Re: A few suggestions / feature requests

On 2007-08-04 18:46:18 +0200, Marcin Zaj=B1czkowski wrote:
> Hi,
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> Last time I was on holidays with my digital camera. I made a lot of
> photos and was using a laptop to browse, file (segregate), etc. It was
> done mostly during movements where there was no place to use a mouse, so
> a keyboard (supported by trackball) was my primary tool. gqview is my
> favorite image browser, but after two weeks I think it could be more
> keyboard friendly.
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> 1. After start focus should be set on a file list (now it seems to be
> set nowhere - it's required to a few presses of TAB key to go to the
> directory list). The same situation is when you select a directory using
> mouse pointer.
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> 2. Backspace key in a file list could move us o a parent directory and
> set focus to a directory list.
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> 3. gqview should have ability to make a link of a image (similar to
> copy, move, delete ...). This is useful when you select file to be sent
> for printing (but maybe "collection" mechanism should be used for that
> purposes).
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> 4. gqview could have option to use "orientation" tag from an Exif's
> specification [1] and automatically rotate images like square brackets
> (if user decided to use that option).
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> [1] - http://park2.wakwak.com/~tsuruzoh/Computer/Digicams/exif-e.html

I have found corresponding option already in gqview (I don't know why I
didn't see it earlier).

But other points are still open. Any comments?


Marcin

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> 5. There could be ability to add current file to a collection using
> keyboard only (but maybe I missed something and there is already that
> option). Dragging using trackball isn't very comfortable.
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> 6. "Preferences" windows doesn't close when escape key is pressed.
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> I thing that part/most of mentioned things would be useful for other
> users too.
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> Regards
> Marcin

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