MX 17 Repository: The fotoxx thread

[mmikeinsantarosa]

fotoxx-20.18 is now in test.
I guess they got complaints about them collecting usage data.
This functionality could be disabled during install but they have now completely pulled it.

Fotoxx Change Log
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Version 20.18 Sep 19 2020
• Phone Home removed. There is no more statistics collection.

-mike

[mmikeinsantarosa]

fotoxx-20.19 is now in test.

Version 20.19 Oct 27 2020
• Incorporate corrections from Debian packager

-mike

[mmikeinsantarosa]

fotoxx-21.32 is now in test.
Lot's of changes since the 20.n series.

Here are some hi-lights

These are the main changes in Fotoxx-21 compared to Fotoxx-20.

Installation and Settings
• Fotoxx-21 requires a full re-index (the index file format was changed).
• Appimage package is based on Ubuntu 18.04 - Linux older than 2018 may fail.
• Custom keyboard shortcuts and custom favorites menu must be redefined.

- Mike

[mmikeinsantarosa]

fotoxx-21.50 is now in test.

changelog:

Fotoxx-21.50 2021.08.01
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• New: Enhance > Fog/Haze - add or remove fog/haze in image or selected area.
• Cycle wallpaper: If secs = 0, next wallpaper is selected and Fotoxx exits.
• Click map-marker at (0,0) for gallery of images with no geocoordinates.
• Most edit functions now record input parameters in metadata Image History.
• File > Open: diagnose wrong file type (e.g. .png file with .jpg type).
• More changes to make Fotoxx faster on Windows/WSL (but still too slow).
More info at: https://kornelix.net/fotoxx_topics/win10/install.html
• Bugfix: Batch Delete/Trash: if GTK trash fails, offer to exit file loop.
• Bugfix: stop loss of edit history if edited file is saved to 2+ files.
• Bugfix: workaround for GTK unable to trash files on mounted volumes.
• Bugfix: Enhance > Local Contrast was not always working with select area.

mike

[mmikeinsantarosa]

fotoxx-21.52 is now in test

Changes since 21.50

Fotoxx-21.52 2021.09.04
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Bugfix: missing menu icons due to incorrect file permissions.

Fotoxx-21.51 2021.09.01
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• Usability: File/Gallery/Map menus now auto-set the corresponding view mode.
• KB shortcuts: F2/F3/F4 are now mapped to file/gallery/map views.
F/G/M keys are now free for user assignment to these or other functions.
Other changes were made to the default KB shortcuts table. To enable the
new defaults, delete the KB_shortcuts file in your Fotoxx home folder,
restart Fotoxx, and restore whatever customizations you wish to keep.
• Paint Edits: edits are now confined in select area as well as mouse radius.
• Search Images: text search: match whole words with optional wildcards (*).
• Markup > draw oval: improve mouse responsiveness.
• Wayland bug work-around: move cursor failure causes popup menu failure.
• Appimage package now includes support for file types .webp .heic .jp2.
• Bugfix: Copy From Image failure (bug was planted in 21.44).
• Bugfix: edit of .heic file may cause crash.
• Bugfix: Slide Show: option to show image title/description was not working.
• Bugfix: ARM cpu: va_arg() returns 0x100000000 as EOL instead of null.

- Mike