---
name: "bins-edit-gui"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bins"
version: "1.1.29-7"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bins-edit-gui"
---

# bins-edit-gui(1)

Set fields in XML picture description files for BINS (using a GNOME-based GUI)

## NAME

bins-edit-gui — Set fields in XML picture description files for BINS  (using a GNOME-based GUI)

## SYNOPSIS

**bins-edit-gui** \[*files* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **bins-edit-gui** command.

**bins-edit-gui** sets values in the XML  picture description files that [**bins**(1)](/bins/1.md) uses  to generate galleries.  It displays the image (scaled down to  fit the window) and allows you to fill in the predefined fields  (or add new ones.)  For command-line editing of the same data,  see [**bins\_edit**(1)](/bins_edit/1.md).

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- *file*

  *file* is the  filename of the image itself.

- **-v**

  - **--version**

  Displays program version.

- **-v**

  - **--version**

  Displays program version.

- **-h**

  - **--help**

  Displays command-line options.

- **--debug**

  Enables random developer debugging messages.

## COMMANDS

- C-n **Next file**

  Save current tags set (if any changes have been made)  and move on to the next image.

- M-Page Down **Forward 10**

  Save current tags set (if any changes have been made)  and skip forward by 10 files.

- C-p **Previous file**

  Save current tags set (if any changes have been made)  and move back to the previous image.

- M-Page Up **Back 10**

  Save current tags set (if any changes have been made)  and skip backwards by 10 files.

- M-Home **Start of List**

  Save current tags set (if any changes have been made)  and jump to the first file.

- M-End **End of List**

  Save current tags set (if any changes have been made)  and jump to the last file.

- M-a **Auto-fill**

  Fill in any blank fields with the values from the most  recently seen image.  Particularly useful for copying a  location or event across a set of images.

- **Revert**

  Reload tags from the XML file,  wiping unsaved changes.

- C-s **Save**

  Save changes, if any.

- F2 **Album**

  Edit the album this picture is in.  (Under  construction, but functional.)

- F3 **Open**

  Not yet implemented.  Should provide a file browser later.

- \> **Rotate Right**

  Rotate image to the Right (Clockwise.)  Actually sets  the **Orientation** tag with  **priority** 1 so that it overrides the  corresponding EXIF tag; it does not  modify the image file itself.

- **Cancel rotation**

  Cancels any current changes to the rotation tags  (effectively, this is a "revert" function for the  rotation, it doesn't to back to the original  EXIF tags in the  JPEG file.)

- \< **Rotate Left**

  Rotate image to the Left (Counter Clockwise.)  Actually sets  the **Orientation** tag with  **priority** 1 so that it overrides the  corresponding EXIF tag; it does not  modify the image file itself.

- C-q **Quit**

  Quit program, saving current changes (if any.)

- **About**

  Display About box.

- **License**

  Display License box.

## EXAMPLES

Edit all the images in a directory:

**bins-edit-gui $(find bins-picture-dir -name '\*.jpg')**

## SEE ALSO

bins (1), bins\_edit (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Mark W. Eichin eichin@thok.org.