Re: [gthumb-list] I'm very confused about display of EXIF and IPTC data in gthumb

[Paolo Bacchilega <paolo bacchilega libero it>]

Il 22/01/2012 18:55, Chris Green ha scritto:
> I'm trying to understand what gthumb is doing about EXIF and IPTC data
> when browsing images, it seems very odd (and broken to be honest).
>
> I'm running gThumb version 2.13.1 on xubuntu 11.10.
>
> When I browse images that definitely have information that should be
> being shown (I have Description, Name, Date and Title ticked in
> preferences) all that is shown below the image is the filename.
> Selecting the image and viewing it large in the browser makes no
> difference, when I return to the browser there's still no information.
> All the information does appear in the sidebar OK.
>
> The *only* way I can get information to appear in the browser is to
> click on "Comment" and then save the comment, the information then
> appears in the browser.  *However* (and I think this is rather bad)
> gThumb has then written to the EXIF information by putting "gThumb
> 2.13.1" in Exif General->Software.  I don't want gThumb writing to my
> files without asking me really.  If this was a digital image I'd lose
> the record of which camera had taken the picture.

Blame your distribution that ships software that is still in development 
and not declared stable by their developers.  Version 2.13.1 was a 
development version and you shouldn't use it, version 2.14.1 for example 
doesn't have the problem you describe.

- Paolo