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1 ###################################################################
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2 ## Geeqie x.x ##
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3 ## ##
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4 ## Copyright (C) 2008 - 2017 The Geeqie Team ##
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5 ## Copyright (C) 1999 - 2006 John Ellis. ##
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7 ## Use at your own risk! ##
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8 ## ##
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9 ## This software released under the GNU General Public License. ##
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10 ## Please read the COPYING file for more information. ##
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13 This is Geeqie, a successor of GQview.
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15 [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/BestImageViewer/geeqie.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/BestImageViewer/geeqie)
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17 Geeqie has been forked from GQview project, because it was not possible to
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18 contact the GQview author and only maintainer.
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20 The Geeqie project will continue the development forward and maintain the existing code.
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22 Geeqie is currently considered stable.
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24 Please send any questions, problems or suggestions to the [mailing list](mailto:geeqie@freelists.org) or
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25 open an issue on [Geeqie at GitHub](https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues).
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27 Subscribe to the mailing list [here](https://www.freelists.org/list/geeqie).
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29 The project website is <http://www.geeqie.org/> and you will find the latest sources in the
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30 [Geeqie repository](http://geeqie.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=geeqie.git).
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32 # README contents:
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34 * Description / Features
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35 * Downloading
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36 * Installation
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37 * Notes and changes for this release
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38 * Requirements
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41 ## Description / Features
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43 Geeqie is a graphics file viewer. Basic features:
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46 * Single click image viewing / navigation.
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48 * Zoom functions.
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50 * Thumbnails, with optional caching and .xvpics support.
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52 * Multiple file selection for move, copy, delete, rename, drag and drop.
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54 * Thumbnail preview of the destination for move, copy and rename functions.
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56 * On-the-fly renaming for move and copy functions, with formatted and auto-rename features.
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58 * File grouping (an image having jpeg, RAW and xmp files will appear as a single entity).
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60 * Selectable exif auto-rotation of images.
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63 * Single click file copy or move to pre-defined folders - with undo feature.
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64 * Drag and drop.
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66 * Collections.
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68 * support for stereoscopic images
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69 * input: side-by-side (JPS) and MPO format
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70 * output: single image, anaglyph, SBS, mirror, SBS half size (3DTV)
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72 * Viewing raster and vector images, in the following formats:
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73 3FR, ANI, APM, ARW, BMP, CR2, CRW, CUR, DNG, ERF, GIF, ICNS, ICO, JPE/JPEG/JPG, JPS, KDC, MEF, MPO, MOS, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PTX, PBM/PGM/PNM/PPM, PNG, QIF/QTIF (QuickTime Image Format), RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, SRF, SVG/SVGZ, TGA/TARGA, TIF/TIFF, WMF, XBM, XPM. Animated GIFs are supported.
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75 * Preview and thumbnails of video clips can be displayed. Clips can be run via a defined external program.
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79 * Pan(orama) view displays image thumbnails in calendar, grid, folder and other layouts.
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80 * All available metadata and Exif/IPTC/XMP data can be displayed, as well as colour histograms and assigned tags, keywords and comments.
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82 * Selectable image overlay display box - can contain any text or meta-data.
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84 * Panels can be docked or floating.
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86 * Tags, both predefined and custom, can be assigned to images, and stored either as image metadata (where the file format allows), sidecar files, or in directory metadata files. Keywords and comments can also be assigned.
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88 * Basic editing in the form of lossless 90/180-degree rotation and flipping is supported; external programs such as GIMP, Inkscape, and custom scripts using ImageMagick can be linked to allow further processing.
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90 * Advanced searching is available using criteria such as filename, file size, age, image dimensions, similarity to a specified image, or by keywords or comments. If images have GPS coordinates embedded, you may also search for images within a radius of a geographical point.
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92 * Geeqie supports applying the colour profile embedded in an image along with the system monitor profile (or a user-specified monitor profile).
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94 * Geeqie sessions can be remotely controlled from external software, so it can be used as an image-viewer component of a bigger application.
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96 * Geeqie includes a 'find duplicates' tool which can compare images using a variety of criteria (filename, file size, visual similarity, dimensions, image content), either within a single folder or between two folders. Finding duplicates ignoring the rotation of images is also supported.
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97 * Images may be given a rating value (also known as a "star rating").
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99 * Maps from [OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org) may be displayed in a side panel. If an image has GPS coordinates embedded, its position will be displayed on the map - if Image Direction is encoded, that will be displayed also. If an image does not have embedded GPS coordinates, it may be dragged-and-dropped onto the map to encode its position.
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101 ## Downloading
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103 Geeqie is available as a package with some distributions.
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105 The source tar of the latest formal release may be downloaded: <http://geeqie.org/geeqie-1.3.tar.xz>
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106
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107 However Geeqie is stable, and you may download the latest version (if you have installed git) from here:
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108
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109 Either: `git clone git://www.geeqie.org/geeqie.git`
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111 Or: `git clone http://www.geeqie.org/git/geeqie.git`
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114 ## Installation
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116 List compile options: `./autogen.sh --help`
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118 Common options:
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119 `./autogen.sh --disable-gtk3`,
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121 Compilation: `./autogen.sh [options]; make -j<no. of cpu cores> `
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123 Install: `[sudo] make install`
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125 Removal: `[sudo] make uninstall`
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127 #### Note:
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128 The zip and gzip files at geeqie.org and GitHub contain only the sources - they cannot, by themselves, be used to install Geeqie.
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130 It is recommended to always use `git clone git://www.geeqie.org/geeqie.git` to download Geeqie. After installing Geeqie you may delete the folder you have cloned Geeqie into.
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132 However if you leave the folder intact, whenever new features or patches are available, execute:
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138 Your configuration file, history file and desktop files are not affected by this process.
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160 optional items map display and GPU acceleration are not available
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168 GTK+3.
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175 for color management support
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179 exiv2 0.11
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181 for enhanced exif support
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200 www.clutter-project.org
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221 when running Geeqie, to use the geo-decode function
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224 when compiling Geeqie, to create this file in html format
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226 libffmpegthumbnailer 2.0.0
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227 https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer
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231 ### Code hackers:
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233 If you plan on making any major changes to the code that will be offered for
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234 inclusion to the main source, please contact us first - so that we can avoid
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235 duplication of effort.
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236 The Geeqie Team
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240 See the Geeqie Bug Tracker at <https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues>