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xfce:tumbler:start [2023/07/01 01:08] – Update Latest Release section kevinbowenxfce:tumbler:start [2025/03/31 10:37] (current) – [Debugging Support] drop pkg-config, file is not always present gael
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 ~~NOTOC~~ ~~NOTOC~~
-{{ :xfce:xfce.tumbler.png?no link|}}+{{ :xfce:tumbler.png?48nolink|}}
 ====== Tumbler - Thumbnail Service ====== ====== Tumbler - Thumbnail Service ======
  
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   * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**   * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**
   * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**   * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**
 +  * **[[https://developer.xfce.org/tumbler/index.html|tumbler API documentation (for developers)]]**
   * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**   * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**
  
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 thumbnail management D-Bus specification described on  thumbnail management D-Bus specification described on 
  
-[[https://wiki.gnome.org/DraftSpecs/ThumbnailerSpec]]+[[https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/DraftThumbnailerSpec]]
  
 written in an object-oriented fashion using GLib and GObject. Its written in an object-oriented fashion using GLib and GObject. Its
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 management D-Bus specification. management D-Bus specification.
  
-Tumbler is used by Thunar, Ristretto, Xfce.+Tumbler is used by [[:xfce:thunar:start:|Thunar]], [[:apps:ristretto:start|Ristretto]], and Xfce.
  
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   * **D-Bus/ systemd**   * **D-Bus/ systemd**
-     * create a file below ''~/.config/environment.d/'' and inside set XDG_CACHE_HOME. E.g:+     * Create a file below ''~/.config/environment.d/'' and inside set XDG_CACHE_HOME. E.g:
      * ''XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''      * ''XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''
  
   * **Other**   * **Other**
-     * Extend  $HOME/.profile, $HOME/.bash_rc or similar+     * Extend $HOME/.profile, $HOME/.bash_rc or similar
      * ''export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''      * ''export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.my_new_cache''
  
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   * [[https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html|XDG Base Directory Specification]]   * [[https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html|XDG Base Directory Specification]]
   * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html|Thumbnail Managing Standard]]   * [[https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html|Thumbnail Managing Standard]]
-  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/DraftSpecs/ThumbnailerSpec|Thumbnail Management D-Bus Specification]]+  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/DraftThumbnailerSpec|Thumbnail Management D-Bus Specification]]
   * [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/file-uri-spec/|File URI Specification]]   * [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/file-uri-spec/|File URI Specification]]
  
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 ===== Debugging Support ===== ===== Debugging Support =====
  
-As with all Xfce components, you can [[https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/building#building_the_packages|set debug support at compile time]], but this is more likely to be of interest to developers or package maintainers.+As with all Xfce components, you can [[:xfce:building#building_the_packages|set debug support at compile time]], but this is more likely to be of interest to developers or package maintainers.
  
 To get debug logs at runtime, starting with Tumbler 4.17.0 (first stable release 4.18.0), you can do the following: To get debug logs at runtime, starting with Tumbler 4.17.0 (first stable release 4.18.0), you can do the following:
  
   pkill tumblerd   pkill tumblerd
-  G_MESSAGES_PREFIXED= G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all $(pkg-config --variable=libdir tumbler-1)/tumbler-1/tumblerd+  G_MESSAGES_PREFIXED= G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all /usr/lib/tumbler-1/tumblerd 
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 +Note: depending on your distribution, you may need to adapt the prefix to ''/tumbler-1/tumblerd'' (e.g. probably ''/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'' on debian-based distros).
  
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