![]() I'm not a fan of things that show up for one second and disappear, but that's a matter of taste. ![]() If there's such a mode, which certainly could be quite useful when sorting and saving files, the user should have to enable it, and there should be some visible indicator whenever the file's modified, like a non-modal pop-up saying "Overwriting Original File with New Rotation Information" that shows up for a second, then clears away so you can continue working. Oh, and at next startup, the system flags an error because the directory checksum is wrong. Maybe a file is supposed to be 90 degrees out because it's supposed to be shown on an LCD display that's mounted sideways (like a lot of video signage.) You're working on a system, you look at the image and rotate it to fit your screen, now the image doesn't display properly anymore because Nomacs has just silently re-saved it with different rotation information. Other things like that which it does, I haven't gone digging to find ![]() Things back to disk without letting anyone know - and there may be The real problem is that it shouldn't just be writing To save a rotated file, it moves the pixels instead of changing the Information, but that's just a work-around, because then when you want There's some tick-box to disable saving the EXIF rotation Information" that shows up for a second, then clears away so you canĪs it is, the viewer software isn't a viewer, it's a stealth fileĮditor. Non-modal pop-up saying "Overwriting Original File with New Rotation Should be some visible indicator whenever the file's modified, like a Sorting and saving files, the user should have to enable it, and there If there's such a mode, which certainly could be quite useful when Next startup, the system flags an error because the directory checksum Silently re-saved it with different rotation information. Now the image doesn't display properly anymore because Nomacs has just On a system, you look at the image and rotate it to fit your screen, That's mounted sideways (like a lot of video signage.) You're working Maybe a file is _supposed_ to be 90ĭegrees out because it's _supposed_ to be shown on an LCD display Looking at it, now the file doesn't match the original - and you don't Think of forensics, think of file packaging, software version control,įile SHA256 sums - you've just changed the source material just by No viewer should _ever_ modify a file on disk I have only just found out about the "R" key rotation - that discovery caused an immediateįrom all my systems, so I won't be looking for more hidden file mangling commands. There may be other operations which a user would consider "safe" which would destroy timestamp / metadata information on disk. Notice that the time/date stamp is changed to just a few seconds ago, and that the file size may have changed as well.ĭesktop (please complete the following information): The change is immediate, silent, and irreversable, and the "Undo" function is ignored after an "R" key rotation.Ĭlick on image, press "R" key. This changes the modification date on the file and changes the file size, all without the knowledge or consent of the user. If a user triggers a "Rotate" by pressing the "R" key, the file on disk is silently modified.
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