; * etc/NEWS: Improve and re-arrange Image-Dired section.

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@ -2009,55 +2009,22 @@ This is done via 'image-converter-add-handler'.
This avoids converting images in the background, and makes Image-Dired
noticeably faster. New keybindings from 'image-mode' are now
available in the "*image-dired-display-image*" buffer; press '?' or
'h' in that buffer to see the full list. Finally, some commands and
user options that are no longer needed are now obsolete:
'image-dired-cmd-create-temp-image-options',
'image-dired-cmd-create-temp-image-program',
'image-dired-display-current-image-full',
'image-dired-display-current-image-sized',
'image-dired-display-window-height-correction',
'image-dired-display-window-width-correction',
'image-dired-temp-image-file'.
'h' in that buffer to see the full list.
---
*** Navigation and marking commands now work in image display buffer.
The following new bindings have been added:
n or SPC image-dired-display-next-thumbnail-original
p or DEL image-dired-display-previous-thumbnail-original
m image-dired-mark-thumb-original-file
d image-dired-flag-thumb-original-file
u image-dired-unmark-thumb-original-file
- 'n', 'SPC' => 'image-dired-display-next-thumbnail-original'
- 'p', 'DEL' => 'image-dired-display-previous-thumbnail-original'
- 'm' => 'image-dired-mark-thumb-original-file'
- 'd' => 'image-dired-flag-thumb-original-file'
- 'u' => 'image-dired-unmark-thumb-original-file'
---
*** Reduce dependency on external "exiftool" command.
The 'image-dired-copy-with-exif-file-name' no longer requires an
external "exiftool" command to be available. The user options
'image-dired-cmd-read-exif-data-program' and
'image-dired-cmd-read-exif-data-options' are now obsolete.
---
*** New command for the thumbnail buffer.
The new command 'image-dired-unmark-all-marks' has been added. It is
bound to 'U' in the thumbnail and display buffer.
---
*** Support Thumbnail Managing Standard v0.9.0 (Dec 2020).
This standard allows sharing generated thumbnails across different
programs. Version 0.9.0 adds two larger thumbnail sizes: 512x512 and
1024x1024 pixels. See the user option 'image-dired-thumbnail-storage'
to use it; it is not enabled by default.
---
*** Support GraphicsMagick command line tools.
Support for the GraphicsMagick command line tool ("gm") has been
added, and is used instead of ImageMagick when it is available.
---
*** New face 'image-dired-thumb-flagged'.
If 'image-dired-thumb-mark' is non-nil (the default), this face is
used for images that are flagged for deletion in the Dired buffer
associated with Image-Dired.
*** New command 'image-dired-unmark-all-marks'.
It removes all marks from all files in the thumbnail and the
associated Dired buffer, and is bound to 'U' in the thumbnail and
display buffer.
---
*** New command 'image-dired-wallpaper-set'.
@ -2069,12 +2036,40 @@ thumbnail buffer. It is bound to 'W' by default.
It is bound in both the thumbnail and display buffer.
---
*** The 'image-dired-slideshow-start' command no longer prompts.
It no longer inconveniently prompts for a number of images and a
delay: it runs indefinitely, but stops automatically on any command.
You can set the delay with a prefix argument, or a negative prefix
argument to prompt for a delay. Customize the user option
'image-dired-slideshow-delay' to change the default from 5 seconds.
*** New user option 'image-dired-marking-shows-next'.
If this option is non-nil (the default), marking, unmarking or
flagging an image in either the thumbnail or display buffer shows the
next image.
---
*** New face 'image-dired-thumb-flagged'.
If 'image-dired-thumb-mark' is non-nil (the default), this face is
used for images that are flagged for deletion in the Dired buffer
associated with Image-Dired.
---
*** Image information is now shown in the header line.
This replaces the message most navigation commands in the thumbnail
buffer used to show at the bottom of the screen.
---
*** Support GraphicsMagick command line tools.
Support for the GraphicsMagick command line tool ("gm") has been
added, and is used instead of ImageMagick when it is available.
---
*** Support Thumbnail Managing Standard v0.9.0 (Dec 2020).
This standard allows sharing generated thumbnails across different
programs. Version 0.9.0 adds two larger thumbnail sizes: 512x512 and
1024x1024 pixels. See the user option 'image-dired-thumbnail-storage'
to use it; it is not enabled by default.
---
*** Reduce dependency on external "exiftool" command.
The 'image-dired-copy-with-exif-file-name' no longer requires an
external "exiftool" command to be available. The user options
'image-dired-cmd-read-exif-data-program' and
'image-dired-cmd-read-exif-data-options' are now obsolete.
---
*** Support for bookmark.el.
@ -2083,15 +2078,12 @@ the thumbnail view, and will create a bookmark that opens the current
directory in Image-Dired.
---
*** New user option 'image-dired-marking-shows-next'.
If this option is non-nil (the default), marking, unmarking or
flagging an image in either the thumbnail or display buffer shows the
next image.
---
*** Image information is now shown in the header line.
This replaces the message most navigation commands in the thumbnail
buffer used to show at the bottom of the screen.
*** The 'image-dired-slideshow-start' command no longer prompts.
It no longer inconveniently prompts for a number of images and a
delay: it runs indefinitely, but stops automatically on any command.
You can set the delay with a prefix argument, or a negative prefix
argument to prompt for a delay. Customize the user option
'image-dired-slideshow-delay' to change the default from 5 seconds.
---
*** 'image-dired-display-properties-format' default has changed.
@ -2107,12 +2099,6 @@ thumbnails in the background in recent versions, this is not as
important as it used to be. You can now also customize this option to
nil to disable this confirmation completely.
---
*** 'image-dired-rotate-thumbnail-(left|right)' is now obsolete.
Instead, use commands 'image-dired-refresh-thumb' to generate a new
thumbnail, or 'image-rotate' to rotate the thumbnail without updating
the thumbnail file.
---
*** HTML image gallery generation is now obsolete.
The 'image-dired-gallery-generate' command and these user options are
@ -2120,6 +2106,25 @@ now obsolete: 'image-dired-gallery-thumb-image-root-url',
'image-dired-gallery-hidden-tags', 'image-dired-gallery-dir',
'image-dired-gallery-image-root-url'.
---
*** 'image-dired-rotate-thumbnail-(left|right)' is now obsolete.
Instead, use commands 'image-dired-refresh-thumb' to generate a new
thumbnail, or 'image-rotate' to rotate the thumbnail without updating
the thumbnail file.
+++
*** Some commands and user options are now obsolete.
Since Image-Dired no longer converts images in the background before
displaying them, some commands and user options that are no longer
needed are now obsolete:
'image-dired-cmd-create-temp-image-options',
'image-dired-cmd-create-temp-image-program',
'image-dired-display-current-image-full',
'image-dired-display-current-image-sized',
'image-dired-display-window-height-correction',
'image-dired-display-window-width-correction',
'image-dired-temp-image-file'.
** Dired
---