Show

The Show internal command can be used to:

 

Command Arguments:

Argument

Type

Possible values

Description

(no argument)

-

-

Opens the standalone image viewer to display selected files.

Example: Show

FILE

 

<file>

Specifies the file to show. If you don't provide a filename on the command line, all selected files will be used. Remember to enclose the filename in quotes if the path contains any spaces.

Example: Show "C:\Pictures\Mum&Dad.jpg"

FULLSCREEN

/S

(no value)

Opens the image viewer in full screen mode.

Example: Show FULLSCREEN

LISTSIBLINGS

/S

(no value)

Automatically populates the "next / previous" list in the viewer with other files from the current folder. If this argument is not specified, only the selected files will be available in the viewer.

Note that the Generate Next/Previous list option on the Viewer / Standalone Viewer page in Preferences has the same effect as this argument, when the viewer is opened by double-clicking on an image file.

Example: Show FULLSCREEN LISTSIBLINGS

NOUSEEXISTING

/S

(no value)

Prevents the re-use of an existing viewer window - a new window will always be opened. This overrides the Recycle viewer window option on the Viewer / Standalone Viewer page in Preferences.

Example: Show NOUSEEXISTING

PLUGIN

/K

<plugin name>

Forces the use of the specified plugin to display the files. Without this, Opus will automatically determine the best plugin to use (or, for a format that can be handled internally, no plugin will be used).

The <plugin name> can be the either the name of the plugin DLL (including the .dll extension) or the "pretty name" of the plugin. Note that this command can't force a plugin to view a file it can't handle.

This argument is also used in conjunction with PLUGINDISABLE to enable or disable the specified plugin.

Example: Show PLUGIN "Animated GIF"

PLUGINABOUT

/K

<plugin name>

Displays the About dialog for the specified plugin. The <plugin name> can be the either the name of the plugin DLL (including the .dll extension) or the "pretty name" of the plugin.

Example: Show PLUGINABOUT text.dll

PLUGINCONFIG

/K

<plugin name>

Displays the configuration dialog for the specified plugin (if it has one).

Example: Show PLUGINCONFIG dcrawrap.dll

PLUGINDISABLE

/O

(no value)

Toggles the enable state of the specified plugin. If the plugin is currently enabled it will be disabled, and vice versa. The plugin must be specified using the PLUGIN argument.

Example: Show PLUGINDISABLE PLUGIN gifanim.dll

 

 

enable

Enables the plugin specified with the PLUGIN argument.

Example: Show PLUGINDISABLE=enable PLUGIN text.dll

 

 

disable

Disables the plugin specified with the PLUGIN argument.

Example: Show PLUGIN audiotags.dll PLUGINDISABLE disable

PLUGINLIST

/S

(no value)

Displays a dynamic list of your installed viewer plugins (acts as a dynamic button). The generated list contains a sub-menu for each viewer plugin, with commands to enable/disable, configure and show information about the plugin.

Example: Show PLUGINLIST

PLUGINMANAGER

/S

(no value)

Displays the Viewer / Viewer Plugins page in Preferences, which lets you see and manage your installed viewer plugins.

Example: Show PLUGINMANAGER

SLIDESHOW

/S

(no value)

Initiates a slideshow of images. If any files are currently selected in the source file display, only those images will be shown in the slideshow - otherwise, all image files in the current folder will be displayed. Use with the LISTSIBLINGS argument to always include all files in the folder, irrespective of how many are currently selected.

You can adjust the speed of the slideshow, and choose whether the order should be linear or random, from the Viewer / Slideshow page in Preferences.

Example: Show SLIDESHOW LISTSIBLINGS FULLSCREEN

THUMBNAILSIZE

/K

<size>

Sets the size of thumbnails in the active Lister to the specified size in pixels. This overrides the global thumbnail size set in the File Display Modes / Thumbnails page in Preferences.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE 192

 

 

<width>,<height>

Sets the width and height of thumbnails separately. This lets you have non-square thumbnail sizes if desired.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE 92,64

 

 

<change>

Adjusts the size of thumbnails in the active Lister by the specified delta value. You must specify either a leading + or - to make this a relative size change.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE +32

 

 

<change w>,<change h>

Adjusts both the width and height of thumbnails by the specified deltas.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE +16,+24

 

 

left

Applies the size change to only the left (or top) file display in a dual-display Lister.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE left,128

 

 

right

Applies the size change to only the right (or bottom) file display.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE +64,right

 

 

source

Applies the size change to only the source file display.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE source,64,80

 

 

dest

Applies the size change to only the destination file display.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE dest,256

 

 

both

Applies the size change to both file displays in a dual-display Lister. This is the default behaviour.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE both,+32

 

 

reset

Resets the thumbnail size to the value set in Preferences.

Example: Show THUMBNAILSIZE both,reset

USEEXISTING

/S

(no value)

Forces the re-use of an existing viewer window - a new window will never be opened if there is an existing viewer currently open. This overrides the Recycle viewer window option on the Viewer / Standalone Viewer page in Preferences.

Example: Show USEEXISTING

VIEWPANECMD

/K

<command>

Sends commands to the viewer pane (if it's open) that are the equivalent of clicking the buttons in the viewer pane's toolbar. For example, you may want to assign these commands to a hotkey so you can trigger actions in the viewer pane from the keyboard. 

The available commands are: prev (previous file), next (next file), rotateleft, rotateright, zoomfit, zoomgrow, zoomin, zoomout, zoomreset.

Example: Show VIEWPANECMD=zoomin