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4 ## Copyright (C) 2008 - 2017 The Geeqie Team ##
5 ## Copyright (C) 1999 - 2006 John Ellis. ##
7 ## Use at your own risk! ##
9 ## This software released under the GNU General Public License. ##
10 ## Please read the COPYING file for more information. ##
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13 This is Geeqie, a successor of GQview.
15 [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/BestImageViewer/geeqie.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/BestImageViewer/geeqie)
17 Geeqie has been forked from GQview project, because it was not possible to
18 contact GQview author and the only maintainer. Geeqie projects goal is to move
19 the development forward and also integrate the existing patches.
21 Geeqie is currently considered stable. Please report any crash or odd behavior
22 to the [mailing list](https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel)
23 and/or to [Github](https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues)
25 For more info see: <http://www.geeqie.org/>
27 Please send any question or suggestions to <geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> or
28 open an issue on <https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues>
33 * Notes and changes for this release
36 * Description / Features
40 ### Required libraries:
44 disable with configure option: --disable-gtk3
47 disabled by default when GTK+3 libraries are found.
48 enable with configure option: --disable-gtk3
49 optional items map display and GPU acceleration are not available
52 Note: GTK+3 is still somehow experimental. It is needed for some
53 features but we have several complains about the GTK+3 usability.
55 So if you need a stable version, you are advised to compile it
56 with GTK+2. If you want to play with the cool new features, use
59 ### Optional libraries:
64 for color management support
66 disable with configure option: --disable-lcms
70 for enhanced exif support
72 disable with configure option: --disable-exiv2
76 for remote control support
78 disable with configure option: --disable-lirc
83 wiki.gnome.org/Projects/libchamplain
86 enable with configure option: --enable-map
87 enabling will also enable GPU acceleration
90 www.clutter-project.org
91 for GPU acceleration (a check-box on Preferences/Image must also be ticked)
93 enable with configure option: --enable-gpu-accel
94 explicitly disabling will also disable the map feature
98 support for lua scripting
100 disable with configure option: --disable-lua
103 when running Geeqie, to use the geo-decode function
106 when compiling Geeqie, to create this file in html format
109 ## Notes and changes for this release [section:release_notes]
115 If you plan on making any major changes to the code that will be offered for
116 inclusion to the main source, please contact us first - so that we can avoid
117 duplication of effort.
122 See the Geeqie Bug Tracker at <https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues>
127 Geeqie is available as a package with some distributions.
129 The source tar of the latest release may be downloaded: <http://geeqie.org/geeqie-1.3.tar.xz>
131 To download the sources of the latest commits you must have installed git:
133 Either: `git clone git://www.geeqie.org/geeqie.git`
135 Or: `git clone http://www.geeqie.org/git/geeqie.git`
140 Update secondary help documents (optional - requires use of git):
141 `./gen_changelog.sh ; markdown README.md > README.html`
143 Show compile options: `./autogen.sh --help`
145 Compilation: `./autogen.sh ; make`
147 General install: `[sudo] make install`
149 Removal: `[sudo] make uninstall`
151 ## Description / Features
153 Geeqie is a graphics file viewer. Basic features:
155 * Single click image viewing / navigation.
157 * Thumbnails, with optional caching and .xvpics support.
158 * Multiple file selection for move, copy, delete, rename, drag and drop.
162 * Ability to open images in external editors (configurable).
164 * Comparison of images to find duplicates by name, size, date, dimensions, or image content similarity.
165 * Rotation invariant detection
167 * support for stereoscopic images
168 * input: side-by-side (JPS) and MPO format
169 * output: single image, anaglyph, SBS, mirror, SBS half size (3DTV)