XnView

Here is the first demo of my new project "XnView MP" (XnView Multi Platform) that will replace current "XnView for *nix" & "XnView for MacOSX".

Currently you have a basic browser with a basic viewer, DB caching, labels & colors editing, ...

I wasn't able to find time to work on this project last month, but next 3 months will be for it!

My first goal is to have the same features as current "XnView for *nix" with some features of XnView win 1.92

Key features (final version):
* Same features as XnView 1.92
* Unicode support
* Internal 16/32 bits per component support
* Easier handling of native language support (text based files)
* Better database

You can download XnView MP alpha 0.001 here:
MacOSX: ftp://ftp2.xnview.com/xnview/misc/XnViewMP-mac.tgz
Linux: ftp://ftp2.xnview.com/xnview/misc/XnViewMP-linux.tgz
Windows: ftp://ftp2.xnview.com/xnview/misc/XnViewMP-win.zip

Please note that this alpha version's purpose is to give you a first impression. Please do not report bugs, yet.

It is a nice new project, that sound good !
Congratulations for this good idea.

great news,

installed it on Mac and as the next Os on ubuntu - great stuff, many thanks

cheers

Good stuff, Pierre! Unicode support and easier translation using textual language files will open new opportunities. Keep up the excellent work!

Thank you Pierre, it looks very nice.

Pierre

Hello !

• Indeed, a good start to a new design ! Thanks !
- A hitch at the captions of the thumbnails for my short succinct try :

    

- However, the transparency IS rendered, and the look is better than the current 1.92…
• With a second try, bad trick from Win :
Error message telling that the app. can't start because the QtCore4.dll is not found !
- I copied the two DLLs of the package from the dir. into <Windows\System32> then that worked again…
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helmut

• Hi !

…Unicode support and easier translation using textual language files will open new opportunities. …

• It's indeed a nice test bench to change the current language-system, I support strongly !
- Paul-“Ouistiti” and I thought to propose a prototype to start that, but since we have this one…

KR - G.
Claude
Clo

helmut wrote:easier translation using textual language files will open new opportunities.

No, it's not textual language file, but there is a program with QT to translate on the fly the sentences.

Pierre

Too bad. You miss an opportunity to experiment and save time…
- Finally, I guess I'll die without seeing text files…

… but there is a program with QT to translate on the fly the sentences

- These thingies spread-sheet_like and similar are a mast in the b** !
- I gave up the translation of several programmes because that…

R
Claude
Clo

I am waiting with baited breath... I really enjoy using XnView. The old version is great. I use it on Solaris and Mac OSX.

Keep up the excellent work. Kudos to you!

Nick
SW England.

Hi,
I wanted to try the Linux version, but I'm getting this error:

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xnview: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I extracted the archive to /bin and the file libQtGui.so.4 is present there. What did I wrong?

vlada wrote:Hi,
I wanted to try the Linux version, but I'm getting this error:

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xnview: error while loading shared libraries: libQtGui.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I extracted the archive to /bin and the file libQtGui.so.4 is present there. What did I wrong?

I extracted it into a user directory, and successfully launched it with this command: "sh xnview.sh"

Pierre

When simply opening a folder that contains a *.DNG image-file, the programme crashes immediately
with the lovely usual Bill's message…
Sample available Here
Note : These .DNG files work OK in 1.92

Friendly

Paul

ouistiti

Hello Paul !

• Confirmed here under Win XP-Pro SP1 (FR).

Note : These .DNG files work OK in 1.92

• Right, same here, no problem with 1.92

Aside : The sorting of the tree is a pain in the neck currently, it places the folders which the names begin
with an accented character at the end of each root-dir.

Friendly,
Claude
Clo

I have to admit that I didn't know what to expect, when Pierre first announced his plans for a cross-platform version of XnView. I immediately thought of Inkscape's GTK-based interface, which I'm not very fond of.
Even after realizing that Pierre had chosen to go the QT route, I remained sceptical: Versions 4, 5 and 6 of Photoshop Elements, which were “built using Trolltech development tools”, won't run on Windows 2000.

But now that I've had a chance to test-drive this early alpha, all my doubts have evaporated like morning dew!

Forum references:

• Missing features in linux version?
• 1.90 for Linux? When? 1.70 is outdated and unusable!
• MacOS X native (cocoa) version of XnView, when?

Trolltech:

• Qt Reference Documentation
  
  • All Overviews and HOWTOs
    
    • The Graphics View Framework
    • Qt Style Sheets
    • Unicode
    • QImage Class Reference
    • Internationalization with Qt
    • Qt Widget Gallery
  • Qt Demonstrations
    
    • Composition Modes
    • Main Window
    • Undo Framework
  • Qt Examples
    
    • Dock Widgets Example
    • SVG Viewer Example
    • I18N Example
    • Undo Framework Example
    • Icons Example
    • Styles Example
• Qt Solutions Catalog
  
  • QtToolBarDialog Class Reference
• Qt Quarterly
  
  • Iconography 101
  • Transparent Backgrounds in Qt 4.1
  • Composition Modes
• Trolltech Labs Blogs
  
  • Theming Qt for fun and profit

Great! Thanks, Pierre!


For me, Alpha 0.001 works under: MacMini-PPC/OSX10.4.11

Does NOT work under: iBook-PPC/OSX10.3.9//crashes immediately upon double-clicking the icon


Addition: The option-bars "FILE" dialogue appears to be empty (nothing to choose from). Is that correct?

The nag: The sidebars feel a bit "bloated, with overall "wasted" space.

Regardless to that: Cool stuff!