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diff --git a/man/feh.pre b/man/feh.pre index d44f600..7f7ef6b 100644 --- a/man/feh.pre +++ b/man/feh.pre @@ -162,6 +162,23 @@ Use .Cm --conversion-timeout Ar timeout with a non-negative value to enable support for these formats. . +.Pp +. +As Imlib2 may take several seconds to determine whether it can load a file or +not +.Pq e.g. when attempting to open a large video , +.Nm +checks each file's header before loading it. +If it looks like an image, it is passed on to Imlib2, otherwise, it is +assumed to be unloadable. +This greatly improves performance when working in directories with mixed files +.Pq i.e., directories which do not exclusively contain image files . +If you think that Imlib2 can load a file which +.Nm +has determined to be likely not an image, set the environment variable +.Qq FEH_SKIP_MAGIC +to pass all files directly to Imlib2, bypassing the header check. +The environment variable's value does not matter, it just needs to be set. . .Sh OPTIONS . @@ -585,7 +602,8 @@ When loading images via HTTP, ImageMagick or dcraw, .Nm will only load/convert them once and re-use the cached file on subsequent slideshow passes. -This option disables the cache. It is also disabled when +This option disables the cache. +It is also disabled when .Cm --reload is used. Use it if you rely on frequently changing files loaded via one of these |