From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: viewing random list of files in dired Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:15:37 -0800 Message-ID: <005b01c97988$00b8e440$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <1232283932.889271@arno.fh-trier.de> <1232291478.333319@arno.fh-trier.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232295460 4836 80.91.229.12 (18 Jan 2009 16:17:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:17:40 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Andreas Politz'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 18 17:18:51 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LOaMM-0003MT-Md for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:18:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33366 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOaL5-0005ZA-Jk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:17:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOaJL-00055B-NZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:15:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LOaJJ-00053g-TE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:15:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41499 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LOaJJ-00053Z-JK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:15:41 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com ([141.146.126.234]:30947) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LOaJJ-0008TL-7V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:15:41 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by acsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0IGEufN002388 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:14:57 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt704.oracle.com (acsmt704.oracle.com [141.146.40.82]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n0IGFSHT031448; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:15:29 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.128.33) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:15:26 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 In-Reply-To: <1232291478.333319@arno.fh-trier.de> thread-index: Acl5gx66KZKpU7gXTqWNREYlD1HKWgAA5AuA X-Source-IP: acsmt704.oracle.com [141.146.40.82] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A01020A.497355A0.0005:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61448 Archived-At: > >> is it possible to view a random list of files with dired ? > >> > >> What I really want is to examine a couple 100 of images from > >> different directories as thumbnails with associated filename. > >> The names come from the command line. None of the programs I > >> have tried (gthumb,gqview,xzgv,feh) can do it. ... > By random I ment that the files have no particular common property > (like coming from the same directory). > Creating links in a new directory seems to be the best bet. After > the frustration from trying 5 different programs settled down, I > modified dired-image to accept a list of files. While the results > are pleasing, it just takes to long for > 1000 files. Yes, and you don't need to create symlinks or otherwise modify your file system. If you use Icicles, you can define a set of arbitrary file or directory names and later open Dired for just that set. You can save the set persistently, if you like. You can create the list of file names any way you like - it's just a list of names. The names could originally "come from the command line", for instance. You can also create or add to such a set of file names using the files that are marked in Dired buffers. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Dired_Enhancements