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+pagetitle: User manual - ldgallery
+title: LDGALLERY(1) ldgallery user manual
+author: Pacien TRAN-GIRARD, Guillaume FOUET
+date: 2020-02-15 (v0.1.0.0-SNAPSHOT)
+---
+
+
+# NAME
+
+ldgallery - a static web gallery generator with tags
+
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+ldgallery is a static gallery generator which turns a collection of tagged pictures into a searchable web gallery.
+
+The ldgallery compiler program processes pictures and aggregates metadata from plain text sidecar files to generate an indexed version of the gallery.  It can optionally output a static web viewer along, which allows the content to be presented and searched through from a JavaScript-enabled web browser.  This client-side web application does not require any special software on the server's side.
+
+
+# COMMAND
+
+ldgallery [\--input-dir _./_] [\--output-dir _./out_] [\--with-viewer]
+
+Available options are:
+
+-i, \--input-dir _DIR_
+: Gallery source directory.
+  Defaults to the current directory.
+
+-o, \--output-dir _DIR_
+: Generated gallery output path.
+  Must be distinct from the source directory.
+  Defaults to ./out.
+
+-g, \--gallery-config _FILE_
+: Gallery configuration file.
+  Defaults to $input-dir/gallery.yaml.
+
+-r, \--rebuild-all
+: Invalidate cache and recompile everything.
+
+-c, \--clean-output
+: Remove unnecessary files from the output directory.
+
+-w, \--with-viewer
+: Include the static web viewer in the output.
+
+-h, \--help
+: Display help message.
+
+\--version
+: Print version information.
+
+\--numeric-version
+: Print just the version number.
+
+
+# INPUT GALLERY STRUCTURE
+
+A gallery source directory contains the gallery items and their sidecar metadata files, optionally grouped inside sub-directories.
+
+Directory thumbnails can be set by placing a picture file named "_directory", with any image file extension, inside of directories.
+
+An example input gallery directory structure could be as follows:
+
+```
+./example-gallery
+├── DSC0001.jpg --------- a picture
+├── DSC0001.jpg.yaml ---- its associated sidecar metadata file
+├── Some directory ------ a directory grouping gallery items
+│   ├── _directory.jpg -- a thumbnail for its parent directory
+│   ├── _directory.yaml - directory sidecar metadata file
+│   ├── DSC0002.jpg
+│   ├── DSC0002.jpg.yaml
+│   ├── DSC0003.jpg
+│   └── DSC0003.jpg.yaml
+└── gallery.yaml -------- gallery settings file
+```
+
+
+# METADATA SIDECAR
+
+File metadata are read from sidecar files of the same name, with the ".yaml" extension appended.
+Metadata contained within item files themselves (e.g. Exif fields for pictures) are ignored.
+
+Directory metadata are read from sidecar files named "_directory.yaml" located within the directory.
+
+When a sidecar file is absent or a particular key omitted, values are set as empty or to their fallback value specified below.
+
+title
+: Title of the item.
+  Defaults to the name of the file or directory.
+
+datetime
+: ISO 8601 zoned date and time.
+  Defaults to the last modification time of the file itself,
+  or the most recent modification date of a directory's items.
+
+description
+: Description for the item.
+
+tags
+: List of tags for the item.
+  Tag groups can be defined using prefixes separated by "." (dot).
+  Tags specified in a directory metadata sidecar are applied to all items within that directory.
+
+
+# GALLERY CONFIGURATION
+
+The gallery settings reside in a file named "gallery.yaml" located at the root of the gallery's source directory.
+
+includedDirectories[]
+: Glob patterns of directory names to include in the gallery.  Defaults to ["*"] (matches all directory names).
+
+excludedDirectories[]
+: Glob patterns of directory names to exclude from the gallery.  Defaults to [] (none).
+
+includedFiles[]
+: Glob patterns of file names to include in the gallery.  Defaults to ["*"] (matches all file names).
+
+excludedFiles[]
+: Glob patterns of file names to exclude from the gallery.  Defaults to [] (none).
+
+tagsFromDirectories.fromParents
+: Automatically generate tags from the name of parent directories,
+  looking up in the hierarchy as far as indicated by this parameter.
+  Defaults to 0 (do not generate tags from parent directories).
+
+tagsFromDirectories.prefix
+: Prefix to use for tags automatically generated from the parent directories' names.
+
+thumbnailMaxResolution.width
+: Maximum width in pixels of the item thumbnails, 400 by default.
+
+thumbnailMaxResolution.height
+: Maximum height in pixels of the item thumbnails, 300 by default.
+
+pictureMaxResolution.width
+: Maximum width in pixels of the picture items, unlimited by default.
+
+pictureMaxResolution.height
+: Maximum height in pixels of the picture items, unlimited by default.
+
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+The ldgallery source code is available on <https://ldgallery.pacien.org>.
+
+Copyright (C) 2019-2020  Pacien TRAN-GIRARD and Guillaume FOUET.
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html>.