QCOMICBOOK(1) | QCOMICBOOK(1) |
NAME¶
QComicBook - QT viewer for comic book archives (cbr/cbz)SYNOPSIS¶
qcomicbook [archive] [dir] ...DESCRIPTION¶
QComicBook is a viewer for comic book archives containing jpeg/png/xpm/gif images, which aims at convenience and simplicity. Features include:- automatic decompression of zip (cbz), rar (cbr), ace (cba), targzipped (cbg) and tarbzip2ped (cbb) archives
- full-screen mode
- two-pages viewing
- page scaling
- mouse or keyboard navigation
- bookmarks
- thumbnails
- page caching and page preloading
- ... and more QComicBook software requirements:
- rar/unrar (one of them), unzip, unace and tar (with gzip and bzip2 support compiled-in) available somewhere in the PATH (e.g. in /usr/bin). If one of them is missing, you won't be able to open some archives
- a lot of disk space available in /tmp directory, for handling decompression of archives
MENU¶
File- Open directory - open directory containg images.
- Open archive - open archived images.
- Recently opened - list of ten recently opened archives / directories (most recently opened on the top).
- Info - displays information about currenly opened comic book. This includes contents of file_id.diz *.nf o files (if any) as well as memory usage info.
- Settings - allows you to fine-tune some options.
- Close - closes currently opened comic book.
- Quit - quits QComicBook.
- Background color - the color of the empty area around displayed image.
- Hide menubar in fullscreen mode - menubar may be hidded in fullscreen mode if desired; together with toolbar hiding option, it may give you the whole screen for displaying page contents.
- Hide statusbar in fullscreen mode - statusbar may be hidden in fullscreen mode, giving you even more space.
- Small mouse cursor - toggles small (4x4 pixels) mouse cursor for QComicBook window.
- Scaling method - the algorithm used for image scaling; either Smooth or Fast. Smooth scaling provides best quality, but is slower; it is recommened method unless you have really slow machine.
- Cache size - the number of pages kept in memory. Value of 0 disables caching; 1 has no effect on performance; 2 or more may improve your experience. Keep in mind, that caching may consume a lot of memory - for example, an 1280x1984 image may take as much as 9Mb of memory!
- Preload next page - enables page preloading in the background. This setting takes effect only for cache size of 3 and greater. It is recommended to enable this option, as it may really improve overall experience.
- Use disk cache for thumbnails - thumbnails are saved to disk, which speeds up things when loading them later. Set this option on if you tend to open comic books more then once.
- Number of days to keep thumbnails - defines, for how long to keep thumbnails on disk; old thumbnails are deleted when exiting QComicBook. Value of 0 disables purging.
- Help browser - allows to choose between simple built-in browser (the default) or any other external web browser.
- Forward and backward two pages in two-pages mode.
- Open info dialog after opening comic book - when enabled, info dialog is opened after opening comic book. You may still open this dialog manually with File/Info menu option.
- Confirm exit.
- Original size - no scaling is done and original image size is preserved.
- Fit width - image is scaled to fit window width.
- Fit height - image is scaled to fit window height.
- Whole page - image is scaled to fit window.
- Best fit - depending on image dimensions, QComicBook chooses the best method to scale image.
- Rotate right - rotates image clockwise.
- Rotate left - rotates image counter clockwise.
- No rotation - resets rotation, restores original image.
- Preserve rotation - makes rotation "permanent" for viewing next pages.
- Fullscreen - toggles beetween fullscreen and windowed mode; please note, that depending on you settings, menubar may be hidden in fullscreen mode, so to back to windowed mode you need to press F11 or ESC key.
- Two pages - display two pages, side by side, just like when reading normal book.
- Japanese mode - scrolls to top-right corner on page change; in two pages mode additionaly swaps pages.
- Thumbnails - toggles thumbnails window.
- Scrollbars - toggles displaying of scrollbars for large pages; please note that scrollbars will be shown only if necessary.
- Toolbar - toggles displaying of toolbar.
- Statusbar - toggles displaying of statusbar.
- Set bookmark for this comicbook - creates bookmark for current comic book; existing bookmark for this comic book is deleted.
- Remove bookmark for this comicbook - removes existing bookmark for current comic book; to remove other bookmarks, use Manage bookmarks option.
- Manage bookmarks - opens bookmark manager, where bookmarks can be easily removed.
KEYBOARD¶
Keyboard reference:- Ctrl+O - Open archive
- Ctrl+D - Open directory
- Alt+I - Show comicbook info
- Arrows - Scroll page contents
- Shift + Arrows - Scroll page contents fast
- PageDown - Go to next page
- PageUp - Go to previous page
- Home - Scroll to page top
- End - Scroll to page bottom
- Space - Scroll down by visible width (hint: enable continuous scrolling to jump to next page after reaching bottom)
- Backspace - Scroll up by visible width (hint: enable continuous scrolling)
- Alt+O - Original image size
- Alt+W - Fit page width
- Alt+H - Fit page height
- Alt+A - Show whole page
- Alt+B - Best fit
- Alt+T - Toggle thumbnails window
- F11 - Toggle fullscreen mode
- ESC - Exit fullscreen mode
INTERNALS¶
Here is some information for people interested in QComicBook internals. 1. Settings handling- qcomicbookrc - main configuration file
- bookmarks - bookmarks file
AUTHOR¶
QComicBook was written by Pawel Stolowski <pawel.stolowski@wp.pl>. This manual page was written by Michal Pena (Cyb.org) <mp@horisone.com>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).July 31, 2005 | Michal Pena (Cyb.org) |