EOG opens images with 99% zoom (blurry) instead of 100%

thanks for your report, that's likely known upstream you can track it here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530447

Why not do simply the following?

diff --git a/src/eog-window.c b/src/eog-window.c
--- a/src/eog-window.c
+++ b/src/eog-window.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ eog_window_obtain_desired_size (EogImage *image,
  screen_height = monitor.height;

  deco_width = window_width - view_width;
- deco_height = window_height - view_height;
+ deco_height = window_height - view_height + 5;

  if (img_width > 0 && img_height > 0) {
   if ((img_width + deco_width > screen_width) ||

OK, it's not the right solution, but
- it solves the problem (at least with ubuntu's default gtk theme; I don't know, it might depend on the theme used)
- it has minimal impact (getting a window 5 pixel higher when image collection is shown doesn't really matters)
- you could ship intrepid with one less annoying bug

fixed upstream, thanks for reporting.

This bug was fixed in the package eog - 2.24.1-0ubuntu1

---------------
eog (2.24.1-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (lp: #286679)
    - Improvements to the JPEG metadata reader (Felix Riemann)
    - Fix progress reporting when images only need copying during
      "Save As" (Felix Riemann)
    - Fix some critical warnings (Claudio Saavedra, Vincent Untz)
    - Do not open some images at 98% or 99% (Felix Riemann)
    - Install metadata related headers properly (Pierre-Luc Beaudoin)
    - Avoid possible markup "injection attack" (Martin Olsson)
    - Docs improvements.
   Bug fixes:
   - #530447, Eye of GNOME opens images resized at 98% or
     99% zoom (Felix Riemann) (lp: #231385)
   - #555940, eog is vulnerable to pango injection
     attack :-) (Martin Olsson)
   - #555942, Not all public EXIF API headers are installed
     (Pierre-Luc Beaudoin)

 -- Pedro Fragoso <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:46:20 +0100

Hello,

the bug is still here in Ubuntu 13.10

For users information:
try hiding the toolbar to get your images displayed correctly.

Still not fixed!

Posted bug on their bugzilla, please, add your vote there
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733290

I have installed Ubuntu on several computers the last years, and I have experienced this bug in most of the installations. So annoying: Why not just make the window 2px bigger to fit the image on 100%.

There is a new bug report specific to Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10: bug #1296487

Could you please vote (and subscribe) there?

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@Rasmus Graver: "Why not just make the window 2px bigger to fit the image on 100%."

Because the difference is not always 2 pixels. Try to change the theme to High Contrast - the bug will not show up. Try to disable the toolbar in EOG - the bug will not show up. ...and anyway adding two pixels will not be a correct fix and the problem would probably manifest different ways in the future.