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NAME

Geeqie - GTK based multiformat image viewer

SYNOPSIS

geeqie [options] [path]

DESCRIPTION

Geeqie is an interactive GTK based image viewer that supports multiple image formats, zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into collections.

OPTIONS

+t,--with-tools
Force the toolbox to be shown.
-t,--without-tools
Force the toolbox to be hidden.
-f,--fullscreen
Start in full screen mode.
-s,--slideshow
Start in slideshow mode.
-l,--list[files...][collections...]
Open collection window for command line files.
--blank
Start with blank file list.
--geometry=XxY+XOFF+YOFF
Set main window location.
-r,--remote
Send following commands to open window.
-rh,--remote-help
Print remote command list.
--debug[=level]
Turn on debugging output.
-g:<regexp>,--grep:<regexp>
Filter debug output.
+w,--show-log-window
Show log window.
-o:<FILE>,--log-file:<FILE>
Save log data to FILE.
-v,--version
Print version.
-h,--help
Print command line options.

REMOTE OPTIONS

-n,--next
Next image.
-b,--back
Previous image.
--first
First image.
--last
Last image.
-f,--fullscreen
Toggle full screen.
-fs,--fullscreen-start
Start full screen.
-fS,--fullscreen-stop
Stop full screen.
-s,--slideshow
Toggle slideshow.
-ss,--slideshow-start
Start slideshow.
-sS,--slideshow-stop
Stop slideshow.
--slideshow-recurse:<FOLDER>
Start recursive slide show in FOLDER.
-d<[HRS:][MINS:][N][.M]>,--delay=<[hrs:][mins][N][.M]>
Set slide show delay to Hrs Mins N.M seconds.
+t,--tools-show
Show tools.
-t,--tools-hide
Hide tools.
-q,--quit
Quit.
--config-load:<FILE>
Load configuration from FILE.
--get-sidecars:<FILE>
Get list of sidecars of FILE.
--get-destination:<FILE>
Get destination path of FILE.
file:<FILE>
Open FILE, bring Geeqie window to the top.
--file:<FILE>
Open FILE, bring Geeqie window to the top.
File:<FILE>
Open FILE, do not bring Geeqie window to the top.
--File:<FILE>
Open FILE, do not bring Geeqie window to the top.
--tell
Print filename [and Collection] of current image.
--pixel-info
Print X, Y and RGB of mouse pointer on current image.
--get-rectangle
Get rectangle co-ordinates.
--get-render-intent
Get render intent.
--get-filelist:[<FOLDER>]
Get list of files and class.
--get-filelist-recurse:[<FOLDER>]
Get list of file and class recursive.
--get-collection:<COLLECTION>
Get collection content.
--get-collection-list
Get collection list.
view:<FILE>
Open FILE in new window.
--view:<FILE>
Open FILE in new window.
--list-clear
Clear command line collection list.
--list-add:<FILE>
Add FILE to command line collection list.
raise
Bring the Geeqie window to the top.
--raise
Bring the Geeqie window to the top.
--id:<ID>
Window ID for following commands.
--new-window
Open new window.
--close-window
Close window.
-ct:clear|clean,--cache-thumbs:clear|clean
Clear or clean thumbnail cache.
-cs:clear|clean,--cache-shared:clear|clean
Clear or clean shared thumbnail cache.
-cm,--cache-metadata
Clean metadata cache.
-cr:<folder>,--cache-render:<folder>
Render thumbnails.
-crr:<folder>,--cache-render-recurse:<folder>
Render thumbnails recursively.
-crs:<folder>,--cache-render-shared:<folder>
Render thumbnails (see Help).
-crsr:<folder>,--cache-render-shared-recurse:<folder>
Render thumbnails recursively (see Help).
--lua:<FILE>,<lua-script>
Run lua script on FILE.

USAGE

Key naming is similar to that of emacs(1): C-key indicates that control should be held, and key should be pressed; S-key indicates that shift should be held and key should be pressed; these two can be combined, also, into C-S-key.
left-mouse-click
(on image) next image
middle-mouse-click
(on image) previous image
right-mouse
context menu
middle-mouse-drag
drag and drop operations
mouse-wheel
(on image) Changes to the next or previous image, or if option is enabled, scrolls the image vertically.
mouse-wheel+Shift-key
(on image) Inverts the mouse wheel behavior between scrolling image or changing image.
mouse-wheel+Control-key
(on image) Zooms the image in and out.

GENERAL KEYS

PageDown
next image
PageUp
previous image
Home
first image in list
End
last image in list
Tab
tab completion in path entry window
Escape
cancel completion in path entry window or stop generating thumbnails

IMAGE KEYS

Keys that are valid when the image part of the window is focused.
Arrows
pan image
Shift+Arrows
pan image faster
Space,N
next image
Backspace,B
previous image
C
new empty collection
O
open collection
D
open the Find Duplicates window
C-F
new folder
C-C
copy file
C-M
move file
C-R
rename file
C-D,Delete
delete file
C-N
new window
C-W
close window
C-Q
quit
C-1,2..9,0
run external editor
C-A
select all files
C-S-A
unselect all files
C-O
go to the Configuration window
C-P
display image properties
]
rotate image clockwise
[
rotate image counterclockwise
S-R
rotate image 180 degrees
S-M
mirror image (horizontal)
S-F
flip image (vertical)
+,=
zoom in
-
zoom out
Z,KeyPad-/
zoom to original size
X,KeyPad-*
zoom to fit window
1,2,3,4
zoom in to X scale factor
9,8,7
zoom to -2, -3, -4, respectively
T
toggle thumbnail display
C-L
display files in list format
C-I
display files in icon format
C-T
toggle tree view for directories
R
refresh file list
L
toggle floating of file selection area
H
toggle hiding of file selection area
F,V
toggle full-screen mode
S
toggle slide-show mode
P
toggle pause of slideshow
C-E
toggle display of exif sidebar
C-S
toggle display of sort manager

COLLECTION WINDOW KEYS

Arrows
move selection
Shift+Arrows
select multiple images
Control+Arrows
move selector without changing selection
Space
select the image under the selector
Control+Space
toggle selection of the image under the selector
Home
move selector to the top image
End
move selector to bottom image
Adding Shift or Control to Home and End has a similar effect as adding them to the arrows.
C-A
select all images
C-S-A
unselect all images
Delete
remove image form collection (does not delete the file)
C-L
add images to collection form main file list
N
sort collection by name
D
sort collection by date
B
sort collection by file size
P
sort collection by pathname
I
sort collection by name numerically (*)
Enter
view image under selector in the main image window
V
view image under selector in new window
C-1,2..9,0
open selected image(s) in external editor
S
save collection
C-S
save collection as
A
append current collection to existing collection
C-C
copy selected files
C-M
move selected files
C-R
rename selected files
C-D
delete selected files
C-W
close window

DUPLICATES WINDOW KEYS

C-A
select all images
C-S-A
unselect all images
1
select group 1 images
2
select group 2 images
C-L
add images from main window file list
C
add selected images to new collection
Delete
remove selected images from list
C-Delete
clear window
Enter
view image with focus in main window
V
view image with focus in new window
C-1,2..9,0
open selected image(s) in editor
C-P
display properties window for selected images
C-C
copy selected files
C-M
move selected files
C-R
rename selected files
C-D
delete selected files
C-W
close window

FILES

The following data lists the locations Geeqie uses for various actions. The uppercase symbols are environment variables. If they are not set on your system the fallback locations are listed in parentheses. Geeqie will first attempt to load a configuration file from:

/etc/geeqie/geeqierc.xml

It will then continue with the following locations. Most of Geeqie's configuration files are contained in the folder, and sub-folders of:

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/geeqie/ ($~/.config/geeqie/)

Geeqie's standard configuration file is:

.../geeqierc.xml

An alternative configuration file may be used by executing:

geeqie -r --config-load:<filename>

Geeqie-created desktop files used by Plugins are in the folder:

.../applications

Lua script files for Lua Extensions are in the folder:

.../lua

Historic data such as last several folders visited, bookmarks, and recently used collections, as well as default print settings are contained in this text file:

.../history

Keyboard shortcut maps are contained in this text file:

.../accels

The location for Collections is in the folder:

$XDG_DATA_HOME/geeqie/collections
($~/.local/share/geeqie/collections)

The lirc Infra-red controller configuration file must be located at:

$HOME/.lircrc

Thumbnails are stored in a location specified in Thumbnail Preferences

Metadata is stored either in the image file or in the location specified in Safe Delete

The safe delete folder is specified in the Metadata tab of main Preferences

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by John Ellis. Copyright (C) 2004-2017 by The Geeqie Team. Use this software at your own risk! This software released under the GNU General Public License. Please read the COPYING file for more information.

BUGS

Please send bug reports and feedback to https://github.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/issues

AUTHOR

John Ellis <johne@verizon.net>
Manpage originally prepared by Nick Rusnov <nick@grawk.net>
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