When the user requests sorting by size or mtime, do a "soft preload" of the file list that only calls stat(2) without loading images. This avoids calling stat(2) repeatedly on the same files when sorting the file list, and achieves faster startup on slow filesystems.
derf
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3 months ago
When the user requests sorting by size or mtime, do a "soft preload" of the file list that only calls stat(2) without loading images. This avoids calling stat(2) repeatedly on the same files when sorting the file list, and achieves faster startup on slow filesystems.
Closes https://github.com/derf/feh/issues/694