| 1 | .TH SXIV 1 sxiv\-VERSION |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | sxiv \- Simple (or small or suckless) X Image Viewer |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .B sxiv |
| 6 | .RB [ \-bcdFfhpqrstvZ ] |
| 7 | .RB [ \-g |
| 8 | .IR GEOMETRY ] |
| 9 | .RB [ \-n |
| 10 | .IR NUM ] |
| 11 | .RB [ \-z |
| 12 | .IR ZOOM ] |
| 13 | .IR FILE ... |
| 14 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 15 | sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features |
| 16 | required for fast image viewing. |
| 17 | .P |
| 18 | sxiv opens all named |
| 19 | .IR FILE s, |
| 20 | or reads the names of the files to open from standard input, if only a single |
| 21 | hyphen\-minus |
| 22 | .RB ( \- ) |
| 23 | is given. |
| 24 | .P |
| 25 | sxiv has two modes of operation: image and thumbnail mode. The default is image |
| 26 | mode, in which only the current image is shown. In thumbnail mode a grid of |
| 27 | small previews is displayed, making it easy to choose an image to open. |
| 28 | .P |
| 29 | sxiv can also cache its thumbnails. Please see the section THUMBNAIL CACHING |
| 30 | for information on how to enable this feature. |
| 31 | .P |
| 32 | Please note, that the fullscreen mode requires an EWMH/NetWM compliant window |
| 33 | manager. |
| 34 | .SH OPTIONS |
| 35 | .TP |
| 36 | .B \-b |
| 37 | Do not show info bar on bottom of window. |
| 38 | .TP |
| 39 | .B \-c |
| 40 | Remove all orphaned cache files from the thumbnail cache directory and exit. |
| 41 | .TP |
| 42 | .B \-d |
| 43 | Scale all images to 100%, but fit large images into window. |
| 44 | .TP |
| 45 | .B \-F |
| 46 | Make the window fixed/floating by setting the minimum and maximum width/height |
| 47 | size-hints to the window width/height. |
| 48 | .TP |
| 49 | .B \-f |
| 50 | Start in fullscreen mode. |
| 51 | .TP |
| 52 | .BI "\-g " GEOMETRY |
| 53 | Set window position and size. See section GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS of X(7) for |
| 54 | more information on |
| 55 | .IR GEOMETRY . |
| 56 | .TP |
| 57 | .BI "\-n " NUM |
| 58 | Start at picture number NUM. |
| 59 | .TP |
| 60 | .B \-h |
| 61 | Print brief usage information to standard output and exit. |
| 62 | .TP |
| 63 | .B \-p |
| 64 | Pixelize images, i.e. turn off anti-aliasing. |
| 65 | .TP |
| 66 | .B \-q |
| 67 | Be quiet, disable warnings to standard error stream. |
| 68 | .TP |
| 69 | .B \-r |
| 70 | Search the given directories recursively for images to view. |
| 71 | .TP |
| 72 | .B \-s |
| 73 | Scale all images to fit into window. |
| 74 | .TP |
| 75 | .B \-t |
| 76 | Start in thumbnail mode. |
| 77 | .TP |
| 78 | .B \-v |
| 79 | Print version information to standard output and exit. |
| 80 | .TP |
| 81 | .B \-Z |
| 82 | The same as `\-z 100'. |
| 83 | .TP |
| 84 | .BI "\-z " ZOOM |
| 85 | Scale all images to the current zoom level, use a zoom level of |
| 86 | .I ZOOM |
| 87 | at startup. |
| 88 | .SH GENERAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS |
| 89 | The following keyboard commands are available in both image and thumbnail mode: |
| 90 | .TP |
| 91 | .B q |
| 92 | Quit sxiv. |
| 93 | .TP |
| 94 | .B Return |
| 95 | Switch to thumbnail mode / open selected image in image mode. |
| 96 | .TP |
| 97 | .BR 0 \- 9 |
| 98 | Prefix the next command with a number (denoted via |
| 99 | .IR count ). |
| 100 | .TP |
| 101 | .B g |
| 102 | Go to the first image. |
| 103 | .TP |
| 104 | .B G |
| 105 | Go to the last image, or image number |
| 106 | .IR count . |
| 107 | .TP |
| 108 | .B f |
| 109 | Toggle fullscreen mode. |
| 110 | .TP |
| 111 | .B b |
| 112 | Toggle visibility of info bar on bottom of window. |
| 113 | .TP |
| 114 | .B A |
| 115 | Toggle visibility of alpha-channel, i.e. image transparency. |
| 116 | .TP |
| 117 | .B r |
| 118 | Reload image. |
| 119 | .TP |
| 120 | .B D |
| 121 | Remove current image from file list and go to next image. |
| 122 | .SH THUMBNAIL KEYBOARD COMMANDS |
| 123 | The following keyboard commands are only available in thumbnail mode: |
| 124 | .TP |
| 125 | .BR h ", " Left |
| 126 | Move selection left. |
| 127 | .TP |
| 128 | .BR j ", " Down |
| 129 | Move selection down. |
| 130 | .TP |
| 131 | .BR k ", " Up |
| 132 | Move selection up. |
| 133 | .TP |
| 134 | .BR l ", " Right |
| 135 | Move selection right. |
| 136 | .TP |
| 137 | .BR Ctrl-j ", " Ctrl-Down |
| 138 | Scroll thumbnail grid one window height down. |
| 139 | .TP |
| 140 | .BR Ctrl-k ", " Ctrl-Up |
| 141 | Scroll thumbnail grid one window height up. |
| 142 | .SH IMAGE KEYBOARD COMMANDS |
| 143 | The following keyboard commands are only available in image mode: |
| 144 | .SS Navigate image list |
| 145 | .TP |
| 146 | .BR n ", " Space |
| 147 | Go |
| 148 | .I count |
| 149 | images forward. |
| 150 | .TP |
| 151 | .BR p ", " Backspace |
| 152 | Go |
| 153 | .I count |
| 154 | images backward. |
| 155 | .TP |
| 156 | .B [ |
| 157 | Go |
| 158 | .I count |
| 159 | * 10 images backward. |
| 160 | .TP |
| 161 | .B ] |
| 162 | Go |
| 163 | .I count |
| 164 | * 10 images forward. |
| 165 | .SS Handle multi-frame images |
| 166 | .TP |
| 167 | .B Ctrl-n |
| 168 | Go to the next frame of a multi-frame image. |
| 169 | .TP |
| 170 | .B Ctrl-p |
| 171 | Go to the previous frame of a multi-frame image. |
| 172 | .TP |
| 173 | .B Ctrl-Space |
| 174 | Play/pause animation of a multi-frame image. |
| 175 | .SS Zooming |
| 176 | .TP |
| 177 | .BR + |
| 178 | Zoom in. |
| 179 | .TP |
| 180 | .B \- |
| 181 | Zoom out. |
| 182 | .TP |
| 183 | .B = |
| 184 | Set zoom level to 100%, or |
| 185 | .IR count %. |
| 186 | .TP |
| 187 | .B w |
| 188 | Set zoom level to fit image into window. |
| 189 | .SS Panning |
| 190 | .TP |
| 191 | .BR h ", " Left |
| 192 | Pan image 1/5 of window width or |
| 193 | .I count |
| 194 | pixel left. |
| 195 | .TP |
| 196 | .BR j ", " Down |
| 197 | Pan image 1/5 of window height or |
| 198 | .I count |
| 199 | pixel down. |
| 200 | .TP |
| 201 | .BR k ", " Up |
| 202 | Pan image 1/5 of window height or |
| 203 | .I count |
| 204 | pixel up. |
| 205 | .TP |
| 206 | .BR l ", " Right |
| 207 | Pan image 1/5 of window width or |
| 208 | .I count |
| 209 | pixel right. |
| 210 | .TP |
| 211 | .B H |
| 212 | Pan to left image edge. |
| 213 | .TP |
| 214 | .B J |
| 215 | Pan to bottom image edge. |
| 216 | .TP |
| 217 | .B K |
| 218 | Pan to top image edge. |
| 219 | .TP |
| 220 | .B L |
| 221 | Pan to right image edge. |
| 222 | .TP |
| 223 | .BR Ctrl-h ", " Ctrl-Left |
| 224 | Pan image one window width left. |
| 225 | .TP |
| 226 | .BR Ctrl-j ", " Ctrl-Down |
| 227 | Pan image one window height down. |
| 228 | .TP |
| 229 | .BR Ctrl-k ", " Ctrl-Up |
| 230 | Pan image one window height up. |
| 231 | .TP |
| 232 | .BR Ctrl-l ", " Ctrl-Right |
| 233 | Pan image one window width right. |
| 234 | .SS Rotation |
| 235 | .TP |
| 236 | .B < |
| 237 | Rotate image counter-clockwise by 90 degrees. |
| 238 | .TP |
| 239 | .B > |
| 240 | Rotate image clockwise by 90 degrees. |
| 241 | .SS Flip |
| 242 | .TP |
| 243 | .B \\\\ |
| 244 | Flip image horizontally. |
| 245 | .TP |
| 246 | .B | |
| 247 | Flip image vertically. |
| 248 | .SS Slideshow |
| 249 | .TP |
| 250 | .B s |
| 251 | Toggle slideshow. |
| 252 | .TP |
| 253 | .B Ctrl\-'\-' |
| 254 | Decrease slideshow delay. |
| 255 | .TP |
| 256 | .B Ctrl-'+' |
| 257 | Increase slideshow delay. |
| 258 | .TP |
| 259 | .B Ctrl-'=' |
| 260 | Reset slideshow delay to default value, or set it to |
| 261 | .I count |
| 262 | seconds. |
| 263 | .SS Miscellaneous |
| 264 | .TP |
| 265 | .B a |
| 266 | Toggle anti-aliasing. |
| 267 | .TP |
| 268 | .B W |
| 269 | Resize window to fit image. |
| 270 | .SH MOUSE COMMANDS |
| 271 | The following mouse mappings are available in image mode: |
| 272 | .SS Navigate image list |
| 273 | .TP |
| 274 | .B Button1 |
| 275 | Go to next image. |
| 276 | .TP |
| 277 | .B Button3 |
| 278 | Go to the previous image. |
| 279 | .SS Zooming |
| 280 | .TP |
| 281 | .B Ctrl+ScrollUp |
| 282 | Zoom in. |
| 283 | .TP |
| 284 | .B Ctrl+ScrollDown |
| 285 | Zoom out. |
| 286 | .SS Panning/Moving |
| 287 | .TP |
| 288 | .B Button2 |
| 289 | Drag the image with the mouse while keeping this button pressed down. |
| 290 | .TP |
| 291 | .B ScrollUp |
| 292 | Pan image up. |
| 293 | .TP |
| 294 | .B ScrollDown |
| 295 | Pan image down. |
| 296 | .TP |
| 297 | .B Shift+ScrollUp |
| 298 | Pan image left. |
| 299 | .TP |
| 300 | .B Shift+ScrollDown |
| 301 | Pan image right. |
| 302 | .SH THUMBNAIL CACHING |
| 303 | To enable thumbnail caching, please make sure to create the directory |
| 304 | .I ~/.sxiv/ |
| 305 | with write permissions. sxiv will then store all thumbnails inside this |
| 306 | directory, but it will not create this directory by itself. It rather uses the |
| 307 | existance of this directory as an affirmation, that the user wants thumbnails |
| 308 | to be cached. |
| 309 | .P |
| 310 | Use the command line option |
| 311 | .I \-c |
| 312 | to keep the cache directory clean by removing all orphaned cache files. |
| 313 | Additionally, run the following command afterwards inside the cache directory |
| 314 | to remove empty subdirectories: |
| 315 | .P |
| 316 | .RS |
| 317 | find \-type d \-empty \-delete |
| 318 | .RE |
| 319 | .P |
| 320 | If the version of |
| 321 | .I find |
| 322 | installed on your local system does not support the \-delete option, then you |
| 323 | can also try the following command: |
| 324 | .P |
| 325 | .RS |
| 326 | find . \-depth \-type d \-empty ! \-name '.' \-exec rmdir {} \\; |
| 327 | .RE |
| 328 | .SH AUTHORS |
| 329 | .EX |
| 330 | Bert Muennich <ber.t at gmx.com> |
| 331 | Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com> |
| 332 | Fung SzeTat <sthorde at gmail.com> |
| 333 | .EE |
| 334 | .SH HOMEPAGE |
| 335 | .TP |
| 336 | https://github.com/muennich/sxiv |
| 337 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 338 | .BR feh (1), |
| 339 | .BR qiv (1) |