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< h1 id = "firstHeading" class = "firstHeading" > < span > App/Basics/Files< / span > < / h1 >
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< div id = "siteSub" > From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application< / div >
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XOWA can display images for a page by either downloading them directly from the Wikimedia servers or retrieving them from XOWA image databases
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< a href = "#Images" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 2< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Images< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#Left-click" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 2.1< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Left-click< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#Right-click" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 2.2< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Right-click< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#.5B.5BFile.5D.5D_page" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 3< / span > < span class = "toctext" > [[File]] page< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#ImageMagick_and_Inkscape" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 5< / span > < span class = "toctext" > ImageMagick and Inkscape< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#File_databases:_v1.2C_v2a_and_v2b" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 6< / span > < span class = "toctext" > File databases: v1, v2a and v2b< / span > < / a >
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Overview" > Overview< / span >
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XOWA displays images for a page by using images from one of two sources: Wikimedia servers or XOWA image databases.
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The process is as follows (assuming simple.wikipedia.org):
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XOWA sees a [[File]] link on a page.
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If image dbs are available, XOWA checks them to see if the image exists. To download an image db, see < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" id = "xolnki_2" title = "Dashboard/Image databases" > Dashboard/Image_databases< / a >
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If image dbs are not available, or if the image is not in the image dbs, XOWA checks the Wikimedia servers
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If an image is found, XOWA downloads a temporary version of the file to < code > C:\xowa\file\simple.wikipedia.org\...< / code >
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As of v2.5.4.1, XOWA also saves Wikimedia files to < code > C:\xowa\wiki\simple.wikipedia.org\simple.wikipedia.org-file-user.xowa< / code > . This ensures that the file is still available even if the temporary version is deleted. Note that the cache on < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Files.html" id = "xolnki_3" title = "Options/Files" > Options/Files< / a > will periodically delete temporary versions
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The HTML is updated to use the temporary version of the file.
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Images" > Images< / span >
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An image on a page can either be left-clicked or right-clicked
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Left-click" > Left-click< / span >
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If left-clicked, XOWA will open up a [[File]] page for the link
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If you have the disk space (20 GB), you should download commons.wikimedia.org. This will allow XOWA to generate an accurate version of the [[File]] page just like the online version. Note that most files reside in commons.wikimedia.org.
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As of v2.5.4.1, XOWA still opens up a [[File]] page even if commons.wikimedia.org is not available. This allows the user to download a larger resolution of the file, or to download the original
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Right-click" > Right-click< / span >
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If right-clicked, XOWA offers a "Save File As" to allow the user to save the file to another location.
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Note that you can also click "View HTML" and get the file location directly from the HTML (in the appropriate < img> 's src value)
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = ".5B.5BFile.5D.5D_page" > [[File]] page< / span >
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The [[File]] page offers three functions:
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Shows a larger view of the image (something closest to 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels high)
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Download the original file by either clicking on the file, or by clicking "Original resolution"
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Shows more metadata on the file. Note that commons.wikimedia.org must be set up.
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The cache periodically goes through the temporary files and deletes them once they reach a certain threshold (currently 100 MB).
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You can configure the cache at < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Files.html" id = "xolnki_4" title = "Options/Files" > Options/Files< / a >
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You can view the cache in < code > C:\xowa\user\xowa.user.anonymous.sqlite3< / code > . The table name is < code > file_cache< / code >
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "ImageMagick_and_Inkscape" > ImageMagick and Inkscape< / span >
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As of v2.5.4 ImageMagick and Inkscape are no longer needed for online image downloads.
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ImageMagick and Inkscape are still used for some functions, such as building image databases. If you want to setup these programs, see the following links:
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< a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/File/Setup/Windows.html" id = "xolnki_5" title = "Dev/File/Setup/Windows" > Set up images (Windows)< / a >
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< a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/File/Setup/Linux.html" id = "xolnki_6" title = "Dev/File/Setup/Linux" > Set up images (Linux)< / a >
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< a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/File/Setup/Mac_OS_X.html" id = "xolnki_7" title = "Dev/File/Setup/Mac OS X" > Set up images (Mac OS X)< / a >
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "File_databases:_v1.2C_v2a_and_v2b" > File databases: v1, v2a and v2b< / span >
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XOWA has 3 different types of database sets for English Wikipedia. These are named v1, v2a and v2b. All 3 sets work with the latest version of XOWA, but they have notable differences. See the table below for details.
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Currently, v2b is the recommended set. These files were uploaded in 2015-07 and are the current listed files at < a href = "https://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_latest" rel = "nofollow" class = "external free" > https://archive.org/details/Xowa_enwiki_latest< / a > . v2b is the only set that will work on Android.
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If you downloaded an image set before 2015-07, I strongly recommend that you download v2b. I'll continue to release monthly updates for v1 and v2a for a year or so, but they are obsolete.
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Release date
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File extension
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v1
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2013-11 and 2014-07
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1 GB
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C:\xowa\file\en.wikipedia.org
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No
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v2a
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2015-04
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.xowa
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3 GB
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v2b
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2015-06
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.xowa
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1.5 GB
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Yes
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