NAME¶
sxiv - Simple X Image Viewer
SYNOPSIS¶
sxiv [
-bcfhioqrtvZ] [
-G GAMMA] [
-g
GEOMETRY] [
-N NAME] [
-n NUM] [
-S
DELAY] [
-s MODE] [
-z ZOOM]
FILE...
DESCRIPTION¶
sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features
required for fast image viewing.
sxiv has two modes of operation: image and thumbnail mode. The default is image
mode, in which only the current image is shown. In thumbnail mode a grid of
small previews is displayed, making it easy to choose an image to open.
sxiv can also cache its thumbnails. Please see the section THUMBNAIL CACHING for
information on how to enable this feature.
Please note, that the fullscreen mode requires an EWMH/NetWM compliant window
manager.
OPTIONS¶
- -b
- Do not show info bar on bottom of window.
- -c
- Remove all orphaned cache files from the thumbnail cache directory and
exit.
- -f
- Start in fullscreen mode.
- -G GAMMA
- Set image gamma to GAMMA (-32..32).
- -g GEOMETRY
- Set window position and size. See section GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS of X(7)
for more information on GEOMETRY argument.
- -N NAME
- Set the resource name of sxiv's X window to NAME.
- -n NUM
- Start at picture number NUM.
- -h
- Print brief usage information to standard output and exit.
- -i
- Read names of files to open from standard input.
- -o
- Write list of all marked files to standard output when quitting. In
combination with -i sxiv can be used as a visual filter/pipe.
- -q
- Be quiet, disable warnings to standard error stream.
- -r
- Search the given directories recursively for images to view.
- -S DELAY
- Start in slideshow mode. Set the delay between images to DELAY
seconds.
- -s MODE
- Set scale mode according to MODE character. Supported modes are: [d]own,
[f]it, [w]idth, [h]eight.
- -t
- Start in thumbnail mode.
- -v
- Print version information to standard output and exit.
- -Z
- The same as `-z 100'.
- -z ZOOM
- Set zoom level to ZOOM percent.
GENERAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS¶
The following keyboard commands are available in both image and thumbnail mode:
- q
- Quit sxiv.
- Return
- Switch to thumbnail mode / open selected image in image mode.
- 0-9
- Prefix the next command with a number (denoted via count).
- g
- Go to the first image.
- G
- Go to the last image, or image number count.
- f
- Toggle fullscreen mode.
- b
- Toggle visibility of info bar on bottom of window.
- Ctrl-x
- Send the next key to the external key-handler.
- r
- Reload image.
- R
- Reload all thumbnails.
- D
- Remove current image from file list and go to next image.
- m
- Mark/unmark the current image.
- M
- Reverse all image marks.
- N
- Go count marked images forward.
- P
- Go count marked images backward.
THUMBNAIL KEYBOARD COMMANDS¶
The following keyboard commands are only available in thumbnail mode:
- h, Left
- Move selection left count times.
- j, Down
- Move selection down count times.
- k, Up
- Move selection up count times.
- l, Right
- Move selection right count times.
- Ctrl-j, Ctrl-Down
- Scroll thumbnail grid one window height down.
- Ctrl-k, Ctrl-Up
- Scroll thumbnail grid one window height up.
IMAGE KEYBOARD COMMANDS¶
The following keyboard commands are only available in image mode:
Navigate image list¶
- n, Space
- Go count images forward.
- p, Backspace
- Go count images backward.
- [
- Go count * 10 images backward.
- ]
- Go count * 10 images forward.
Handle multi-frame images¶
- Ctrl-n
- Go to the next frame of a multi-frame image.
- Ctrl-p
- Go to the previous frame of a multi-frame image.
- Ctrl-Space
- Play/pause animation of a multi-frame image.
Zooming¶
- +
- Zoom in.
- -
- Zoom out.
- =
- Set zoom level to 100%, or count%.
- w
- Set zoom level to 100%, but fit large images into window.
- W
- Fit image to window.
- e
- Fit image to window width.
- E
- Fit image to window height.
Panning¶
- h, Left
- Pan image 1/5 of window width or count pixel left.
- j, Down
- Pan image 1/5 of window height or count pixel down.
- k, Up
- Pan image 1/5 of window height or count pixel up.
- l, Right
- Pan image 1/5 of window width or count pixel right.
- H
- Pan to left image edge.
- J
- Pan to bottom image edge.
- K
- Pan to top image edge.
- L
- Pan to right image edge.
- Ctrl-h, Ctrl-Left
- Pan image one window width left.
- Ctrl-j, Ctrl-Down
- Pan image one window height down.
- Ctrl-k, Ctrl-Up
- Pan image one window height up.
- Ctrl-l, Ctrl-Right
- Pan image one window width right.
Rotation¶
- <
- Rotate image counter-clockwise by 90 degrees.
- >
- Rotate image clockwise by 90 degrees.
- ?
- Rotate image by 180 degrees.
Flip¶
- |
- Flip image horizontally.
- _
- Flip image vertically.
Gamma Correction¶
- {
- Decrease gamma.
- }
- Increase gamma.
- Ctrl-g
- Reset gamma.
Miscellaneous¶
- a
- Toggle anti-aliasing.
- A
- Toggle visibility of alpha-channel, i.e. image transparency.
- s
- Toggle slideshow mode and/or set the delay between images to count
seconds.
MOUSE COMMANDS¶
The following mouse mappings are available in image mode:
Navigate image list¶
- Button1
- Go to next image.
- Button3
- Go to the previous image.
Zooming¶
- Ctrl+ScrollUp
- Zoom in.
- Ctrl+ScrollDown
- Zoom out.
Panning/Moving¶
- Button2
- Drag the image with the mouse while keeping this button pressed down.
- ScrollUp
- Pan image up.
- ScrollDown
- Pan image down.
- Shift+ScrollUp
- Pan image left.
- Shift+ScrollDown
- Pan image right.
STATUS BAR¶
The information displayed on the left side of the status bar can be replaced
with the output of a user-provided script, which is called by sxiv whenever an
image gets loaded. The path of this script is
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sxiv/exec/image-info and the first argument to this
script is the path of the loaded image.
There is also an example script installed together with sxiv as
/usr/share/sxiv/exec/image-info.
THUMBNAIL CACHING¶
To enable thumbnail caching, please make sure to create the directory
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/sxiv/ with write permissions. sxiv will then store all
thumbnails inside this directory, but it will not create this directory by
itself. It rather uses the existence of this directory as an affirmation, that
the user wants thumbnails to be cached.
Use the command line option
-c to keep the cache directory clean by
removing all orphaned cache files. Additionally, run the following command
afterwards inside the cache directory to remove empty subdirectories:
find . -depth -type d -empty ! -name '.' -exec rmdir {}
\;
AUTHOR¶
Bert Muennich <ber.t at posteo.de>
CONTRIBUTORS¶
Bastien Dejean <nihilhill at gmail.com>
Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com>
Fung SzeTat <sthorde at gmail.com>
HOMEPAGE¶
https://github.com/muennich/sxiv
SEE ALSO¶
feh(1),
qiv(1)