XnView Software

Is it possible to use XnViewMP with GhostScript portable?
I'd like to view the thumbs for .ai and .eps files as well and hence my question.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

igel wrote:Is it possible to use XnViewMP with GhostScript portable?

I'd like to view the thumbs for .ai and .eps files as well and hence my question.

What do actually you need to do?

If you need to use XnView MP as a portable application with Ghostscript support, I doubt if that is currently possible...

If you simply need Ghostscript support for an installed version of XnView MP, then the normal Ghostscript installer can be used.

XnView software only works with an installed version of Ghostscript, and an attempt to modify XnView Classic to work with uninstalled Ghostscript a couple of years or so back wasn't successful.

Otherwise, it should be possible to use the PortableApps versions of XnView Classic and Ghostscript, if that might provide a solution.

cday wrote: If you need to use XnView MP as a portable application with Ghostscript support, I doubt if that is currently possible...

I'm using XnView MP as a portable application and would like to point it to the location of the portable Ghostscript so it can display the thumbs for ai. and .eps files.

cday wrote: Otherwise, it should be possible to use the PortableApps versions of XnView Classic and Ghostscript, if that might provide a solution.

As mentioned above I'm using XnView MP portable (not the one from PortableApps but the one offered on this site - the zipped package).
It seems that there is no way to tell XnView MP where to look for the location of the portable GhostScript. Too bad.

igel wrote:As mentioned above I'm using XnView MP portable (not the one from PortableApps but the one offered on this site - the zipped package).

It seems that there is no way to tell XnView MP where to look for the location of the portable GhostScript. Too bad.

The following thread describes the earlier unsuccessful attempt to enable XnView Classic to be used as a portable application with Ghostscript support:

XnView portable version with Ghostscript

If Pierre was able to spend more time on it he might possibly be able to find a solution, and be able to extent support to XnView MP, but he has a very high workload at present...

XnView MP portable works with GhostScript if the latter is installed but not with GhostScript portable.
It works because it can find GhostScript in Windows' registry and it doesn't if there is no registry entry (portable GhostScript).

I assume this could be fixed by Pierre but I also realize that this is a very low (if any) priority issue.

By surfing the forum I also realize that very few people here are using XnView MP as a file browser for vector graphics.
This is surprizing since there are a lot of image viewers/editors but AFAIK there is no file browser (except XnView MP), you can use for both - raster and vector graphics.

BTW,
I'm still sticking with XnView MP v0.79 since all later versions have some functionality for browsing vector graphics broken.
Also surprizing that nobody bothers or has even noticed.

igel wrote:I'm still sticking with XnView MP v0.79 since all later versions have some functionality for browsing vector graphics broken.
Also surprizing that nobody bothers or has even noticed.

Which vector formats (besides PostScript) are you referring to?
SVG is excluded by default. You have to remove the file type extension from the list in Tools → Settings... → File list → Custom filter → Exclude.

@XnTriq

I've already posted about the issues I encountered with later versions. Please take a look here and here.
Both things mentioned above are working flawlessly in XnViewMP v0.79 and are broken/not supported in all later versions.

igel ([url=http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=134648#p134648]0.83 x64 [Windows]: No Quick Slideshow with SVG-files[/url]) wrote:No quick slideshow with svg-files. Button is grayed out.

Confirmed.

Speaking of vector formats: The CadSoftTools plug-ins for XnView Classic aren't supported yet by MP.

XnTriq wrote: Speaking of vector formats: The CadSoftTools plug-ins for XnView Classic aren't supported yet by MP.

no CAD soft tools are supported

After testing thoroughly MP 0.79 and the latest MP 0.87 I must correct some of my statements.

Contrary to what I stated before, you can browse .svg and .svgz files in later versions but only in fullscreen-mode.
Other vector formats like .ai and .eps can be browsed in both fullscreen and none fullscreen mode.

In MP 0.79 you can browse .svg and .svgz files in both fullscreen and none fullscreen mode but you can't browse other formats like .ai and .eps at all.

In so far, compared to MP 0.79, MP 0.87 has the advantage of being able to browse file by file all (I've tested only with .ai, .eps, .svg, and .svgz) vector formats.

igel wrote:In so far, compared to MP 0.79, MP 0.87 has the advantage of being able to browse file by file all (I've tested only with .ai, .eps, .svg, and .svgz) vector formats.

Thanks for checking, igel

xnview wrote:

XnTriq wrote:Speaking of vector formats: The CadSoftTools plug-ins for XnView Classic aren't supported yet by MP.

no CAD soft tools are supported

I copied CADImage.dll into the Plugins subdirectry, but XnView MP (32-bit) doesn't create thumbnails and refuses to open the samples that come with ABViewer (3DLamborgini.dwg + Gasket.dwg + Entities.dxf)

XnTriq wrote:

igel wrote:In so far, compared to MP 0.79, MP 0.87 has the advantage of being able to browse file by file all (I've tested only with .ai, .eps, .svg, and .svgz) vector formats.

Thanks for checking, igel

xnview wrote:

XnTriq wrote:Speaking of vector formats: The CadSoftTools plug-ins for XnView Classic aren't supported yet by MP.

no CAD soft tools are supported

I copied CADImage.dll into the Plugins subdirectry, but XnView MP (32-bit) doesn't create thumbnails and refuses to open the samples that come with ABViewer (3DLamborgini.dwg + Gasket.dwg + Entities.dxf)

Right, it will be fixed...

xnview wrote:Right, it will be fixed...

Thanks, Pierre: CADIMAGE.DLL can't be used