Adventures in f-spot
By following the excellently simple instructions here I was able to get the CVS version of f-spot downloaded and building. I then took a quick peek in the src directory and saw a file called SlideView.cs. I edited the following section of code:
private void ShowNext ()
{
StopTweenIdle ();
if (current_idx != next_idx && next != null)
this.Pixbuf = next;
current_idx = next_idx;
black = false;
transition_interval = 75;
flip_interval = 5000; # Changed from 2000
}
And then ran make all install. That's it! I can't believe how easy it all was. Since I'm partially interested in this whole Mono thing, and like the look of f-spot as an application, I've decided I'm going to try and enhance this a little by adding the ability to edit this value from within the menu. It would probably make the most sense under "Edit -> Preferences". If I can do this successfully hopefully I'll have learnt a bit of C#/Mono along the way, and maybe I'll even try and submit it as a patch.
Hard to believe, but I think this is the first time I've taken a look at the source code for a desktop Linux application, and it's been a very pleasant experience so far. Use the source!
Update: 2006-09-13
I've discovered on the f-spot mailing list that someone's already submitted a patch for this specific issue. Would be great to see it make it into the next release!
