1IDA(1)                 Image viewing and editing program                IDA(1)
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NAME

6       ida - image viewing and editing program
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SYNOPSIS

9       ida [options] file ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Ida  is  a  small  and  fast application for viewing images. Some basic
13       editing functions are available too.
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15       You can specify any number of image files as arguments on  the  command
16       line.  Or  you  can read a single image from stdin by specifying "-" as
17       only argument ("xwd | ida -" works nice for screenshots).
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OPTIONS

20       Ida understands the usual toolkit options (-geometry + friends).  Addi‐
21       tional options are:
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23       -help  print a short help text
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25       -pcd n Pick size for PhotoCD images (n = 1 .. 5, default 3).
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27       -debug Enable  debug messages. Also has the side effect that error mes‐
28              sages are displayed on stderr only and not as message box.
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GETTING STARTED

31   Mouse functions
32       With the left mouse button you can creates and edit a selection rectan‐
33       gle.  The  middle  button  is used to start drag'n'drop operations. The
34       right button brings up the control window with menus, toolbar and  file
35       list.
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37   Keyboard Shortcuts
38       Many keyboard shortcuts used by xv are available in ida too. If you are
39       familiar with xv if should be easy for you to get started with ida.
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41       All available keyboard shortcuts are also listed in the  menus  of  the
42       control window. The most important ones are listed below:
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44       SPACE  Next file.
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46       BACKSPACE
47              Previous file.
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49       LEFT_ARROW, RIGHT_ARROW, UP_ARROW, DOWN_ARROW
50              Scrolling (hold Ctrl key for big steps).
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52       +/-    Zoom in/out.
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54       q      Quit.
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56   Supported image formats
57       Read:  BMP (uncompressed), PhotoCD, PPM, XBM, XPM, XWD, GIF, JPEG, PNG,
58              TIFF. The last four are supported  using  the  usual  libraries,
59              i.e. you need to have them installed at compile time.
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61       Write: JPEG, PNG, PostScript, PPM, TIFF.
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63   Using drag'n'drop
64       Ida is a motif application and thus supports the motif drag'n'drop pro‐
65       tocol in both directions. The xdnd protocol is supported too, but  only
66       in one direction (receive drops).
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68       Ida  uses  the middle mouse button to start a drag'n'drop operation (as
69       the motif style guide suggests). This works for the main window and the
70       file buttons within the file browser.
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72       Motif  applications  should  have  absolutely  no problems to deal with
73       ida's drag'n'drop support. You can drop images into some  netscape  4.x
74       window -- it imply works. Mozilla accepts motif drops too.
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76       Interoperation  with  gnome / gtk is good. I can drag files from ida to
77       eeyes and visa versa without problems. File drops  from  gmc  into  ida
78       work just fine too.
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80       Interoperation  with  KDE  is  bad.  cut+paste  works most of the time,
81       drag'n'drop often doesn't. The X11 selection handling of the Qt toolkit
82       has a few design bugs and sucks. Basically the troll guys didn't under‐
83       stand what the TARGETS target is good for and violate the  ICCCM  specs
84       by ignoring it.
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SEE ALSO

87       xwd(1)
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AUTHOR

90       Gerd Hoffmann <gerd@kraxel.org>
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93       Copyright (c) 2002-2012 Gerd Hoffmann <gerd@kraxel.org>
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95       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
96       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
97       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
98       option) any later version.
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100       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
101       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
102       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the  GNU  General
103       Public License for more details.
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105       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
106       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
107       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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111IDA 2.09                  (c) 2001-2012 Gerd Hoffmann                   IDA(1)
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