<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Author" content="Ralf Hoffmann"> <title>User-defined Command</title> <link rel="contents" href="sidemap.html" title="Content"> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Index"> <link rel="index" href="index.html" title="Index"> <link rel="prev" href="function27.html" title=""> <link rel="next" href="function28-1.html" title=""> <link rel="chapter" href="introduction.html" title="Introduction"> <link rel="chapter" href="installation.html" title="Installation"> <link rel="chapter" href="config.html" title="Configuration"> <link rel="chapter" href="usage.html" title="Usage"> <link rel="chapter" href="function.html" title="Function overview"> <link rel="chapter" href="todo.html" title="TODO"> <link rel="chapter" href="changelog.html" title="ChangeLog"> <link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="style.css"> </head> <BODY ALINK="darkblue" BACKGROUND="../pics/winback.png" BGCOLOR="#8E8E8E" LINK="darkblue" TEXT="#000000" VLINK="darkblue"> <center> <h1> <b> <i>User-defined Command</i> </b> </h1></center><br><br> This is most powerful action in worker. You can use any external program in worker. <P> <u>Options:</u><BR><br> <center><IMG SRC="../pics/f10.png" ALT="User-defined Command" WIDTH="265" HEIGHT="198"></center><br><BR> <ol> <li><u>With apostrophe</u><br> The selected items will be used set in quotation marks. </li> <li><u>Separate each item</u><br> The defined command will be performed on every item separately. </li> <li><u>Recursive</u><br> The command will be performed on every file in the subdirectories. </li> <li><u>Start mode</u><br> <ul> <li>Normal mode<br> Usable for programs like picture viewers. If the program uses the textmode for requests you should not use this mode because there is no possibility to make inputs. </li> <li>Console mode<br> The program will be executed in a terminal so you can perform textinputs. </li> <li>Console mode with wait for any-key<br> As described above but you have to press return after execution. This lets you see the output. </li> <li>Display output<br> After the execution the program-output will be displayed. But you have to define an existing viewer because not every system contains 'xmessage', which I use by default. </li> </ul> </li> </ol> Write the command, with needed flags, in the textfield.<br> For example:<br> <center> xv {f}<br></center> displays the selected file with xv. But you do not have to fill in the flags by hand. Just place the cursor in the right position and click button <b><u>5.</u></b>. A requester appears where you can choose the correct flag. -> <A HREF="function28-1.html">Flags</A><BR><BR> The last textfield offers you the possibility to name a viewer for the output. The string has to contain %s, because the name of the outputfile will be filled in there. <center><HR> <a href="function.html"><b>Goto Function</b></a><br> <a href="config4-1.html"><b>Goto Edit Button</b></a><br> <a href="index.html"><b>Home</b></a></center> </body> </html>