:
>
>> 
>> I've got a pile of scanned family slides in various directories.
>> 
>> They need to be further subdivided and catagorized so here's my scenario:
>> 
>> 1: I have directory 'A' full of jpgs.
>> 
>> 2: I make a few (3-5) suitable sub-directories in that directory.
>>   (eg: "pets" "cars" "ski_trip" etcetera)
>> 
>> 3: Is there a program that will display a thumbnail of a jpg (or any size, I
>> guess) and list the subdirectories somewhere on the screen, 
>> 1 - pets
>> 2 - cars
>> 3 - ski trip
>> 
>> Then display a pic, ask me for a # and move the jpg to that corresponding sub-dir
>> (maybe with a prompt) with  <CR>/<SPC>  to just leave it where it is.  Q or
>> ESC to quit.
>> 
>> So that's one way.
>> 
>> 
>> Another way might be a program to go through and let me 'tag' the pics of
>> interest (just one topic) and when at
>> the end move all the tagged pics to the sub-dir of choice.  But this way
>> would require (possibly) lots of passes through the source dir picking out a
>> category each time...not the end of the world, of course.
>> 
>> 
>> Was I clear enough?  Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Pureheart in Aptos
>> 
>> This is not a horrible or urgent problem.  A typical directory that I want
>> to split up might have 300 entries.
>> 
>> 
>> Pureheart in Aptos, CA
>>                                                                                                                           
>> 
>

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#69017

On 2025-06-23, pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote:

> On 2025-06-23, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
>> distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)
>
> I remember xv (and used it and loved it). I had wondered where it went.  
>
> The little swimming fish time-passing sprite was cool.
>
> Thanks for the tip.

I still use xv whenever possible.  Apparently, though, I never
tapped its full potential.

Unfortunately, xv cannot display progressive JPEGs,
making it useless for a growing percentage of pictures.

Here's a thought, though - if a group of photos was taken in the
same time frame (e.g. that ski trip), you could bring them up
in a file manager (e.g. thunar).  The camera probably assigned
them a consecutive block of file names; if not, and the date
stamps are intact, you could sort the list by date to group
the files together.  That makes it easy to select a single
block of photos to cut and paste.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#69018

On 2025-06-23, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> Here's a thought, though - if a group of photos was taken in the
> same time frame (e.g. that ski trip), you could bring them up
> in a file manager (e.g. thunar).  The camera probably assigned
> them a consecutive block of file names; if not, and the date
> stamps are intact, you could sort the list by date to group
> the files together.  That makes it easy to select a single
> block of photos to cut and paste.

P.S. If your camera assigns reasonable file names, it becomes
even easier.  For instance, my little Olympus camera assigns
names of the form Pmddnnnn, where m is the month number
(A, B, or C for October, November, or December respectively),
dd is the day number, and nnnn is a sequence number.  If I shot
a bunch of photos today (June 22), the file names would be of
the form P622nnnn.JPG.  I could grab them with a single command:

$ mv P622*.JPG subdir

-- 
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\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
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#69031

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:31:21 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Here's a thought, though - if a group of photos was taken in the same
> time frame (e.g. that ski trip), you could bring them up in a file
> manager (e.g. thunar).  The camera probably assigned them a consecutive
> block of file names; if not, and the date stamps are intact, you could
> sort the list by date to group the files together.  That makes it easy
> to select a single block of photos to cut and paste.

I used to take more photos so I have a lot with cryptic file names. The 
problem is the camera did not have a GPS so I can't extract the location 
from the EXIF so I've got some nice photos of waterfalls, mountains, and 
wildlife and no idea where most of them were taken. 

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#69064

On 2025-06-23, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-06-23, pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote:
>
>> On 2025-06-23, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
>>> distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)
>>
>> I remember xv (and used it and loved it). I had wondered where it went.  
>>
>> The little swimming fish time-passing sprite was cool.
>>
>> Thanks for the tip.
>
> I still use xv whenever possible.  Apparently, though, I never
> tapped its full potential.
>
> Unfortunately, xv cannot display progressive JPEGs,
> making it useless for a growing percentage of pictures.
>
> Here's a thought, though - if a group of photos was taken in the
> same time frame (e.g. that ski trip), you could bring them up
> in a file manager (e.g. thunar).  The camera probably assigned
> them a consecutive block of file names; if not, and the date
> stamps are intact, you could sort the list by date to group
> the files together.  That makes it easy to select a single
> block of photos to cut and paste.
>

Good thought.  These are old slides that I scanned, though. The only info
for them is my feeble memory.  But I'll keep that trick in mind.

pH

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#69021

I located the source code somewhere and built it from source on my various 
machines (various flavors of 'Pis and other little ARM systems).

At Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:39:07 -0000 (UTC) pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote:

> 
> On 2025-06-23, Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> > I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
> > distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)
> 
> I remember xv (and used it and loved it). I had wondered where it went.  
> 
> The little swimming fish time-passing sprite was cool.
> 
> Thanks for the tip.
> 
> pH
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > At Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:16:08 -0000 (UTC) pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> I've got a pile of scanned family slides in various directories.
> >> 
> >> They need to be further subdivided and catagorized so here's my scenario:
> >> 
> >> 1: I have directory 'A' full of jpgs.
> >> 
> >> 2: I make a few (3-5) suitable sub-directories in that directory.
> >>   (eg: "pets" "cars" "ski_trip" etcetera)
> >> 
> >> 3: Is there a program that will display a thumbnail of a jpg (or any size, I
> >> guess) and list the subdirectories somewhere on the screen, 
> >> 1 - pets
> >> 2 - cars
> >> 3 - ski trip
> >> 
> >> Then display a pic, ask me for a # and move the jpg to that corresponding sub-dir
> >> (maybe with a prompt) with  <CR>/<SPC>  to just leave it where it is.  Q or
> >> ESC to quit.
> >> 
> >> So that's one way.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Another way might be a program to go through and let me 'tag' the pics of
> >> interest (just one topic) and when at
> >> the end move all the tagged pics to the sub-dir of choice.  But this way
> >> would require (possibly) lots of passes through the source dir picking out a
> >> category each time...not the end of the world, of course.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Was I clear enough?  Any suggestions?
> >> 
> >> Pureheart in Aptos
> >> 
> >> This is not a horrible or urgent problem.  A typical directory that I want
> >> to split up might have 300 entries.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Pureheart in Aptos, CA
> >>                                                                                                                           
> >> 
> >
>                                                                                 
> 

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#69022 — Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirectories, card-dealing style.

A: A Rolls seats 6.
Q: What’s the saddest thing about seeing 5 top posters in a Rolls go over
   a cliff?

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#69582

Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> writes:

> I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
> distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)

I use XV once in a while, but on my 5K monitor it's a real struggle to
read the text.  I took a look at the source, everything is placed by
pixel.  It didn't look easy to fix.

-- 
Dan Espen

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#69585

Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
>Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> writes:
>> I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
>> distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)
>
>I use XV once in a while, but on my 5K monitor it's a real struggle to
>read the text.  I took a look at the source, everything is placed by
>pixel.  It didn't look easy to fix.

xv is an ancient program. I am not surprised that it wasnt written
with today's resolutions and screen sizes in mind.

The reason why it is not in the Linux distros is that it isnt free
(neither as in beer, not as in speech). The cited wikipedia entry
doesnt mention a license change, so I am not sure WHY it EVER was in
"most Linux distros".

Greetings
Marc
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#69586

On 2025-07-15, Marc Haber wrote:

> Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> writes:
>>> I would use xv (by John Bradley) for that. It used to be in most Linux
>>> distros, but does not seem to be anymore.  More information: 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)
>>
>>I use XV once in a while, but on my 5K monitor it's a real struggle to
>>read the text.  I took a look at the source, everything is placed by
>>pixel.  It didn't look easy to fix.
>
> xv is an ancient program. I am not surprised that it wasnt written
> with today's resolutions and screen sizes in mind.

I suppose it's the doing pixel-by-pixel that's a problem here. X11 has
supported different resolutions for *decades*.

> The reason why it is not in the Linux distros is that it isnt free
> (neither as in beer, not as in speech). The cited wikipedia entry
> doesnt mention a license change, so I am not sure WHY it EVER was in
> "most Linux distros".

Are there even that many distros which only include FLOSS?

-- 
Nuno Silva

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#69587

On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:35:42 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote:

> Are there even that many distros which only include FLOSS?

A quick search on Distrowatch returns 6 entries.

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#69610

On 2025-07-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:35:42 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote:
>
>> Are there even that many distros which only include FLOSS?
>
> A quick search on Distrowatch returns 6 entries.

For those interested, you can find source, and a working x86_64 binary
here...

https://github.com/nevillejackson/Unix/tree/main/xv

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#69589

Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> writes:
> On 2025-07-15, Marc Haber wrote:
>> The reason why it is not in the Linux distros is that it isnt free
>> (neither as in beer, not as in speech). The cited wikipedia entry
>> doesnt mention a license change, so I am not sure WHY it EVER was in
>> "most Linux distros".

Early distributions were less cautious about copyright. But being
non-free isn’t sufficient on its own to eject something from Linux
distributions and in fact they wouldn’t work on a lot of modern hardware
if it was.

> Are there even that many distros which only include FLOSS?

Pass.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98215 explains why xv
isn’t excluded from Debian non-free: the licence doesn’t allowed to
distribute modified binaries. Exactly why that’s a problem isn’t
directly stated but some practical implications would be that it doesn’t
allow the distribute to adapt it to distribution-specific conventions,
to fix bugs, etc.

-- 
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#69602

On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:47:58 +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> ... the licence doesn’t allowed to distribute modified binaries. Exactly
> why that’s a problem isn’t directly stated ...

Freedom 3 of the Four Freedoms: the freedom to distribute copies of your 
modified versions to others
<https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html>.

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#69591

Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> writes:

> The reason why it is not in the Linux distros is that it isnt free
> (neither as in beer, not as in speech). The cited wikipedia entry
> doesnt mention a license change, so I am not sure WHY it EVER was in
> "most Linux distros".
It's in Slackware and has been for a long time. I've seen VMS versions
as well (under the "Freeware" umbrella).

 which xv
/usr/bin/xv

$ show sym xv
  XV == "$DISK$OVMSVAXSYS:[VMS$COMMON.INTERNET_PRODUCT_SUITE.XV.VAX]XV"

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#69592

On 2025-07-15, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:

> xv is an ancient program. I am not surprised that it wasnt written
> with today's resolutions and screen sizes in mind.

Still, if you're just displaying pictures it can display high-resolution
photos on a modern screen just fine.  It's delightfully simple and fast, 
making it quite attractive to a KISS type like me.  The one drawback is
that it can't handle progressive JPEGs, which are becoming increasingly
common - so I often have to fall back to another utility.  Ristretto
does a good job of displaying things, but it doesn't feel nearly as
nice as xv.  For example, sometimes it wraps around to the first photo
when you reach the end of a wild-card list, and sometimes it doesn't;
I'd rather it didn't so you know right away when you've seen everything.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  Growth for the sake of
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  of the cancer cell.
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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#69758

Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> On 2025-07-15, Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
> 
>> xv is an ancient program. I am not surprised that it wasnt written
>> with today's resolutions and screen sizes in mind.
> 
> Still, if you're just displaying pictures it can display high-resolution
> photos on a modern screen just fine.  It's delightfully simple and fast, 
> making it quite attractive to a KISS type like me.  The one drawback is
> that it can't handle progressive JPEGs, which are becoming increasingly
> common - so I often have to fall back to another utility.  Ristretto
> does a good job of displaying things, but it doesn't feel nearly as
> nice as xv.  For example, sometimes it wraps around to the first photo
> when you reach the end of a wild-card list, and sometimes it doesn't;
> I'd rather it didn't so you know right away when you've seen everything.

The Xv that ships with Slackware in the /extra directory handles 
progressive JPEGs just fine.  I often reencode most of my camera JPEG's 
a progressive (using jpegtran, so it is a lossless operation) because 
they often end up smaller (sometimes quite a lot) when switched to 
progressive mode.  Never had a problem opening them in Xv.

But I've largely started using feh more now that Xv's in /extra (and, 
presumably, may disappear eventually).

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/graphics/feh/

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#69595

Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
<snip>
> so I am not sure WHY it EVER was in "most Linux distros".

I believe at the time (early 90s) xv was the only good
image viewer that worked.  Slackware 15.0 moved it to
the "extra" directory.  That usually means its days are
numbered.

Plus, when people started moving to Linux from DOS, they
were already use to shareware, which xv was at the time.

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