stats.lua: show embedded ICC profile name when displaying images
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Description
Expected behavior of the wanted feature
When displaying images, and the image has an embedded ICC profile, it would be nice to display its name in the stats overlay:
This can be extracted from EXIF metadata, and a few other keys can be included as well if those are judged to be useful.
Alternative behavior of the wanted feature
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with stats.lua, which builds the image stats overlay, and inspect how EXIF metadata is currently read. Use the provided sample image to verify that an embedded ICC profile name appears in the overlay when present; the issue also leaves the usefulness of other metadata keys open for judgment.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100