Add cache size and its purpose to qpdfview settings

contrib-versioning
Lyn Perrine 6 years ago
parent c64772c45e
commit ae109a8e70

@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ To add your own settings to qpdfview you can get to a settings window with :menu
If you want to reset these settings to the defaults is to press the :guilabel:`defaults` button. If you just want defaults on the current tab you can press the :guilabel:`defaults on current tab` button. If you want to return to viewing your pdf with the same settings press the :guilabel:`OK` button. If you wish to discard your changes press the :guilabel:`cancel` button.
To deal with settings on graphics press press on the :guilabel:`graphics` tab. The settings for paper color will has a drop down menu for previewing what it is like printing on colored paper. The checkbox for prefetch will preload pages not directly viewed by the pdf viewer not directly on the screen however this will use more resources. The drop down for cache size will larger will use up more resources but will make loading pdfs much faster. The :guilabel:`Prefetch` checkbox loads pages before you view them. The :guilabel:`Prefetch distance` tells you how many pages away from where you are to load.
To deal with settings on graphics press press on the :guilabel:`graphics` tab. The settings for paper color will has a drop down menu for previewing what it is like printing on colored paper. The checkbox for prefetch will preload pages not directly viewed by the pdf viewer not directly on the screen however this will use more resources. The drop down for cache size will larger will use up more resources but will make loading pdfs much faster. The :guilabel:`Prefetch` checkbox loads pages before you view them. The :guilabel:`Prefetch distance` tells you how many pages away from where you are to load. The field for :guilabel:`Presentation background color` sets the color of the background for presentations. The :guilabel:`Cache size` increases the size of the cache which will apply more system resorouces to run heavy pdfs like hundred of pages of full color artwork.
The :guilabel:`PDF` tab has more settings for pdfs. The :guilabel:`Antialiasing` checkbox gives pdfs antialiaasing. The :guilabel:`Text antialiasing` checkbox has antialiasing on text of pdfs. The :guilabel:`Text hinting` field changes the text hinting changes text hinting for the PDF view. The :guilabel:`Ignore Paper Color` checkbox ignores paper color when viewing pdfs.
To change the interface settings click on the :guilabel:`interface` tab. If you want the tabs to be spread out press the spread tabs checkbox. The the :guilabel:`tab position` changes where the tabbar on the window. The tab visibility can be set to as needed, always or never. The checkbox for :guilabel:`new tab next to current tab` opens new tabs next to the current one. The field for recently used lets you set the maximum number of files to keep around in recently used. The :guilabel:`Spread tabs` checkbox spreads the tabs to take up the whole tab bar and they get smaller the more tabs you open.

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