The K Desktop Environment

The Pixie Handbook

Version 1.0.00
Last updated: 08/02/2001

Jon Fox

jon.fox@bigfoot.com

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Pixie is an image manager for KDE that can be used as a simple, quick viewer and editor for images, but it can also be used for managing large numbers of image "thumbnails".


Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
2.1. Starting Pixie
2.2. Drag and Drop
2.3. Command Line Options
2.3.1. Specify a File
2.3.2. Edit a file on the internet
2.3.3. Other Command Line Options
2.4. Key Bindings
3. The Toolbar and Menu Entries
3.1. The Viewer/Editor Toolbar
3.2. The File Menu
3.3. The Edit Menu: Basics
3.4. The Edit Menu: Advanced Editing
3.5. The Configure Menu
3.6. The Windows Menu
3.6.1. The Thumbnail Viewer
3.6.2. The Thumbnail Viewer Toolbar
3.6.3. The Thumbnail Options Menu
3.6.4. Using the Thumbnail Viewer
3.6.5. The Pixie HotList
3.6.6. The Image Color Editor
3.6.7. The Individual Color Editor
3.7. The Effects Menu
3.8. The Help Menu
4. Credits and Licence
A. Compilation and Installation
A.1. How to obtain Pixie
A.2. Requirements
A.3. Compilation and installation