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Re: xv saving as smaller size



On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 17:36, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> I noticed this in September, but a friend just ran into in, and I
> thought I'd file a bug if it's appropriate.
> 
> If you want to rename files in xv (which is logical for many of us
> with digicams), xv actually resizes the file to the viewed size!
> Like, if your screen is 1024 x 768, but you're viewing the 1600x1200
> pic you just took, and you click "save as" and type "foo.jpg", the
> foo.jpg will be only 1024x768, not the larger size.  This bit me in
> the ass before; I've since written a wrapper that shows me my pix in
> xv but then prompts me on the command line for a filename.
> 
> Is this considered a feature?  Seems like a bug to me ... my only
> question would be if xv is included in debian or not.  An apt-cache
> search turns it up with my sources.list, but I seem to remember that
> it wasn't for some reason.
> 
> So, can I file a bug?
> 
> </nori>

While you could file a bug, xv is gone from testing and unstable as it
is non-free shareware, and there are many other DFSG-free applications
that do its functionality now.
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