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Sindi Keesan
> > Slackware 8.1 has gtk 1.2 only, but it also has gqview 1.0.2 (very old
> > version PRECOMPILED).

> To get the gqview from Slackware 8.1 to work,
> copy gqview to /usr/bin and README to /usr/share/gqview
>
> or install the package then delete everything it put into locale doc
> (except the README), share (same README).

> Extract, copy, and ldconfig four shared libraries from gtkglib from
> Slackware 7.1 gdk gtk gmodule and glib.  .so (no .a or .la)
>
> install the gdkpixbf packages from Slackware 7.1 and then delete
> files that went into /usr/share /usr/doc/ /usr/include (needed only for
> compiling), anything /usr/lib/*.a or .la.  I think you need one so library
> and a config in /usr/bin.
>
> I will try to make a package of required parts from all three of these
> packages.
>
> It finally loaded.  I have not figured out how to make it work without a
> mouse.

If you go into the directory where you photos are loaded, it looks there 
for photos by default.  Everything is working except it segfaults if you 
make thumbnails in a directory containing pings, with a complaint about 
being compiled for an older libpng than is in use on the computer.

Should be usable if you don't have png's in your directory.

The precompiled version from Slackware 8.1 is set to use Xpaint, GIMP, XV, 
and Electric Eyes for editing.  It brings up xv with that photo loaded, 
for instance.  No way to change to some other programs or add more as in 
version 2.0.  I have only xv.  Perhaps the code can be edited to use 
netpbm or Image Magick instead of GIMP.  I don't know how to crop with xv 
(clicking on crop does nothing).  I might still try compiling after 
downloading 8MB of gtk+2.

We are having brief power failures after a storm.  My 600Mhz computer 
recovered but the faster one (with XP running) rebooted itself then froze.
I wonder why.