Re: More usable displaying comments for files

Marcin ZajÄ…czkowski <[email protected]> Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:19:44 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gqview.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2006-11-04 15:19:01 +0100, Marcin Zaj=B1czkowski <[email protected]> wrote:
(...)
> I've been using gqview for years (currently 2.1.2) and I think it's very =

> good image browser. Recently I had started making digital photos and I =

> felt lack of one functionality.
> For my pictures I would like to add comments (like "Place when I first =

> time kissed Angela" ;) ), to be able to remember some things after =

> years. It is possible with gqview (View -> Keyword [1]), but I would =

> like to have more comfortable way to get (read) it while browsing.
> =

> Sample solution. Displaying text of the comment under the picture. =

> Height of the picture (and for hold its ratio also weight) would be =

> reduced by one (or two) line(s) of the text (possible to configure by =

> parameter) as a text or generated from text image. It should be =

> displayed (if turned on) in "normal" and "full screen" view.
> =

> Of course I don't know abilities of widget(s) you use, but I think it =

> would be nice feature.

After lecture of the thread "[Gqview-users] Info-display in Fullscreen =

display"
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gqview.user/248/focus=3D248
I've found out that there is a "i" option in a full screen mode (I =

haven't found that option in a "Keyboard shortcuts").

A feature described by me above could be attached to "i" option. Maybe =

you could expand that option to allow display also comment on demand =

(e.g. none, basic info, comment, basic + comment).


> [1] - I think that text in "Comment" windows (in Keyword frame) should =

> be wrapped (currently there is a horizontal scrollbar).

I don't have latest development (2.1.5) version, but if it still exist =

you could fix it.


Regards
Marcin


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