# Frequently Asked Questions

## Image viewing

### How do I keep images smaller than the visible area from enlarging when the zoom is set to “fit to window” ?

In the Preferences Image dialog , disable “Allow enlargement of image for zoom to fit”.

## Command line

### How do I open an image in an existing Geeqie application ?

Use the “--remote” command line option to send commands to an existing Geeqie, for a list of commands supported by the remote switch run:

    geeqie --remote-help

### How do I set the slide show delay when starting Geeqie in slide show from the command line ?

The delay can not be set when used with the standard --slideshow command line switch, as --slideshow uses the delay stored in the configuration file.

For this, use the remote command --slideshow-start to start the slide show after setting the delay with --delay=. The order of the command line is important. For example for a 12 second slide show delay use:

    geeqie --remote  --delay=12 --slideshow-start

Note that if geeqie is running prior to this command, the slide show should also be stopped prior to changing the delay:

    geeqie --remote --slideshow-stop --delay=12 --slideshow-start

## Miscellaneous

### How can I save and restore multiple Geeqie windows

The option Exit program when this window is closed provides this facility.

### I want to be able to edit images with Geeqie

Geeqie is an image viewer . There is, and never will be, a plan to add editing features. I recommend gimp for image editing.

## Exif Auto Rotation

### How do the Exif auto-rotation commands work?

Image auto-rotation works in either of two modes, set by Write altered image orientation to the metadata option.

Write altered image orientation to the metadata not set

If you change the orientation of an image using any of the available commands, the image will always be displayed in the modified orientation. This new orientation is stored in temporary data structures associated with each image file. When Geeqie closes, these changes will be lost.

It is not possible to determine if the image as displayed is the original image or one which has been temporarily rotated.

If the option Auto rotate image using EXIF information is selected, any images which have Exif orientation data will also be shown rotated. However, any rotation you have selected manually will always over-ride the embedded Exif rotation value.

Write altered image orientation to the metadata set

If you change the orientation of an image using any of the available commands, this new orientation is stored in a metadata write queue.

If the option Auto rotate image using EXIF information is selected, any images which have Exif orientation data will be shown rotated, including any in the metadata write queue.

However if the option Auto rotate image using EXIF information is not selected, no images will be auto-rotated. If you have manually rotated any images, the metadata write icon on the status bar will alert you to that fact. Clicking the icon will give a list of the modified files.