If image dbs are available, XOWA checks them to see if the image exists. To download an image db, see <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html"id="xolnki_2"title="Dashboard/Image databases"class="xowa-visited">Dashboard/Image_databases</a>
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 <ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Files.html"id="xolnki_3"title="Options/Files">Options/Files</a> will periodically delete temporary versions
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
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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<spanclass="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:
<ahref="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/File/Setup/Windows.html"id="xolnki_5"title="Dev/File/Setup/Windows"class="xowa-visited">Set up images (Windows)</a>
<ahref="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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<spanclass="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 <ahref="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.
<li><ahref="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html"title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
<li><ahref="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa"title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
<li><ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org"title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
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