Where does this tool fit amongst all the other image viewers/editors that are already available in OpenSolaris (e.g. ImageMagick, eog, gthumb & gimp)? What does gqview have that none of the others provide? Are any of the others made obsolete by the addition of gqview?
Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote: > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI > This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > Gqview for OpenSolaris > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Chris Wang > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 15 July, 2008 > 4. Technical Description > This information is > Sun Proprietary/Confidential: Engineering Need-to-Know > Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems > > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: GQview for Solaris > > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Chris Wang > > 1.3. Date of This Document: 07/07/08 > > 1.5. Email Aliases: > 1.5.1. Responsible Manager: leo.binchy at sun.com > 1.5.2. Responsible Engineer: chris.wang at sun.com, > > 2. Project Summary > 2.1. Project Description: > GQview is an image viewer for Unix operating systems. Its key features > include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail > preview, and zoom features. Some image management features are also > included. > > > 4. Technical Description: > 4.1. Details: > Features of gqview include: > .Thumbnail list display. > .Thumbnails can be cached to disk for faster subsequent loads. > .One click file selection. > .Zoom in, out, and fit to window. > .Slideshow. > .Mode that zoom reverts to on a new image can be configured. > .File filtering options. > .Can open a file in an external program (customizable). > .Collections (file lists). > .Search utility. > .Find duplicates based on file attributes or image content. > .Full screen viewing. > .EXIF support. > .Printing, including proof sheets. > .Can attach keywords and comments to images. > .Supports the Thumbnail managing standard. > .Command line control of existing GQview process. > > GQview doesn't come with any decoder, and doesn't use any interface > from image libraries (PNG,JPEG etc.). Gdk-pixbuf automatically invoke > one of a handful of its image format loaders to convert the graphics > file into an RGB buffer, and then GQview reads data from Gdk-pixbuf. > This means GQView supports image format that supported by Gdk-pixbuf > availabe on the system. > > 4.5. Interfaces: > > Exported interfaces: > > Interface Stability Comment > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SUNWgqview Committed SVr4 package > /usr/bin/gqview Volatile gqview command > line > > > Imported Interfaces > Interface Stability Comments > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > GNOME Committed Platform Libraries Committed LSARC/2007/520 GTK+ > library > GNOME 2.20 > > > 4.9. I18N/L10N Impact: > GQview includes translation of serveral language, The JDS team > and the G11N are working together to evaluate I18N/L10N support > > 4.10. Packaging & Delivery: > The project will be delivering the following packages: > SUNWgqview > > 4.11. Security Impact: > No impact > > > 5. Reference Documents: > 1.SUNWgqview > pkgmap > pkginfo > depend > > > 2.GQView community > http://gqview.sourceforge.net > > 3.GQView user manual > http://gqview.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html > > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > Desktop > 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > -- Jim Gates Sun Microsystems Nashua, USA http://sun.com/postgresql
