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General
Keep daily backups: how many daily backups are kept (7 by default). It applies to the daily configuration file and to the Layouts/Collections day snapshots in Backups (see Backups). The per-startup configuration rotation always keeps the last 7 executions.
The options of this page are grouped in On Start, Behaviour and On Close. They cover how Guayadeque starts, a few behaviours of the main window and what happens when the program is closed.
On Start
Language is the language of the interface. 'Default' follows the language of your desktop; the other entries force one language. As the note beside the list says, the new language is only used after a restart. The translations are installed by the language packs of your distribution, so if the language you picked is not available a warning is shown and the program falls back to the system default language.
Show splash screen shows the start-up window with the logo while the collections are loaded. It is enabled by default.
Prevents the system from suspending while playing audio keeps the machine awake during playback. Default is disabled.
Start minimized starts with the main window minimized in the task bar. When the system tray icon and 'Close minimizes to system tray icon' (see below) are both enabled, the main window is not shown at all and the program starts directly in the tray. It is disabled by default.
Keep daily backups: how many days of backups are kept (7 by default, from 1 to 365). It applies to the daily configuration copies and to the Layouts/Collections day snapshots in Backups (see Backups). The per-startup configuration rotation always keeps the last 7 executions.
Load default layout makes the next start ignore the saved layout and open the panels at their initial positions, which is how you recover from a layout you moved into a place you can no longer fix. The program turns the option off again when it loads the default layout, so it only happens once.
Behaviour
Prevents the system from suspending while playing audio asks the desktop, through D-Bus, not to start the screensaver and not to blank the screen while a track is being played. The request is released as soon as playback pauses or stops. It is enabled by default.
Activate system tray icon puts a Guayadeque icon in the system tray, with a menu to play, pause and stop and to show the main window again. Clicking the icon while the window is hidden brings it back. It is disabled by default.
Close minimizes to system tray icon is only available while the tray icon is active. With it, closing the main window hides it instead of ending the program, so the music keeps playing; without it, closing the window still exits. It is disabled by default.
Enqueue as default action changes what double-clicking a track does in the library, album browser, play queue and the other lists: instead of replacing the tracks being played, the tracks are added to the end of the play queue. It is disabled by default.
Drop files clear play queue (previously called 'Drop files clear playlist') clears the play queue before the files are added, so only the dropped tracks remain. When it is off, the dropped tracks are inserted in the position where you drop them. It is disabled by default.
Instant text search shows the results as soon as you type the first letters in the search box, and narrows them down while you keep typing, instead of waiting for you to start the search. Turning it off makes the search cheaper on slow machines, at the cost of having to launch it yourself. It is enabled by default.
When searching, pressing enter queues the result is only available while instant text search is on. With it, the enter key after a text search sends everything the search found to the play queue, replacing the queue or adding the tracks at its end when 'Enqueue as default action' is also on; without it, the search only selects. It is disabled by default.
Show album cover in the player shows the cover of the track being played in the player panel. Uncheck it when you already have the cover panel visible and need more room for the track information. The change applies as soon as you accept the preferences. It is enabled by default.
Show album cover in the player hides the player cover. It is useful if you already have the cover panel visible and want more room for the player information.
Show CD cover frame in the cover editor draws the CD case frame around the covers in the Cover Editor. It is enabled by default.
On Close
Save play queue on close (previously called 'Save playlist on close') saves the play queue and the track being played when Guayadeque is closed, and restores both at the next start. It is enabled by default; with it off, every start begins with an empty queue.
Ask confirmation on exit asks for confirmation before closing the program. The confirmation dialog has a 'Don't ask again' box that turns this option off. It is enabled by default.