XnView Software

Version: XnView MP 1.9.5 64-bit (2025-10-12) Windows

Hi - In my use of XnView MP, I am finding myself frequently wanting to skim over images and change between different sort orders. As mentioned in the topic title, I usually go by created date field in descending order. However, sometimes it makes ...

@cday,
I used the question of how to format the text file because it is an immediate thing that I would like to try out. I had assumed it would be either XML or JSON, but it seems to be more like plain text with specific headers that tell the application what to do.

However, the context/longer ...

Also, apologies for the run on sentences. I’m not good at separating my thoughts into cohesive smaller parts.

A short example of a format that can be used in file list :

"{Directory}{Filename With Ext}";{iptc:keywords};{iptc:city}

This syntax, in a single line, with double quotes, allows the file to be opened

( https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=203113#p203113 )


Okay, thanks. :) I will try ...

I believe that in general documentation for XnView MP is quite limited, and due to continuing development of the software, where it exists now often both incomplete and out of date... :(

The wiki can be found at here

That option refers to loading a filelist into the browser, rather than ...

Hi, I am looking for generic documentation that explains how to format a file listing such that I can use it later, including what format/special characters need to be used. That's the quick question, but in case it would be good, I put more detail below.

why do I ask?
I recently stumbled on the ...