Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-29 Thread Laurent MONIN
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:24 -0500 Christopher Beland wrote: > > 4.) When I select "View -> Zoom -> Fit horizontal", it does what I > would call "Fit vertical" - it sizes large images so I can scroll left > or right, but the top and bottom of the image are exactly at the top > an bottom of the w

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-29 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
On čt 29. ledna 2009, Omari Stephens wrote: > Christopher Beland wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 22:01 +0100, Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: > >> Hm, I would incline to a switch to the standard dialog, mostly because > >> the current code is hard to maintain. I will have to think about it. Any > >> oth

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-29 Thread Omari Stephens
Christopher Beland wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 22:01 +0100, Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: >> Hm, I would incline to a switch to the standard dialog, mostly because the >> current code is hard to maintain. I will have to think about it. Any other >> opinions? > > Actually, I think the benefits of

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Christopher Beland
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 22:01 +0100, Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: > Hm, I would incline to a switch to the standard dialog, mostly because the > current code is hard to maintain. I will have to think about it. Any other > opinions? Actually, I think the benefits of both speed and standardization can

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Laurent MONIN
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:22 +0100 Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: [snip] > > My plan is to prefer desktop files from ~/.geeqie > Adding new command would mean copying an existing desktop file or a template > from documentation and editing it. I agree it is a bit more complicated > but it will easier

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Laurent MONIN
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:19:36 +0100 Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: > > Geeqie is oriented on more experienced users who knows what they want > to do and Geeqie should be flexible enough to fit their needs. > > Therefore reducing the number of options is not a good idea but > I agree that the current

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
Dne středa 28 leden 2009 Omari Stephens napsal(a): > > I like the idea of moving the "Editors" tab out of the preferences > > interface entirely; that would put copy, move, delete, and symlink > > "under the hood" where they wouldn't get in the way. If I understand > > what you are proposing, it w

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Laurent MONIN
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:30:11 +0100 Vladimir Nadvornik wrote: > > We should definitely use the standard, but I am not sure how to keep > compatibility. > > http://jens.triq.net/thumbnail-spec/local.html Yes, we should perhaps use it by default. Though i think this "standard" is very badly des

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
Dne středa 28 leden 2009 Vladimir Nadvornik napsal(a): > > Will the internal commands be the default in the final release? > > No. > I mean yes ;) The final release will use the internal commands. Vladimir -- This SF.net

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
Dne středa 28 leden 2009 Greg Troxel napsal(a): > 2.) In Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Thumbnails, I don't > understand the option "Cache thumbnails into .thumbnails", because > that *is* where the shared thumbnail cache is (or at least its > subdirectories). I think the optimal thing

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Marcin Zajączkowski
On 2009-01-28 19:36, Omari Stephens wrote: > Christopher Beland wrote: (...) >> Is there anyone for whom the internal copy, move, and rename commands >> would actually be insufficient in practice and not just in theory? I >> myself was pondering setting up "gvfs-trash" as my standard >> alternativ

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
Dne středa 28 leden 2009 Michael Schwendt napsal(a): > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:24 -0500, Christopher wrote: > > A few bugs I found while testing: > > > > A.) When I hit the Help button on Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced, I > > get a dialog box that says "Unable to load: > > /usr/share/doc/geeqie-

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
Hi Christopher, First of all, thank you for the feedback. This is exactly what we need. Dne středa 28 leden 2009 Christopher Beland napsal(a): > Regarding plans to improve usability in the next release, I have a few > suggestions. > > In general, where possible I prefer to reduce the number of >

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Christopher Beland
Oh, I think I misunderstood the label; it means "put thumbnails in .thumbnails in the same directory as the image" not "put thumbnails into ~/.thumbnails". I can the the utility in that, the label just needs to be a bit clearer. On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 12:19 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: > 2.) In Edit

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Omari Stephens
Christopher Beland wrote: > Regarding plans to improve usability in the next release, I have a few > suggestions. > > In general, where possible I prefer to reduce the number of > preferences by just having the application do something sensible. It > makes it easier to find the preferences people

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Greg Troxel
2.) In Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Thumbnails, I don't understand the option "Cache thumbnails into .thumbnails", because that *is* where the shared thumbnail cache is (or at least its subdirectories). I think the optimal thing to do is actually remove *both* of these options, and

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:24 -0500, Christopher wrote: > A few bugs I found while testing: > > A.) When I hit the Help button on Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced, I > get a dialog box that says "Unable to load: > /usr/share/doc/geeqie-1.0alpha2/README" and no help appears. I > believe the correct

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-28 Thread Christopher Beland
Regarding plans to improve usability in the next release, I have a few suggestions. In general, where possible I prefer to reduce the number of preferences by just having the application do something sensible. It makes it easier to find the preferences people actually do need to adjust, prevents

[Geeqie-devel] Next plans

2009-01-26 Thread Vladimir Nadvornik
Hi, This is a list of important things that I want to focus on for the next release (I am not yet sure if it will be beta1 or alpha4): Metadata editor === Low level metadata handling is implemented (mostly), now we need to improve the GUI. Now we can edit keywords and comments, oth