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  32 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>1.
  33 Image viewing</FONT></FONT></P>
  34 <P><B>1.1 How do I keep images smaller than the visible area from
  35 enlarging when the zoom is set to &ldquo;fit to window&rdquo; ?</B></P>
  36 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">In the preferences dialog, under the
  37 &ldquo;Image&rdquo; tab, disable &ldquo;Allow enlargement of image
  38 for zoom to fit&rdquo;.</P>
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  44 Command line</FONT></FONT></P>
  45 <P><B>9.1 How do I open an image in an existing GQview application ?</B></P>
  46 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Use the &ldquo;-r&rdquo; command line
  47 option to send commands to an existing GQview, for a list of commands
  48 supported by the remote switch run:</P>
  49 <PRE STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in">gqview --remote-help</PRE><P>
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  52 <P><B>9.2 How do I set the slide show delay when starting GQview in
  53 slide show from the command line ?</B></P>
  54 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The delay can not be set when used
  55 with the standard -s command line switch, as -s uses the delay stored
  56 in the configuration file. For this use the remote command -ss to
  57 start the slide show after setting the delay with -d, the order of
  58 the command line is important, for example a 12 second slide show
  59 delay:</P>
  60 <PRE STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in">gqview -r -d12 -ss</PRE><P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">
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  62 </P>
  63 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Note that if gqview is running prior
  64 to this command, the slide show should also be stopped prior to
  65 changing the delay:</P>
  66 <PRE STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in">gqview -r -sS -d12 -ss</PRE><P>
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  71 <P STYLE="margin-top: 0.17in; page-break-after: avoid"><FONT FACE="Albany, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=4>10.
  72 Miscellaneous</FONT></FONT></P>
  73 <P><B>10.1 I want to be able to edit images with GQview</B></P>
  74 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">GQview is an image <I>viewer</I>.
  75 There is, and never will be, a plan to add editing features. I
  76 recommend gimp for image editing.</P>
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