Index: xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/xbmc/XBMC/xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.21 ApplicationMessenger.cpp
--- xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.cpp	30 Nov 2004 21:34:09 -0000	1.21
+++ xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.cpp	3 Feb 2005 08:38:37 -0000
@@ -283,6 +283,32 @@
 	SendMessage(tMsg);
 }
 
+void CApplicationMessenger::PictureListShow(vector<string> filenames)
+{
+	CGUIWindowSlideShow *pSlideShow = (CGUIWindowSlideShow *)m_gWindowManager.GetWindow(WINDOW_SLIDESHOW);
+	if (!pSlideShow) return;
+
+	// stop playing file
+	if(g_application.IsPlayingVideo()) g_application.StopPlaying();
+
+	if (m_gWindowManager.GetActiveWindow() == WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_VIDEO)
+		m_gWindowManager.PreviousWindow();
+
+	g_application.ResetScreenSaver();
+	g_application.ResetScreenSaverWindow();
+
+	g_graphicsContext.Lock();
+	pSlideShow->Reset();
+	if (m_gWindowManager.GetActiveWindow() != WINDOW_SLIDESHOW)
+		m_gWindowManager.ActivateWindow(WINDOW_SLIDESHOW);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < filenames.size(); i++)
+		pSlideShow->Add(filenames[i]);
+	pSlideShow->Select(filenames[0]);
+	pSlideShow->StartSlideShow();
+	g_graphicsContext.Unlock();	
+}
+
 void CApplicationMessenger::Shutdown()
 {
 		ThreadMessage tMsg = {TMSG_SHUTDOWN};
Index: xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/xbmc/XBMC/xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.h,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 ApplicationMessenger.h
--- xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.h	8 Nov 2004 16:16:26 -0000	1.8
+++ xbmc/ApplicationMessenger.h	3 Feb 2005 07:24:40 -0000
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 	void	PlayListPlayerNext();
 	void	PlayListPlayerPrevious();
 	void	PictureShow(string filename);
+	void	PictureListShow(vector<string> filenames);
 	void	Shutdown();
 	void	Restart();
 	void	RebootToDashBoard();
Index: xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/xbmcmodule.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/xbmc/XBMC/xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/xbmcmodule.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.18 xbmcmodule.cpp
--- xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/xbmcmodule.cpp	2 Dec 2004 10:08:44 -0000	1.18
+++ xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/xbmcmodule.cpp	3 Feb 2005 08:29:59 -0000
@@ -250,6 +250,54 @@
 		return PyInt_FromLong((long)(cputemp + cpudec / 1000.0f));
 	}
 
+	PyDoc_STRVAR(showImage__doc__,
+		"showImage(filename) -- Display an image file.\n"
+		"\n"
+		"example:\n"
+		"  - showImage('e:\\images\\foo.jpg')\n");
+
+	PyObject* XBMC_ShowImage(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+	{
+		char *cLine;
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &cLine))	return NULL;
+		
+		g_applicationMessenger.PictureShow( cLine );
+
+		Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+		return Py_None;
+	}
+
+	PyDoc_STRVAR(showImageList__doc__,
+		"showImageList(filename) -- Display a series of image files.\n"
+		"\n"
+		"example:\n"
+		"  - showImageList(['e:\\images\\foo.jpg', 'e:\\images\\bar.jpg'])\n");
+
+	PyObject* XBMC_ShowImageList(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+	{
+		PyObject* ArgsList = NULL;
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &ArgsList)) return NULL;
+		
+		if (!PyList_Check(ArgsList)) return NULL;
+
+		vector<string> imagelist;	
+		for (int i = 0; i < PyList_Size(ArgsList); i++)
+		{		
+			PyObject* TmpStr = PyList_GetItem(ArgsList, i);
+			if (!PyString_Check(TmpStr))
+				return NULL;
+
+			string str = PyString_AsString(TmpStr);
+			CLog::Log(LOGDEBUG, str.c_str());
+			imagelist.push_back( str );
+		}
+  
+		g_applicationMessenger.PictureListShow( imagelist );
+
+		Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+		return Py_None;
+	}
+
 	// define c functions to be used in python here
 	PyMethodDef xbmcMethods[] = {
 		{"output", (PyCFunction)XBMC_Output, METH_VARARGS, output__doc__},
@@ -268,6 +316,9 @@
 		{"getFreeMem", (PyCFunction)XBMC_GetFreeMem, METH_VARARGS, getFreeMem__doc__},		
 		{"getCpuTemp", (PyCFunction)XBMC_GetCpuTemp, METH_VARARGS, getCpuTemp__doc__},
 
+		{"showImage", (PyCFunction)XBMC_ShowImage, METH_VARARGS, showImage__doc__},
+		{"showImageList", (PyCFunction)XBMC_ShowImageList, METH_VARARGS, showImageList__doc__},
+
 		{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
 	};