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| date | Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:07:07 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/doc/11_4_management.html Sat Feb 26 00:07:07 2005 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,271 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + <TITLE>Cache and Data Management - GQview User Manual</TITLE> + <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Linux)"> + <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20040805;23590500"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050208;15085100"> +</HEAD> +<BODY LANG="en-US" DIR="LTR"> +<CENTER> + <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: always"> + <COL WIDTH=85*> + <COL WIDTH=85*> + <COL WIDTH=85*> + <THEAD> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P><A HREF="11_3_thumbnails.html">Previous</A></P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P ALIGN=CENTER>Cache and Data Management - Reference</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="12_credits.html">Next</A></P> + </TD> + </TR> + </THEAD> + </TABLE> +</CENTER> +<HR> +<H1>11.4 Cache and Data Maintenance</H1> +<P>Thumbnails and other cached data can be maintained from the dialog +accessible by selecting Thumbnail maintenance from the Edit menu of +the main window.</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><U>GQview thumbnail cache</U></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The utilities listed here operate on +the GQview caching mechanism. This also includes the data cached for +the <A HREF="5_1_search.html">search</A> and <A HREF="5_2_finding_duplicates.html">find +duplicates</A> utilities.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clean up</B>: Removes thumbnails +and data for which the source image is no longer present, or has been +modified since the thumbnail was generated.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clear cache:</B> Removes all +thumbnails and data stored in the user's home folder: +$HOME/.gqview/thumbnails.</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><U>Shared thumbnail cache</U></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The utilities listed here operate on +the shared thumbnail mechanism.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clean up:</B> Removes thumbnails +for which the source image is no longer present, or has been modified +since the thumbnail was generated.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clear cache:</B> Removes all +thumbnails stored in the user's home folder: $HOME/.thumbnails.</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><U>Create thumbnails</U></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This utility will render thumbnails +using the current thumbnail caching mechanism, as determined in +<A HREF="10_1_general.html">preferences</A>.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Render:</B> Pre-render thumbnails +for a specific folder, the utility has the following options:</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Include subfolders:</B> Enable to +include all images contained in the subfolders of folder.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Store thumbnails local to source +images:</B> The generated thumbnails will be stored local to the +source images, if you have the permissions to write to the folder +containing the images.</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><U>Metadata</U></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">This utility operates on the data +store for <A HREF="7_3_keywords.html">keywords and comments</A> +located in the user's home folder: $HOME/.gqview/metadata.</P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Clean up:</B> Removes keywords and +comments for which the source image is no longer present.</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><U>File locations</U></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The various file locations and their +use are listed below. <I><HOME></I> refers to your home folder +and <I><SOURCE></I> refers to the folder containing the image.</P> +<CENTER> + <TABLE WIDTH=80% BORDER=1 BORDERCOLOR="#cccccc" CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0> + <COL WIDTH=128*> + <COL WIDTH=128*> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TH WIDTH=50%> + <P>Folder or File name</P> + </TH> + <TH WIDTH=50%> + <P>Description</P> + </TH> + </TR> + <TR> + <TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP> + <P><B>Thumbnails</B></P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.thumbnails</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Shared thumbnail cache folder.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/thumbnails</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Classic GQview thumbnail cache folder. Also used to cache data + used for the search and find duplicates utilities to increase the + speed for subsequent searches.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><SOURCE>/.</I><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">thumbnails</SPAN></P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Local thumbnail cache folder.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR> + <TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP> + <P><B>Metadata</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"> (keywords + and comments)</SPAN></P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/metadata</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Metadata stored in user's home folder.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><SOURCE></I>/.metadata</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Metadata stored local to source image. Requires option to be + enabled in advanced preferences.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR> + <TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP> + <P><B>Collections</B></P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/collections</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Default location for GQview collections, collections in this + folder will appear in the <A HREF="7_2_sort_manager.html">sort + manager</A> sidebar.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR> + <TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP> + <P><B>Preferences</B></P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>GQview preferences folder.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/gqviewrc</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>GQview preferences rc file.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/history</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Historic data such as last several folders visited, bookmarks, + and recently used collections. Also contains default print + settings.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><I><HOME></I>/.gqview/accels</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Keyboard shortcut mapping.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><B>Safe Delete</B></P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><BR> + </P> + </TD> + </TR> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><I><HOME></I></SPAN>/.gqview/trash</P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=50%> + <P>Default location of the safe delete folder.</P> + </TD> + </TR> + </TABLE> +</CENTER> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<P><BR><BR> +</P> +<HR> +<CENTER> + <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0> + <COL WIDTH=85*> + <COL WIDTH=85*> + <COL WIDTH=85*> + <THEAD> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P><A HREF="11_3_thumbnails.html">Previous</A></P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P ALIGN=CENTER><A HREF="index.html">Contents</A></P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="12_credits.html">Next</A></P> + </TD> + </TR> + </THEAD> + <TBODY> + <TR VALIGN=TOP> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P><BR> + </P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P ALIGN=CENTER><BR> + </P> + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=33%> + <P ALIGN=RIGHT>GQview User Manual</P> + </TD> + </TR> + </TBODY> + </TABLE> +</CENTER> +<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><BR> +</P> +</BODY> +</HTML> \ No newline at end of file