Read metadata in the idle loop

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 <li>
 <span class="label">11.6.5. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#AutoSaveOptions" title="Auto-save options">Auto-save options</a>
 </li>
+<li>
+<span class="label">11.6.6. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideOptionsMetadata.html#PreLoadMetadata" title="Pre-load metadata">Pre-load metadata</a>
+</li>
 </ul></div>
 <div class="division section">
 <a name="MetadataWritingProcess"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleMetadataWritingProcess"></a><span class="label">11.6.1. </span>Metadata writing process</span></h2></div>
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 </ul></div>
 <p class="para block"></p>
 </div>
+<div class="division section">
+<a name="PreLoadMetadata"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">11.6.6. </span>Pre-load metadata</span></h2></div>
+<div class="block list itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="li-first">
+        <span class="para">
+          <span class="guilabel">Read metadata in background</span>
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          Using the folder sorting options:
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          <span class="guilabel">Exif date original</span>
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          <span class="guilabel">Exif date digitized</span>
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          <span class="guilabel">Rating</span>
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          requires metadata to be read from all files in a folder before the sort action can be made. If a folder contains a large number of file, this can take a noticeable period of time.
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          If this option is checked, Geeqie will automatically read the required metatada in the background as soon as a folder is opened. This will reduce the amount of time you have to wait until the sort is completed.
+          <p class="para block"></p>
+          If you do not use these sort otions, leave this option unchecked.
+        </span>
+      </li></ul></div>
+<p class="para block"></p>
+</div>
 </div></div>
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