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Update documentation a bit: General, Image, Windows, Filtering, Editors and a part of Advanced (Image Overlay) options.

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  <p>This section describes the options presented under the General Tab of the preferences dialog.</p>

  <h2>Startup</h2>

  <dl class="dialog_desc">
  <dt>Change to folder</dt>
  <dd><p>Enabling this will cause Geeqie to initially open to the specified folder.</p></dd>

  <dt>Use Current</dt>
  <dd><p>Activate this button to change the setting to the current folder.</p></dd>
   </dl>
 
  <h2>Thumbnails</h2>

  <dl class="dialog_desc">
  <dt>Size</dt>

  <dt>Use shared thumbnail cache</dt>
  <dd><p>This will use a thumbnail caching method that is compatible with applications that use the standard thumbnail specification. When this option is enabled thumbnails will be stored in ($HOME)/.thumbnails</p></dd>

  <dt>Cache thumbnails into .thumbnails</dt>
  <dd><p>When enabled, Geeqie attempts to store cached thumbnails closer to the source image. This way multiple users can benefit from a single cache, thereby reducing wasted disk space. The resulting location is the source image's folder, in a sub folder with the name <b>.thumbnails</b>. When the image source folder cannot be written, Geeqie falls back to saving the thumbnail in the user's home folder.</p></dd>

  <dt>Use xvpics thumbnails when found</dt>
  <dd><p>xvpics is a common thumbnail caching format used by several applications. Thumbnails are stored locally to the source image in a sub folder with the name <b>.xvpics</b>. Enabling this option will allow Geeqie to read thumbnails saved in the xvpics format.</p>
  <p class="note"><span class="note_label">Note:</span> Support for xvpics is read only, Geeqie can not generate thumbnails in this format.</p></dd>
  </dl>

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  <p>This section describes the options presented under the General Tab of the preferences dialog.</p>

  <h2>Startup</h2>

  <dl class="dialog_desc">
  <dt>Restore folder on startup</dt>
  <dd><p>Enabling this will cause Geeqie to initially open to the specified folder.</p></dd>

  <dt>Use Current</dt>
  <dd><p>Activate this button to change the setting to the current folder.</p></dd>
  
  <dt>Use last path</dt>
  <dd><p>When checked, Geeqie will recall the last path used on startup.</p></dd>
  </dl>

 
  <h2>Thumbnails</h2>

  <dl class="dialog_desc">
  <dt>Size</dt>

  <dt>Use shared thumbnail cache</dt>
  <dd><p>This will use a thumbnail caching method that is compatible with applications that use the standard thumbnail specification. When this option is enabled thumbnails will be stored in ($HOME)/.thumbnails</p></dd>

  <dt>Cache thumbnails into .thumbnails</dt>
  <dd><p>When enabled, Geeqie attempts to store cached thumbnails closer to the source image. This way multiple users can benefit from a single cache, thereby reducing wasted disk space. The resulting location is the source image's folder, in a sub folder with the name <b>.thumbnails</b>. When the image source folder cannot be written, Geeqie falls back to saving the thumbnail in the user's home folder.</p></dd>

  <dt>Faster jpeg thumbnailing</dt>
  <dd><p>This will speed up thumbnails generation in some cases, but may reduce the quality</p></dd>

  <dt>Use EXIF thumbnails when available</dt>
  <dd><p>Geeqie will extract thumbnail from EXIF data if available instead of generating one. This will speed up thumbnails generation but EXIF thumbnail may be not in sync with the image if it was modified by a tool which didn't take care of the thumbnail data.</p></dd>

  <dt>Use xvpics thumbnails when found</dt>
  <dd><p>xvpics is a common thumbnail caching format used by several applications. Thumbnails are stored locally to the source image in a sub folder with the name <b>.xvpics</b>. Enabling this option will allow Geeqie to read thumbnails saved in the xvpics format.</p>
  <p class="note"><span class="note_label">Note:</span> Support for xvpics is read only, Geeqie can not generate thumbnails in this format.</p></dd>
  </dl>