description | GNOME thumbnailer for Blorb files |
homepage URL | http://lg.vblank.net/blorb/ |
owner | 8uuuuu@gmail.com |
last change | Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:23:34 +0000 (22 17:23 -0400) |
URL | git://repo.or.cz/blorb-thumbnailer.git |
https://repo.or.cz/blorb-thumbnailer.git | |
push URL | ssh://repo.or.cz/blorb-thumbnailer.git |
https://repo.or.cz/blorb-thumbnailer.git (learn more) | |
bundle info | blorb-thumbnailer.git downloadable bundles |
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"Blorb" is a nonsense word from a popular early 1980s work of IF called Enchanter where it was the name of a magic spell whose purpose was to "safely protect a small object as though in a strong box." In the late 1990s, the name was borrowed for a standard format for what might be called the wrapping and packaging of IF. A typical Blorb archive produced by Inform contains the "story file" -- the actual program for the game -- together with its library card and cover art.
-- Graham Nelson in Writing with Inform
This program uses that cover art to generate thumbnail previews for GNOME's file manager. It works with Nautilus (in GNOME 2 and GNOME 3) and Unity (in Ubuntu 10.10+).
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