GQview 1.5.6 testing

Hello,

There are several things I would like a little feedback for in the recent GQview
1.5.6:


+ Thumbnail Managing Standard

This is the new thumbnail cache mechanism that is turned on by enabling 'Use
shared thumbnail cache'. The details of the specification can be found here:

   http://triq.net/~jens/thumbnail-spec/index.html

By default the shared thumbnail cache is not enabled. Eventually I would like to
make this the default caching mechanism, but since the code is so new I would
like a few people to try it out and report any quirks or problems compared to
the 'classic' mechanism.

Also the new cache design makes updating the cache when renaming or moving
original images take considerably more time, so they are updated in the
background after the operation on the original image(s) is completed. I would
like to know if the background processing of the thumbnail cache causes any real
responsiveness problems.



+ Automatic collection updates

1.5.6 introduced automatic updates of collection files in
$(HOME)/.gqview/collections when files are moved or renamed. Please be wary of
this fact if you use collections, and report _any_ problems.

Implementation note: The collection files are not immediately updated when
moving or renaming files, but are processed in the background after a short
delay of about 10 seconds. Changes will however be immediately processed when
opening a collection or exiting GQview.



+ Printing

This has slowly progressed over the past few releases, has anyone actually tried
to print anything?



+ Documentation

Did you know it now exists? (help->contents) If anyone actually RTM: Please
report any sections that are confusing, lacking, or missing.



+ ????

Those following this list known about the various full screen changes, so if
there is anyone with a problem with full screen in 1.5.6 now is the time to
speak up.

And finally, the Search feature is new in 1.5.x - any feedback would be
appreciated here too.



I am bringing all these things to attention because it feels to be about the
right time to start pushing for a new stable release. There is no timeline, but
my feeling is late February or early March (2005)


Greetings,
John

-- 
John Ellis <[email protected]>

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