preferred_image_tools

Name

preferred_image_tools -- direct makethumbs to a specific image tool

Synopsis

     preferred_image_tools=netpbm
  

Description

makethumbs can use either ImageMagick or netpbm to do its image processing. It detects the presence of either of these toolsets at run-time. If your system has both of them, and you'd prefer that makethumbs use one of them in particular, use this setting.

This is a nasty little hack variable. Some systems have really, really old netpbm and ImageMagick versions installed, and makethumbs can't always parse these old versions' odd output styles. It makes me happiest if people report these problems to me so I can add support for them, but as a quick hack, you can tell makethumbs to disregard the tool it can't understand.

Examples

     preferred_image_tools=imagemagick