Re: Enhancement suggestion - image pre-load functionality

[Deskblue Software - Javier Sánchez <jsanchez deskblue com>]

El mar, 15-11-2011 a las 08:42 -0800, Mike Scott escribió:
> Hello,

Hi, Mike!

> I'm not a regular user of mailing lists, so I hope this is the
> appropriate address to send my note to.

Perfect!
> 
> I just loaded Linux on mini-computer connected to my TV, and used the
> EOG image viewer to display photos to some friends.  Everything worked
> great, except the lag when pressing the [Next] button to advance to
> the next photo.  Some googling and scanning archives of this mailing
> list indicate that this issue has been raised in the past, and
> identified as 'caching'.  I totally agree that this is not a bug.  One
> previous argument to NOT implement some sort of image pre-load, or
> caching, was because users may not want to spare the memory.  In the
> age of multi-GB machines, I don't think this is a serious argument
> anymore.
> 
> Is there a forum to discuss and track the evolution of this great
> utility?  I was a C programmer in a previous life, and am willing to
> participate in creating my above suggestion.  What I do not know is
> how to get involved in the lifecycle of EOG.
> 
Yes, you can track the evolution of all EOG bugs in bugzilla.gnome.org

In fact your suggestion was reported in bugzilla sometime ago. You can
see it history following this link:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321603

I'm interesting in solving this bug, too. For this reason, I'm studing
which is the better solution and if it's necessary refactor some EOG
components to provide a new API for image navigation.

> Best Regards,
> Mike
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