Re: Thumbnailers images always have a frame

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 09:08 +1200, Jason Taylor wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I've been working on a thumbnailer which will show a differnt
> thumbnail for a mimetype by extracting the icon from the source file.
> 
> This works well, but the resulting image that is displayed in Nautilus
> always has a frame around it. 
> 
> Is there a way to 
>       * Prevent the frame from being drawn for a specified mimetype
>       * Avoid triggering the frame by using a specific image
>         format/size ?
> If there is not could there possibly in the future be a way to supress
> the frame? 
> 
> ie an additional key 
> /schemas/desktop/gnome/thumbnailers/xxxxx xxxxxxxxx/suppress-frame
> 
> Thanks for any help

If you generate a thumbnail with an alpha channel you should avoid
getting a frame.

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