Ubuntu: Open images using IrfanView

	#!/usr/bin/python3
	#
	# Put the file, for example in: /home/marcin/bin/startirfan.py
	# and mark it as executable: chmod +x /home/marcin/bin/startirfan.py
	#
	# Make IrfanViewMine.desktop in /home/marcin/.local/share/applications that contains:
	#
	# [Desktop Entry]
	# Encoding=UTF-8
	# Name=MineIrfanView348
	# Comment=IrfanView 3.48
	# Exec=/home/marcin/bin/startirfan.py %u
	# Terminal=false
	# Type=Application
	# Icon=B68D_i_view32.0
	# Categories=Application;Utility;ImageEditor;
	# StartupNotify=true
	# MimeType=text/plain;
	# NoDisplay=true
	import getpass
	import os
	import sys
	current_user = getpass.getuser();
	wine_prefix = 'env WINEPREFIX="/home/{}/.wine" '.format(current_user)
	wine_cmd = wine_prefix + 'wine "C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.exe" '
	if len(sys.argv) == 2:
	img_file = sys.argv[1]
	img_file = "Z:\\" + img_file.replace('/', '\\')
	wine_cmd += '"'+img_file+'"'
	print(wine_cmd)
	os.system(wine_cmd)

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To start gimp from IfranView:

	#!/usr/bin/python3
	#
	# add this, for example, /home/marcin/bin/startgimp.py
	# to IfranViews Miscellaneus Properties/Settings
	#
	import os
	import sys
	gimp_cmd = '/usr/bin/gimp-2.8 '
	if len(sys.argv) == 2:
	img_file = sys.argv[1]
	img_file = img_file.replace('\\', '/')
	img_file = img_file.replace('Z:', '')
	gimp_cmd += '"'+img_file+'"'
	#with open('/home/marcin/Desktop/test.txt', 'w') as f:
	# f.write(img_file)
	#print(gimp_cmd )
	os.system(gimp_cmd )

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