irfanview as system default image viewer using 32-bit wine

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irfanview as system default image viewer using 32-bit wine

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The original thread from Murga-Linux Forum can be found at the following link, it is recommended reading
https://archive.is/FqyS2

Instructions on configuring irfanview 4.51 in 32-bit wine as default image handler in puppy linux.
This makes a one-click to open with irfanview from your linux file manager/viewer such as ROX, XFE, mmview, etc.

For 32-bit systems. I have not tried this with 64-bit wine or 64-bit puppy linux.

Download irfanview 4.51 from
https://www.irfanview.com/

Download the irfanview plugins from
https://www.fosshub.com/IrfanView.html
(permits looking at many types of files, pdf, txt, etc.)
Download the 32-bit windows installer.

Download the ghostscript gs922w32.exe from
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghos ... s/releases
(scroll down the page to see the version download)

Now that you have the software, let's go do it.
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First you should have a working 32-bit wine install
Wine places its files in /root/.wine/drive_c/

Install the gs922w32.exe (just click on it, wine will install just like windows)
Then install irfanview program (in my case iview451-setup.exe)
Last install the irfanview plugins (iview451_plugins_setup.exe)

Next to make irfanview the default image viewer.
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You need a modified /usr/local/bin/defaultimageviewer file.
I have supplied one at the end of this post.
The new defaultimageviewer file is a shell script and contains

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#!/bin/sh
FileName="z:"${1//\//\\}
wine "/root/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view32.exe" $FileName 
The line wine "/root/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view32.exe" $FileName
is just telling wine to open the i_view32.exe program and supplies the environmental variable"$FileName"
that represents the file clicked on.
If your path to the i_view32.exe file is different than "/root/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view32.exe"
adjust as necessary.

Make a backup of the original defaultimageviewer

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This method can be applied to any other files that irfanview can handle, such as .PDF , .PNG, .WEBM, etc.
If you can't find the appropriate "default" file in /usr/local/bin/ then look in /root/Choices/MIME-types/

Have fun!

The attached file is for using irfanview only. Other windows graphics programs can use this same method, for example ACDSee also works using this method.
Attachments
defaultimageviewer.tar.gz
Extract and place in /usr/local/bin/ directory
first make a backup of the existing defaultimageviewer file
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Re: irfanview as system default image viewer using 32-bit wine

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I tried this package some time ago and found it a great way to get a great Windows app installed and running without hassles. A great idea, and thanks for the extra links to plugins etc.

I also found that I could run other windows programs under the wine version provided, which was a bonus.

However, this all-in-one version seems to load and run significantly slower than using portable wine. I wonder if others have had this experience ?
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Geek3579 wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:15 am
However, this all-in-one version seems to load and run significantly slower than using portable wine. I wonder if others have had this experience ?
May depend on how much RAM you have. Remember wine installs to /root/.wine and /usr/lib which occupy RAM. You might want to try "externalizing" wine. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 91#1027791, Mike Walsh's pet makes doing that easier. http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 46#1033146 :thumbup2:

perdido. I hadn't thought of setting up any Windows program as a default. Nice idea. But, I wonder if the following would work as an alternative to editing a /usr/local/bin file: create a bash-script [say @ /root/my-applications/bin] spelling out the path and executable. Then use Menu>Setup>Default Chooser to select it. Might require that it be typed in.

I know that works if you create a pet which consists of such script, an icon and a desktop file. Don't see why the latter two would be necessary to Default Chooser.
There would be two advantages: Easy to switch back & bash-script can be a template for other window programs.
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