1.4.1

Bug Fix

• Fixed issue when running the executable while your current directory isn't the directory the executable is located in
• More Info on the bug here

Notes

• Type --help or -h in the command line to see the available options
  • Windows: simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe --help
  • Linux: ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out --help

How To Run

• Download executable
• Create a folder called Photos and populate that folder with images
• Make sure both the executable and photos folder are in the same folder/directory
• Run Executable:
  • Windows: double click the .exe or run simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe in your cmd
  • Linux: run ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out in your terminal

1.4.0

Features Added

• Added controls to manually move to the previous and next photo in the slideshow

Updates

• Renamed command line option --speed -s to --timer -t

Notes

• Type --help or -h in the command line to see the available options
  • Windows: simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe --help
  • Linux: ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out --help

How To Run

• Download executable
• Create a folder called Photos and populate that folder with images
• Make sure both the executable and photos folder are in the same folder/directory
• Run Executable:
  • Windows: double click the .exe or run simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe in your cmd
  • Linux: run ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out in your terminal

1.3.0

Features Added

• Command line argument/options to skip user input
• More background colors
• Background color also now accepts hex colors

Notes

• Type --help or -h in the command line to see the available options
  • Windows: simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe --help
  • Linux: ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out --help

How To Run

• Download executable
• Create a folder called Photos and populate that folder with images
• Make sure both the executable and photos folder are in the same folder/directory
• Run Executable:
  • Windows: double click the .exe or simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe in your cmd
  • Linux: run ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out in your terminal

1.2.0

Features Added

• Added a "paused" text on the window when slideshow is paused
• Displays the slideshow speed when using the speed controls (ex. "2.5 seconds")

Notes

• Improved logic for changing slideshow speed, now when you change the speed it will reset the timer and start at the specified speed instead of waiting for the previous timer to complete.
• Changed the paused logic from using a simple if wrapper condition to actually stopping the looped callback. This way the application isn't doing any unnecessary computation when paused. The only drawback is there might be a race condition with the new method. The logic supports that there could be a race condition, but I was never able to produce it. Even though I was unable to produce it, its still something worth looking into.

How To Run

• Download executable
• Create a folder called Photos and populate that folder with images
• Make sure both the executable and photos folder are in the same folder/directory
• Run Executable:
  • Windows: double click the .exe or simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-win.exe in your cmd
  • Linux: run ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out in your terminal

1.1.0

Features Added

• Ability to change background color to white or black
• Allow for user to input delay/speed before the photos are loaded
• Cleaned up cmd output

Fixed

• Issues with not terminating the program correctly on errors. quit() didn't work on the executable
• Handled exception thrown when Photos folder did not exist present

How To Run

• Download executable
• Create a folder called Photos and populate that folder with images
• Make sure both the executable and photos folder are in the same folder/directory
• Run Executable:
  • Windows: Just double click the .exe
  • Linux: run ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out in your terminal

1.0.0

Initial Release

Features

• Simple photo slideshow using command line and a Photos folder
• Basic keyboard controls (speedup, slowdown, pause, exit, and fullscreen)
• Translate Photos:
  • Resize: photos are automatically resized to fit the display screen
  • Resize + Crop: photos fit perfectly to screen leaving no empty spaces but you lose parts of the photo
• Slideshow can show photos in a random sequence or a fixed sequence

How To Run

• Download executable
• Create a folder called Photos and populate that folder with images
• Make sure both the executable and photos folder are in the same folder/directory
• Run Executable:
  • Windows: Just double click the .exe
  • Linux: run ./simpler-slideshow-x.x.x-linux.out in your terminal