(defcustom image-dired-dir (locate-user-emacs-file "image-dired/")
"Directory where thumbnail images are stored.
-The value of this option will be ignored if Image-Dired is
-customized to use the Thumbnail Managing Standard; they will be
-saved in \"$XDG_CACHE_HOME/thumbnails/\" instead. See
+The value of this option is ignored if Image-Dired is customized
+to use the Thumbnail Managing Standard; they will be saved in
+\"$XDG_CACHE_HOME/thumbnails/\" instead. See
`image-dired-thumbnail-storage'."
:type 'directory)
-(defcustom image-dired-thumbnail-storage 'use-image-dired-dir
+(defcustom image-dired-thumbnail-storage 'image-dired
"How `image-dired' stores thumbnail files.
-There are two ways that Image-Dired can store and generate
-thumbnails. If you set this variable to one of the two following
-values, they will be stored in the JPEG format:
-
-- `use-image-dired-dir' means that the thumbnails are stored in a
- central directory.
-
-- `per-directory' means that each thumbnail is stored in a
- subdirectory called \".image-dired\" in the same directory
- where the image file is.
-
-It can also use the \"Thumbnail Managing Standard\", which allows
-sharing of thumbnails across different programs. Thumbnails will
-be stored in \"$XDG_CACHE_HOME/thumbnails/\" instead of in
-`image-dired-dir'. Thumbnails are saved in the PNG format, and
-can be one of the following sizes:
-
-- `standard' means use thumbnails sized 128x128.
-- `standard-large' means use thumbnails sized 256x256.
-- `standard-x-large' means use thumbnails sized 512x512.
-- `standard-xx-large' means use thumbnails sized 1024x1024.
+There are three ways that Image-Dired can store and generate
+thumbnails:
+
+ 1. According to the \"Thumbnail Managing Standard\", which allows
+ sharing of thumbnails across different programs. Thumbnails
+ will be stored in \"$XDG_CACHE_HOME/thumbnails/\"
+
+ Set this user option to one of the following values:
+
+ - `standard' means use thumbnails sized 128x128.
+ - `standard-large' means use thumbnails sized 256x256.
+ - `standard-x-large' means use thumbnails sized 512x512.
+ - `standard-xx-large' means use thumbnails sized 1024x1024.
+
+ 2. In the Image-Dired specific directory indicated by
+ `image-dired-dir'.
+
+ Set this user option to `image-dired' to use it (or
+ `use-image-dired-dir', which means the same thing for
+ backwards-compatibility reasons).
+
+ 3. In a subdirectory \".image-dired\" in the same directory
+ where the image files are.
+
+ Set this user option to `per-directory' to use it.
+
+To change the default size of thumbnails with (2) and (3) above,
+customize `image-dired-thumb-size'.
+
+With Thumbnail Managing Standard, save thumbnails in the PNG
+format, as mandated by that standard, and otherwise as JPEG.
For more information on the Thumbnail Managing Standard, see:
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html"