# HG changeset patch # User Colin Clark # Date 1529853227 -3600 # Node ID ab37d181bc4f50298f6005f26585b6e3d91433b6 # Parent ac13b5e034757fc91f2384e610dcb9fea767982d Update documentation for similarity cache diff -r ac13b5e03475 -r ab37d181bc4f doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml --- a/doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml Sun Jun 24 14:43:35 2018 +0100 +++ b/doc/docbook/GuideImageSearch.xml Sun Jun 24 16:13:47 2018 +0100 @@ -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 -r ac13b5e03475 -r ab37d181bc4f web/help/GuideImageMarks.html --- a/web/help/GuideImageMarks.html Sun Jun 24 14:43:35 2018 +0100 +++ b/web/help/GuideImageMarks.html Sun Jun 24 16:13:47 2018 +0100 @@ -423,6 +423,7 @@
  • Stand-alone Windows
  • Search and Select
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    • Caching Data For Searches
    • Search Window
    • Finding Duplicates
    • Marking Images
      • diff -r ac13b5e03475 -r ab37d181bc4f web/help/GuideImageSearch.html --- a/web/help/GuideImageSearch.html Sun Jun 24 14:43:35 2018 +0100 +++ b/web/help/GuideImageSearch.html Sun Jun 24 16:13:47 2018 +0100 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Search and Select - +