Re: 'Watch file' option for GNOME image viewer

[Jens Finke <jens triq net>]

Hello Nathaniel,

I stepped back from eog maintainership a few months ago. This mail is 
forwarded to eog-list gnome org where this suggestion should be 
discussed further.

Regards,

   Jens

Nathaniel Livesey schrieb:
> Dear Jens,
>
>    You may remember this very brief interaction we had earlier this year 
> concerning a 'watch this file' or 'reload' option in 'eye of gnome'.  I 
> was wondering if progress had been made and whether perhaps there is a 
> beta version I can download or something.  I'm currently running Red Hat 
> enterprise linux, workstation version 4.
>
> Not to worry if I'm too early.
>
> Yours,
>   Nathaniel
>
> Jens Finke wrote:
> > Hi Nethaniel,
> >
> > Nathaniel Livesey wrote:
> >
> > >    Is there a 'watch this file for updates' option for the GNOME 
> > > image viewer, of which you are listed as an author in the help file?  
> > > Having upgraded to the latest RedHat enterprise linux, I was 
> > > disappointed to find that nautilus could no longer view images in 
> > > place.  While your program is equally as responsive in terms of 
> > > moving around and zooning etc., its inability to redraw image files 
> > > if they are updated/recreated is a serious handicap in my view.
> >
> > you are right its a serious handicap. Actually, I am working on 
> > including file monitoring in the next release of Eye of Gnome. Sorry 
> > for the inconvenience.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >   Jens