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diff --git a/el-exiftool.el b/el-exiftool.el index 284064f..3bc6768 100644 --- a/el-exiftool.el +++ b/el-exiftool.el @@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ ;; el-exiftool is an elisp wrapper around ExifTool. ExifTool supports ;; reading and writing metadata in various formats including EXIF, XMP ;; and IPTC. +;; +;; There is a significant overhead in loading ExifTool for every +;; command to be exected. So, el-exiftool starts an ExifTool process +;; in the -stay_open mode, and passes all commands to it. For more +;; about ExifTool's -stay_open mode, see +;; http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/#performance ;;; Code: |