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+== Result list thumbnails and how to create them
+
+Recoll will display thumbnails for the results if the images exist in the
+standard location ('$HOME/.thumbnails' or '$HOME/.cache/thumbnails' depending
+on the xdg version).
+
+But it will not create thumbnails, mainly because it is very hard to do
+portably.
+
+Thumbnails are most commonly created when you visit a directory with your
+file manager, but visiting the whole file tree just to create thumbnails is
+a bit fastidious.
+
+One simple trick to create thumbnails from the recoll GUI is to visit the
+parent directory for a result by using the _Open parent document/folder_
+entry in the right-click menu.
+
+You can also find tools for the systematic creation of thumbnails for a
+directory tree. Three such tools are discussed on this
+link:http://askubuntu.com/questions/199110/how-can-i-instruct-nautilus-to-pre-generate-pdf-thumbnails[askubuntu.com discussion]
+
+Also please note that no thumbnails can currently be generated or displayed
+for embedded documents (attachments, archive members, etc.).