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authorDaniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>2021-12-24 11:35:47 +0100
committerDaniel Friesel <derf@finalrewind.org>2021-12-24 11:36:07 +0100
commit7076b7a221768d5153130fe38d3b84f23d0a581d (patch)
treec25be431543a06ae608f0552029f9b78d193b900
parentf06444b1db8a23de37b57921ccb55c202544a370 (diff)
feh(1): Note that --auto-rotate is obsolete with Imlib2 v1.7.5+
See GitHub issue #642
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diff --git a/man/feh.pre b/man/feh.pre
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+++ b/man/feh.pre
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ Automatic reload is not supported in montage, index, or thumbnail mode.
Automatically rotate images based on EXIF data.
Does not alter the image files.
.
+Note that Imlib2 version 1.7.5+ performs auto-rotation by itself, so this option is obsolete on systems with Imlib2 version 1.7.5 or later.
+.Nm
+currently cannot detect this at runtime.
+.
.It Cm -Z , --auto-zoom
.
Zoom pictures to screen size in fullscreen / fixed geometry mode.
@@ -2137,6 +2141,15 @@ stdin or network URLs on systems using an Imlib2 version older than 1.7.4.
.
.Pp
.
+Imlib2 releases 1.7.5+ automatically rotate images based on their EXIF tags.
+When combined with the
+.Cm --auto-rotate
+option, this causes images to be rotated twice and end up in an incorrect orientation.
+As a workaround, do not use
+.Cm --auto-rotate
+on systems with Imlib2 version 1.7.5 or later.
+.Pp
+.
On systems with giflib 5.1.2,
.Nm
may be unable to load gif images.
@@ -2176,14 +2189,15 @@ If you find a bug, please report it to
.Aq derf+feh@finalrewind.org
or via
.Aq https://github.com/derf/feh/issues .
-You are also welcome to direct any feh-related comments/questions/... to #feh
-on irc.oftc.net.
.
.Pp
.
Please include the feh version
.Aq the output of Qq feh --version ,
steps to reproduce the bug and, if necessary, images to reproduce it.
+Note that
+.Nm
+is a hobby project, so bug reports may be addressed with significant delays.
.
.
.Sh LICENSE