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31 <H1>10.1 General Options</H1> 31 <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="gq-general-3">
32 <P>This section describes the options presented under the General Tab 32 <col width="85*" />
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36 <P><U>Startup</U></P> 36 <thead>
37 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Change to folder</B>: Enabling this 37 <tr valign="top">
38 will cause Geeqie to initially open to the specified folder.</P> 38 <td width="33%">
39 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Use Current</B>: Activate this 39 <p><a href="10_options.html">Previous</a>
40 button to change the setting to the current folder.</P> 40 </p>
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44 <P> 44 <p class="gq-general-1">General - Options Explained</p>
45 <U>Thumbnails</U></P> 45 </td>
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48 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"><B>Size</B>: 48 <p class="gq-general-2"><a href="10_2_image.html">Next</a>
49 Selects the size of the thumbnails displayed throughout Geeqie, 49 </p>
50 dimensions are width by height in pixels.</DD><DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 50 </td>
51 <B>Quality</B>: Selects the method to use when scaling an image 51 </tr>
52 down for thumbnails.</DD></DL> 52 </thead>
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55 <B>Nearest</B>: Fastest scaler, but results in poor thumbnail 55
56 quality.<BR><B>Tiles</B>: Thumbnail results are very close to 56 <hr />
57 bilinear, with better speed.<BR><B>Bilinear</B>: High quality 57
58 results, moderately fast.<BR><B>Hyper</B>: Slowest scaler, sometimes 58 <h1>10.1 General Options</h1>
59 gives better results than bilinear.</P> 59
60 <DL> 60 <p>This section describes the options presented under the General Tab of the preferences dialog.</p>
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62 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in"><B>Cache thumbnails</B>: Enable 62 <p><br />
63 this to save thumbnails to disk, subsequent requests for a 63 <br />
64 thumbnail will be faster. Thumbnails are cached into 64 </p>
65 ($HOME)/.geeqie/thumbnails. Refer to <A HREF="11_3_thumbnails.html">11.3 65
66 thumbnails</A> for details.</DD><DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in"> 66 <p><u>Startup</u>
67 <B>Use shared thumbnail cache:</B> This will use a thumbnail 67 </p>
68 caching method that is compatible with applications that use the 68
69 standard thumbnail specification. When this option is enabled 69 <p class="gq-general-5"><b>Change to folder</b>: Enabling this will cause Geeqie to initially open to the specified folder.</p>
70 thumbnails will be stored in ($HOME)/.thumbnails</DD><DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in"> 70
71 <B>Cache thumbnails into .thumbnails</B>: When enabled, Geeqie 71 <p class="gq-general-5"><b>Use Current</b>: Activate this button to change the setting to the current folder.</p>
72 attempts to store cached thumbnails closer to the source image. 72
73 This way multiple users can benefit from a single cache, thereby 73 <dl>
74 reducing wasted disk space. The resulting location is the source 74 <dd class="gq-general-6"><br />
75 image's folder, in a sub folder with the name <B>.thumbnails</B>. 75 <br />
76 When the image source folder cannot be written, Geeqie falls back 76 </dd>
77 to saving the thumbnail in the user's home folder.</DD><DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 77 </dl>
78 <B>Use xvpics thumbnails when found</B>: xvpics is a common 78
79 thumbnail caching format used by several applications. Thumbnails 79 <p><u>Thumbnails</u>
80 are stored locally to the source image in a sub folder with the 80 </p>
81 name <B>.xvpics</B>. Enabling this option will allow Geeqie to read 81
82 thumbnails saved in the xvpics format.</DD><DL> 82 <dl>
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84 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 84 <dl>
85 <I>Note:</I> Support for xvpics is read only, Geeqie can not 85 <dd class="gq-general-7"><b>Size</b>: Selects the size of the thumbnails displayed throughout Geeqie, dimensions are width by height in pixels.</dd>
86 generate thumbnails in this format.</DD></DL> 86
87 </DL> 87 <dd class="gq-general-7"><b>Quality</b>: Selects the method to use when scaling an image down for thumbnails.</dd>
88 </DL> 88 </dl>
89 </DL> 89 </dd>
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92 </P> 92 <p class="gq-general-8"><b>Nearest</b>: Fastest scaler, but results in poor thumbnail quality.<br />
93 <P><U>Slide show</U></P> 93 <b>Tiles</b>: Thumbnail results are very close to bilinear, with better speed.<br />
94 <DL> 94 <b>Bilinear</b>: High quality results, moderately fast.<br />
95 <DL> 95 <b>Hyper</b>: Slowest scaler, sometimes gives better results than bilinear.</p>
96 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"><B>Delay 96
97 between image change</B>: Specifies the delay between images for 97 <dl>
98 slide shows, in seconds.</DD><DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 98 <dd>
99 <B>Random</B>: When enabled, slide show images will appear in 99 <dl>
100 random order.</DD><DL> 100 <dd class="gq-general-9"><b>Cache thumbnails</b>: Enable this to save thumbnails to disk, subsequent requests for a thumbnail will be faster. Thumbnails are cached into ($HOME)/.geeqie/thumbnails. Refer to <a href="11_3_thumbnails.html">11.3 thumbnails</a> for details.</dd>
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102 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 102 <dd class="gq-general-9"><b>Use shared thumbnail cache:</b> This will use a thumbnail caching method that is compatible with applications that use the standard thumbnail specification. When this option is enabled thumbnails will be stored in ($HOME)/.thumbnails</dd>
103 <I>Note:</I> Random images are displayed such that each image 103
104 appears once per cycle of all images. When the slide show repeat 104 <dd class="gq-general-9"><b>Cache thumbnails into .thumbnails</b>: 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.</dd>
105 option is enabled, the image order is randomized after completing 105
106 each cycle.</DD></DL> 106 <dd class="gq-general-7"><b>Use xvpics thumbnails when found</b>: 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.</dd>
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108 <DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 108 <dd>
109 <B>Repeat</B>: When enabled, slide shows will continue at the 109 <dl>
110 beginning after the last image is displayed.</DD></DL> 110 <dd>
111 <DD STYLE="margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.2in; text-decoration: none"> 111 <dl>
112 <BR><BR> 112 <dd class="gq-general-7"><i>Note:</i> Support for xvpics is read only, Geeqie can not generate thumbnails in this format.</dd>
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131 <TD WIDTH=33%> 131 <dd class="gq-general-7"><b>Delay between image change</b>: Specifies the delay between images for slide shows, in seconds.</dd>
132 <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="10_2_image.html">Next</A></P> 132
133 </TD> 133 <dd class="gq-general-7"><b>Random</b>: When enabled, slide show images will appear in random order.</dd>
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139 <P><BR> 139 <dd class="gq-general-7"><i>Note:</i> Random images are displayed such that each image appears once per cycle of all images. When the slide show repeat option is enabled, the image order is randomized after completing each cycle.</dd>
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