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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:23:46 +0100
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pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> writes:
> I've got a pile of scanned family slides in various directories.
>
> They need to be further subdivided and catagorized so here's my scenario:
>
> 1: I have directory 'A' full of jpgs.
>
> 2: I make a few (3-5) suitable sub-directories in that directory.
>   (eg: "pets" "cars" "ski_trip" etcetera)
>
> 3: Is there a program that will display a thumbnail of a jpg (or any size, I
> guess) and list the subdirectories somewhere on the screen, 
> 1 - pets
> 2 - cars
> 3 - ski trip

That seems like it could be done easily in an ordinary GUI file
manager. Make the preview size big enough that you can easily see what’s
in each picture, and drag images to the appropriate subdirectory.

Photo management applications usually have tagging systems of some sort,
but I don’t have any specific recommendations that run under Linux.

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