Configurable viewing exclusion

[xnview]

I think to add a "stack" for companion file. So you have only 1 item in browser, and view 1 file...

[Joltar]

Hello,

By reading this post, i think the problem to solve does'nt deal with companion management but RAW management.

I shoot RAW+JPG (Pentax PEF + JPG) and JPG files are not preview file for RAW, they are result of RAW treatement. The main function I need is to rename both RAW and JPEG (even in batch rename)

In my opinion, I need some thing like "Raw file management options" with

[File operations]

Copy: Separate/Both (including drag & drop)
Move: Separate/Both (including drag & drop)
Delete: Separate/Both
Rename: Separate/Both

[File handling]

Select: Separate/Both
Mark: Separate/Both
Open, Open with: RAW/JPG/Ask

[Visualization]

Browser: Both/RAW/JPG
Image view: Both/RAW/JPG
Slide show: Both/RAW/JPG (or may it be a slideshow Option)

[Danny]

Then again, you could just tag them and filter for tagged files. Or you could adjust your custom filter to not show .raw files.

How about another custom filter btw.?

[oops66]

...
"Browser" and "Image view: Navigation" are both filters and might be combined. Actually when thinking about it I see that the same could be achieved by setting the existing filter properly (Tools > Options | Browser > File List).

So all that is left:

- On Open -
(o) Open selected
( ) Always open normal view
( ) Always open preview (?)

- On Delete -
[x] Delete companion file

One challenge is to decide which is the original and which the companion file (preview). I guess an almost 100% and simple indicator would be the file size.

Hello,
+1, I agree. ( Helmut Post and Joltar above post too) for RAW companions file management.
But for an extra XMP, ..., or a description compagnon file ("externalized embedded data"), maybe it's better to keep the link at 1 (CopyCompanionFile=1 )

The only customizable setting that I know right now ( include all kind of companion files, not only RAW files ) is into the xnview.ini file (for copy or delete or rename):
[File]
CopyCompanionFile=0
(1= with a link, 0= without link, and I prefer 0 as default for the RAW type)