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  6.     <title>5.4.¬† Open Location</title>
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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">5.4.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Open Location</span>
  23.   </th>
  24.         </tr>
  25.         <tr>
  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-file-open.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">5.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">File</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
  29.   </th>
  30.           <td width="20%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-file-open-recent.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  37.         <div>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-file-open-location"></a>5.4.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Open Location</span>
  41.   </h3>
  42.           </div>
  43.           <div>
  44.             <div class="revhistory">
  45.               <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history">
  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2419 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-07-27</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">scb</td>
  55.                 </tr>
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  61.       <a id="id2679541" class="indexterm"></a>
  62.       <a id="id2679559" class="indexterm"></a>
  63.       <p>
  64.     The <span class="guimenuitem">Open Location</span> dialog lets you load an
  65.     image from a network location, specified by a URI, in any of the formats
  66.     that <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym> supports.
  67.   </p>
  68.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  69.         <div class="titlepage">
  70.           <div>
  71.             <div>
  72.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2679585"></a>5.4.1.¬†
  73.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate Command</span>
  74.     </h4>
  75.             </div>
  76.           </div>
  77.         </div>
  78.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  79.           <ul type="disc">
  80.             <li>
  81.               <p>
  82.           You can access to this command from the Toolbox menubar or the
  83.           image menubar through
  84.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">F</span>ile</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Open <span class="accel">L</span>ocation‚Ķ</span>.
  85.         </p>
  86.             </li>
  87.           </ul>
  88.         </div>
  89.       </div>
  90.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  91.         <div class="titlepage">
  92.           <div>
  93.             <div>
  94.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2679635"></a>5.4.2.¬†
  95.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Description of the dialog window</span>
  96.     </h4>
  97.             </div>
  98.           </div>
  99.         </div>
  100.         <div class="figure">
  101.           <a id="id2679649"></a>
  102.           <p class="title">
  103.             <b>Figure¬†15.29.¬†
  104.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  105.           The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Open Location</span>‚Äù dialog window
  106.         </span>
  107.       </b>
  108.           </p>
  109.           <div class="figure-contents">
  110.             <div class="mediaobject">
  111.               <img src="../images/dialogs/menus-file-open-location.png" alt="The Open Location dialog window" />
  112.             </div>
  113.           </div>
  114.         </div>
  115.         <br class="figure-break" />
  116.         <p>The most typical schemes to open images with are:</p>
  117.         <div class="variablelist">
  118.           <dl>
  119.             <dt>
  120.               <span class="term">file://</span>
  121.             </dt>
  122.             <dd>
  123.               <p>to open an image from a local drive</p>
  124.               <p>
  125.             You can omit the ‚Äú<span class="quote">file://</span>‚Äù prefix and open images
  126.             simply by putting an absolute or relative path and filename in
  127.             here.
  128.           </p>
  129.               <p>
  130.             The default base directory for relative paths depends on your
  131.             operating system. It is typically
  132.             <code class="filename">/home/<username>/</code> on Linux,
  133.             <code class="filename">
  134.               C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My
  135.               Images\
  136.             </code> on Windows and
  137.             <code class="filename">/Users/<username>/</code> on Mac OS X.
  138.           </p>
  139.             </dd>
  140.             <dt>
  141.               <span class="term">ftp://</span>
  142.             </dt>
  143.             <dd>
  144.               <p>to open an image from a ftp server</p>
  145.             </dd>
  146.             <dt>
  147.               <span class="term">http://</span>
  148.             </dt>
  149.             <dd>
  150.               <p>to load an image from a website</p>
  151.               <div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
  152.                 <table border="0" summary="Tip">
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  154.                     <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25">
  155.                       <img alt="[Tip]" src="../images/tip.png" />
  156.                     </td>
  157.                     <th align="left">Tip</th>
  158.                   </tr>
  159.                   <tr>
  160.                     <td align="left" valign="top">
  161.                       <p>
  162.               When you are visiting an Internet site, you can right-click on
  163.               an image and choose ‚Äú<span class="quote">Copy link address</span>‚Äù
  164.               in the drop-down menu. Then paste it in the
  165.               ‚Äú<span class="quote">Open Location</span>‚Äù dialog to open it in GIMP.
  166.             </p>
  167.                       <p>
  168.               Even if this command makes it very easy to grab images from
  169.               websites:
  170.               <span class="emphasis"><em>
  171.                 Please respect the copyright! Images, even if published on the
  172.                 Internet are not always free to be used for you.
  173.               </em></span>
  174.             </p>
  175.                     </td>
  176.                   </tr>
  177.                 </table>
  178.               </div>
  179.             </dd>
  180.           </dl>
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  182.       </div>
  183.     </div>
  184.     <div class="navfooter">
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  188.           <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-file-open.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  189.           <td width="20%" align="center">
  190.             <a accesskey="u" href="gimp-image-window-menus-file.html">
  191.               <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" />
  192.             </a>
  193.           </td>
  194.           <td width="40%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-file-open-recent.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
  195.         </tr>
  196.         <tr>
  197.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-file-open.html">5.3.¬†
  198.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Open</span>
  199.   </a>¬†</td>
  200.           <td width="20%" align="center">
  201.             <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">
  202.               <img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home" />
  203.             </a>
  204.           </td>
  205.           <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="gimp-file-open-recent.html">5.5.¬†
  206.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Open Recent</span>
  207.   </a></td>
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