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2 ## GQview 0.8.0 (04/06/2000) ##
3 ## This software is Copyright (C) 2000 by John Ellis. ##
4 ## Use this software at your own risk. I am not responsible for ##
5 ## anything this software may do to your computer. ##
6 ## This software falls under the GNU Public License. Please read ##
7 ## the COPYING file for more information ##
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11 e-mail: gqview@email.com
12 homepage: gqview.sourceforge.net
13 gqview.netpedia.net (site just has a link back to above)
17 GTK+-1.2.x: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk
18 Imlib 1.9: ftp://ftp.labs.redhat.com/pub/imlib
20 ======== Notes and changes for this release
23 > Now use autoconf/make, resulting in a configure script.
24 > Now supports i18n, added translations: de ja pt_BR ru
25 > Remove 'save settings on exit', they are now always saved.
26 > Copy/move dialogs now include drop down history.
27 > Overwrite dialogs now display source and dest images.
28 > Full screen toggle is now 'V'.
29 > New command line options: -f or --fullscreen; -s or --slideshow; renamed
30 long option to use -- instead of -.
31 > New option 'set wallpaper' sets the root window to current image.
32 (Scales in 'fit to window mode', tiles in all others) (edit menus).
33 - Thumbnail mode is now remembered between runs.
34 - During slideshows, next/prev image changes (space/backspace) now follow
35 the slideshow progression.
36 - Icons now update when size is configured.
37 - When dragging files, and the action was a move, refresh the filelist.
38 - Directory changes, and the filelist scrolls to follow tab completion in
40 * Icons sizes are now properly remembered when the config dialog is opened
41 then closed without re-selecting the size.
42 * Less memory leaks :)
45 bt_br.po is corrupt (my fault).
49 Compilation: ./configure ; make
50 General install: make install
51 GNOME install: make gnome-install is deprecated!, configure finds gnome for
53 Removal: make uninstall
55 ======== Description / Features
57 GQview is a graphics file viewer. Basic features:
58 - Single click image viewing / navigation.
60 - Thumbnails, with optional caching and .xvpics support.
61 - Multiple file selection for move, copy, delete, rename, drag and drop.
65 - Ability to open images in external editors (configurable).
67 ======== Documentation (brief)
71 [PageUp] previous image
72 [Home] first image in list
73 [End] last image in list
74 [Tab] tab completion in path entry window
75 [Escape], cancel completion in path entry window
76 [Escape] stop generating thumbnails
78 Keyboard commands valid when image has focus (image has black rectangle)
80 [Shift] - arrow keys pan image faster
82 [Backspace] previous image
85 [Ctrl] - N New directory
88 [Ctrl] - R Rename file
89 [Ctrl] - D, [Delete] Delete file
93 [Ctrl] - 1 .. 8 run external editor
94 [Ctrl] - O configure Options
95 [Ctrl] - S Save options
96 [Ctrl] - T Maintain thumbnails
101 Z zoom to original size
103 T toggle thumbnail display
105 F (Un)float file selection area
106 H (Un)hide file selection area
110 ======== Thanks go to the following for fixes, additions, and patches:
112 Fâtih Demir <kabalak@gmx.net>
113 for Turkish translation
115 Oleg Andrjushenko <oandr@itec.cn.ua>
116 for Russian translation
118 Vitor Fernandes <vitor_fernandes@SoftHome.net>
119 for Brazilian Portuguese translation
121 Shingo Akagaki <akagaki@ece.numazu-ct.ac.jp>a
122 for Japanese translation
124 Matthias Warkus <mawarkus@t-online.de>
125 for German translation.
127 Diederen Damien <D.Diederen@student.ulg.ac.be>
128 for .xvpics thumbnail reading support.