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MangaViewer - an opensource, standalone, python manga reader
Sosseres:
Question, if I have the viewer on c: how do I view something on e:?
Kyrdua:
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* Reading within archives
* Navigating within archives
* CBR/CBZ/ZIP/7Z/RAR Support
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Yep, I was hoping to add this feature soon.
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nice.
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--- Quote from: Kyrdua on November 06, 2011, 04:29:10 PM ---
* Display options
* Resampling Algorithms
* Image Scale Options
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If you check the Readme, there are already these settings (but you have to edit the settings file). If you want a gui to change the settings, that's coming xD, but as for more resizing or scaling methods: I'm open to any suggestions.
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err. i haven't checked it yet. ;D
as for scaling suggestions. the one's That will get most usage would probably be.
* Original image dimensions
* Scale to Window Width
* Scale to Window Height
* Manual Scale
And I forgot, background customization is good too. checkered background is nice ;D but color change would probably suffice.
as for the gui. seeing as it's python it's probably easy enough to configure. a well written html help file explaining what each algorithm does would be enough.
--- Quote from: kiiller_man1 on November 06, 2011, 04:55:18 PM ---
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* Drag n Drop support
* Wide selection of file sorting options
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Sounds good :). Just wondering what other ways to sort the files you would like though, perhaps by date?
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yeah.
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* File Saving/Move/Extraction
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Not exactly sure what would need saving, perhaps a list of what has been read already, or do you mean something else here?
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I mean something else. It's to extract/move/save the page you are reading to a separate folder.
--- Quote from: kiiller_man1 on November 06, 2011, 04:55:18 PM ---Chapter Detection: This is a feature I do want to have, and plan of having. The only problem I have is that some scanlators enclude a whole volume in on folder, and so if you have folders where some are chapters, and some are volumes, there are probably going to be errors sometimes due to different naming schemes, etc in trying to figure out, volume (if any), manga name, and chapter.
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Yeah, I kinda had that in mind when i said that. now that i think of it. it's implausible... 三 (lll´ⅴ｀)
Actually scratch that. even if you could spend some time perfecting it, it would be useless as most
groups just opt in putting all the pages in and not bother numbering them by chapters.
--- Quote from: kiiller_man1 on November 06, 2011, 04:55:18 PM ---Thumbnail view and tabbed reading makes sense, though I'm not sure what kind of thumnail view: "Zooming out", where you view a thumbnail of each image after already selecting the folder and can select which you want to start with?
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yeah, that. also the regular folder thumbnails like in windows explorer.
--- Quote from: kiiller_man1 on November 06, 2011, 04:55:18 PM ---Tree View: Do you mean, like tree view folder selection?
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if you mean like the one in explorer. yes.
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--- Quote from: Kyrdua on November 06, 2011, 04:29:10 PM ---Yeah, demanding, I know. But hey, one can dream of all those feature being in one program.
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Not at all :D, and I will try to create that program.
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cool. ;D
I'll download the proggie now and try it out and see if i can give more suggestions.
kiiller_man1:
--- Quote from: Sosseres on November 06, 2011, 05:27:33 PM ---Question, if I have the viewer on c: how do I view something on e:?
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Currently the only way is to edit the settings.json file, and change the path to the new drive (Make sure you change every \ to a \\, read the readme for a further explanation of the settings file: https://github.com/msm595/MangaViewer, at the bottom)
Kyrdua:
Hmm. lack of mouse navigation aside. It's controls are pretty simple.
and oh. thought of a few more suggestions
* lancoz filter for resampling
* smooth scrolling
* boss key (lol)
AnimeJanai:
Before you go further on a standalone project, consider making your viewer as a PLUGIN for existing popular software. For example, you could make it as a plugin for Irfanview. That way, your manga viewing interface as well as manga viewing functions can re-use Irfanview's existing software routines for saving images in different formats, creating slideshows, batch renaming, batch conversion, manipulating images and palettes, etcetera. Another advantage is that other software tools have existing name recognition and thus you have a much better chance to get your tool into use by many people.
Your other alternative is to look at the various software tools already existing for databases either online or in the PC and have your tool interface to them. That way, you will have added image matching, sorting, and searching for other titles that have similar images. If your doujin/manga viewer is compatible with the Mugimugi doujinshi database, that would be exceptionally useful to many doujin collectors.
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