# Command line

## How do I open an image in an existing Geeqie application ?

Use command line options to send commands to an existing Geeqie instance, for a list of commands supported by the remote switch run:

    geeqie --help

## Setting the slide show delay

How do I set the slide show delay when starting Geeqie in slide show from the command line ?

The delay can not be set when used with the standard --slideshow command line switch, as --slideshow uses the delay stored in the configuration file.

For this, use the remote command --slideshow to start the slide show after setting the delay with --delay=. The order of the command line is important. For example for a 12 second slide show delay use:

    geeqie --delay=12 --slideshow

Note that if geeqie is running prior to this command, the slide show should also be stopped prior to changing the delay:

    geeqie --slideshow --delay=12 --slideshow