Open external tool with set of filenames

[Maik Qualmann]

What platform do you use digiKam on?

Normally digiKam starts the programs in the "Open with..." menu controlled by 
the corresponding *.desktop file. There is a parameter for how files are passed 
to the executable file, e.g. %u, %U, %f or %F. The case determines whether the 
files are passed as a list or whether new instances are started. Lowercase 
means new instances.

Maik

Am Sonntag, 29. September 2024, 02:46:53 MESZ schrieb Donald Hobern:
> I'd like to be able to execute Zerene Stacker (image stacking software, ZS)
> using a set of input images selected from an album in Thumbnails view. ZS
> accepts multiple filenames from the command line and uses them to create a
> new image stacking project.
> 
> If I select multiple thumbnails, right click and use Open With to launch
> ZS, each image is opened in a separate instance of ZS.
> 
> Is there an established way to pass a set of image filenames from Digikam
> as part of the command line for an external tool?
> 
> Thanks for any pointers.
> 
> Donald