From e2488891072a931e2f24d499dd4548a46f15e40f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Clark Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:13:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation for similarity cache --- doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml | 23 ++++++++++- web/help/GuideImageMarks.html | 1 + web/help/GuideImageSearch.html | 16 +++++--- .../GuideImageSearchFindingDuplicates.html | 41 ++++++++++--------- web/help/GuideImageSearchSearch.html | 27 ++++++------ web/help/GuideIndex.html | 9 ++-- 6 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml b/doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml index b2188f35..a6cf05bf 100644 --- a/doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml +++ b/doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml @@ -4,8 +4,29 @@ Geeqie provides comprehensive set of search methods, including not only the standard functions such as file date or size, but also image similarity. There is a duplicate file finder, which uses search parameters such as image dimensions or checksum. Two sets of image files may be compared. Geeqie also has a set of temporary "marks" or "tags" which may be allocated to any image as an aide to file organising. +
+ Caching Data For Searches + + Searching large numbers of files for similarity can take significant cpu time. Part of this is the time to compute the similarity matrix for each file. + + If the + Cache Thumbnails + option is selected in Preferences/General, the similarity matrix and the checksum will also be cached. This will reduce the time needed for future searches. + If you frequently search on similarity and your images are in a tree arrangement under a single point, initiating a one-time search on similarity from the top of the tree will generate the similarity data for all images. + Similarity data are stored in a folder hierachy that mirrors the location of the source images. The data have the same name as the original appended by the file extension .sim. + + The root of the hierachy is: + + $XDG_CACHE_HOME/geeqie/thumbnails/ + or, if $XDG_CACHE_HOME is not defined: + $HOME/.cache/geeqie/thumbnails/ + + + + +
- + diff --git a/web/help/GuideImageMarks.html b/web/help/GuideImageMarks.html index 8ec2f089..69e0dc52 100644 --- a/web/help/GuideImageMarks.html +++ b/web/help/GuideImageMarks.html @@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ dd.answer div.label { float: left; }
  • Stand-alone Windows
  • Search and Select
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    • Caching Data For Searches
    • Search Window
    • Finding Duplicates
    • Marking Images
      • diff --git a/web/help/GuideImageSearch.html b/web/help/GuideImageSearch.html index e041cadf..6713e592 100644 --- a/web/help/GuideImageSearch.html +++ b/web/help/GuideImageSearch.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Search and Select - +