1geeqie(1) General Commands Manual geeqie(1)
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6 Geeqie - GTK based multiformat image viewer
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9 geeqie [options] [path]
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13 Geeqie is an interactive GTK based image viewer that supports multiple
14 image formats, zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into
15 collections.
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19 +t,--with-tools
20 Force the toolbox to be shown.
21 -t,--without-tools
23 Force the toolbox to be hidden.
24 -f,--fullscreen
26 Start in full screen mode.
27 -s,--slideshow
29 Start in slideshow mode.
30 -l,--list[files...][collections...]
32 Open collection window for command line files.
33 --blank
35 Start with blank file list.
36 --geometry=XxY+XOFF+YOFF
38 Set main window location.
39 -r,--remote
41 Send following commands to open window.
42 -rh,--remote-help
44 Print remote command list.
45 --debug[=level]
47 Turn on debugging output.
48 -g:<regexp>,--grep:<regexp>
50 Filter debug output.
51 +w,--show-log-window
53 Show log window.
54 -o:<FILE>,--log-file:<FILE>
56 Save log data to FILE.
57 -v,--version
59 Print version.
60 -h,--help
62 Print command line options.
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66 -n,--next
67 Next image.
68 -b,--back
70 Previous image.
71 --first
73 First image.
74 --last Last image.
76 -f,--fullscreen
78 Toggle full screen.
79 -fs,--fullscreen-start
81 Start full screen.
82 -fS,--fullscreen-stop
84 Stop full screen.
85 -s,--slideshow
87 Toggle slideshow.
88 -ss,--slideshow-start
90 Start slideshow.
91 -sS,--slideshow-stop
93 Stop slideshow.
94 --slideshow-recurse:<FOLDER>
96 Start recursive slide show in FOLDER.
97 -d<[HRS:][MINS:][N][.M]>,--delay=<[hrs:][mins][N][.M]>
99 Set slide show delay to Hrs Mins N.M seconds.
100 +t,--tools-show
102 Show tools.
103 -t,--tools-hide
105 Hide tools.
106 -q,--quit
108 Quit.
109 --config-load:<FILE>
111 Load configuration from FILE.
112 --get-sidecars:<FILE>
114 Get list of sidecars of FILE.
115 --get-destination:<FILE>
117 Get destination path of FILE.
118 file:<FILE>
120 Open FILE, bring Geeqie window to the top.
121 --file:<FILE>
123 Open FILE, bring Geeqie window to the top.
124 File:<FILE>
126 Open FILE, do not bring Geeqie window to the top.
127 --File:<FILE>
129 Open FILE, do not bring Geeqie window to the top.
130 --tell Print filename [and Collection] of current image.
132 --pixel-info
134 Print X, Y and RGB of mouse pointer on current image.
135 --get-rectangle
137 Get rectangle co-ordinates.
138 --get-render-intent
140 Get render intent.
141 --get-filelist:[<FOLDER>]
143 Get list of files and class.
144 --get-filelist-recurse:[<FOLDER>]
146 Get list of file and class recursive.
147 --get-collection:<COLLECTION>
149 Get collection content.
150 --get-collection-list
152 Get collection list.
153 view:<FILE>
155 Open FILE in new window.
156 --view:<FILE>
158 Open FILE in new window.
159 --list-clear
161 Clear command line collection list.
162 --list-add:<FILE>
164 Add FILE to command line collection list.
165 raise Bring the Geeqie window to the top.
167 --raise
169 Bring the Geeqie window to the top.
170 --id:<ID>
172 Window ID for following commands.
173 --new-window
175 Open new window.
176 --close-window
178 Close window.
179 -ct:clear|clean,--cache-thumbs:clear|clean
181 Clear or clean thumbnail cache.
182 -cs:clear|clean,--cache-shared:clear|clean
184 Clear or clean shared thumbnail cache.
185 -cm,--cache-metadata
187 Clean metadata cache.
188 -cr:<folder>,--cache-render:<folder>
190 Render thumbnails.
191 -crr:<folder>,--cache-render-recurse:<folder>
193 Render thumbnails recursively.
194 -crs:<folder>,--cache-render-shared:<folder>
196 Render thumbnails (see Help).
197 -crsr:<folder>,--cache-render-shared-recurse:<folder>
199 Render thumbnails recursively (see Help).
200 --lua:<FILE>,<lua-script>
202 Run lua script on FILE.
203 --PWD:<PWD>
205 Use PWD as working directory for following commands.
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209 Key naming is similar to that of emacs(1): C-key indicates that control
210 should be held, and key should be pressed; S-key indicates that shift
211 should be held and key should be pressed; these two can be combined,
212 also, into C-S-key.
213 left-mouse-click
215 (on image) next image
216 middle-mouse-click
218 (on image) previous image
219 right-mouse
221 context menu
222 middle-mouse-drag
224 drag and drop operations
225 mouse-wheel
227 (on image) Changes to the next or previous image, or if option
228 is enabled, scrolls the image vertically.
229 mouse-wheel+Shift-key
231 (on image) Inverts the mouse wheel behavior between scrolling
232 image or changing image.
233 mouse-wheel+Control-key
235 (on image) Zooms the image in and out.
236 GENERAL KEYS
238 PageDown
239 next image
240 PageUp previous image
242 Home first image in list
244 End last image in list
246 Tab tab completion in path entry window
248 Escape cancel completion in path entry window or stop generating thumb‐
250 nails
251 IMAGE KEYS
253 Keys that are valid when the image part of the window is focused.
254 Arrows pan image
256 Shift+Arrows
258 pan image faster
259 Space,N
261 next image
262 Backspace,B
264 previous image
265 FILE RELATED KEYS
267 C new empty collection
268 O open collection
270 D open the Find Duplicates window
272 C-F new folder
274 C-C copy file
276 C-M move file
278 C-R rename file
280 C-D,Delete
282 delete file
283 C-N new window
285 C-W close window
287 C-Q quit
289 EDIT MENU RELATED KEYS
291 C-1,2..9,0
292 run external editor
293 C-A select all files
295 C-S-A unselect all files
297 C-O go to the Configuration window
299 C-P display image properties
301 ] rotate image clockwise
303 [ rotate image counterclockwise
305 S-R rotate image 180 degrees
307 S-M mirror image (horizontal)
309 S-F flip image (vertical)
311 VIEW MENU RELATED KEYS
313 +,= zoom in
314 - zoom out
316 Z,KeyPad-/
318 zoom to original size
319 X,KeyPad-*
321 zoom to fit window
322 1,2,3,4
324 zoom in to X scale factor
325 9,8,7 zoom to -2, -3, -4, respectively
327 T toggle thumbnail display
329 C-L display files in list format
331 C-I display files in icon format
333 C-T toggle tree view for directories
335 R refresh file list
337 L toggle floating of file selection area
339 H toggle hiding of file selection area
341 F,V toggle full-screen mode
343 S toggle slide-show mode
345 P toggle pause of slideshow
347 C-E toggle display of exif sidebar
349 C-S toggle display of sort manager
351 COLLECTION WINDOW KEYS
353 Arrows move selection
354 Shift+Arrows
356 select multiple images
357 Control+Arrows
359 move selector without changing selection
360 Space select the image under the selector
362 Control+Space
364 toggle selection of the image under the selector
365 Home move selector to the top image
367 End move selector to bottom image
369 Adding Shift or Control to Home and End has a similar effect as
370 adding them to the arrows.
371 C-A select all images
373 C-S-A unselect all images
375 Delete remove image form collection (does not delete the file)
377 C-L add images to collection form main file list
379 N sort collection by name
381 D sort collection by date
383 B sort collection by file size
385 P sort collection by pathname
387 I sort collection by name numerically (*)
389 Enter view image under selector in the main image window
391 V view image under selector in new window
393 C-1,2..9,0
395 open selected image(s) in external editor
396 S save collection
398 C-S save collection as
400 A append current collection to existing collection
402 C-C copy selected files
404 C-M move selected files
406 C-R rename selected files
408 C-D delete selected files
410 C-W close window
412 DUPLICATES WINDOW KEYS
414 C-A select all images
415 C-S-A unselect all images
417 1 select group 1 images
419 2 select group 2 images
421 C-L add images from main window file list
423 C add selected images to new collection
425 Delete remove selected images from list
427 C-Delete
429 clear window
430 Enter view image with focus in main window
432 V view image with focus in new window
434 C-1,2..9,0
436 open selected image(s) in editor
437 C-P display properties window for selected images
439 C-C copy selected files
441 C-M move selected files
443 C-R rename selected files
445 C-D delete selected files
447 C-W close window
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452 The following data lists the locations Geeqie uses for various actions.
453 The uppercase symbols are environment variables. If they are not set on
454 your system the fallback locations are listed in parentheses. Geeqie
455 will first attempt to load a configuration file from:
456 /etc/geeqie/geeqierc.xml
458 It will then continue with the following locations. Most of Geeqie's
460 configuration files are contained in the folder, and sub-folders of:
461 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/geeqie/ ($~/.config/geeqie/)
463 Geeqie's standard configuration file is:
465 .../geeqierc.xml
467 An alternative configuration file may be used by executing:
469 geeqie -r --config-load:<filename>
471 Geeqie-created desktop files used by Plugins are in the folder:
473 .../applications
475 Lua script files for Lua Extensions are in the folder:
477 .../lua
479 Historic data such as last several folders visited, bookmarks, and
481 recently used collections, as well as default print settings are con‐
482 tained in this text file:
483 .../history
485 Keyboard shortcut maps are contained in this text file:
487 .../accels
489 The location for Collections is in the folder:
491 $XDG_DATA_HOME/geeqie/collections
493 ($~/.local/share/geeqie/collections)
494 The lirc Infra-red controller configuration file must be located at:
496 $HOME/.lircrc
498 Thumbnails are stored in a location specified in Thumbnail Preferences
500 Metadata is stored either in the image file or in the location speci‐
502 fied in Safe Delete
503 The safe delete folder is specified in the Metadata tab of main Prefer‐
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509 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by John Ellis. Copyright (C) 2004-2019 by The
510 Geeqie Team. Use this software at your own risk! This software
511 released under the GNU General Public License. Please read the COPYING
512 file for more information.
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515 Please send bug reports and feedback to https://github.com/BestIm‐
516 ageViewer/geeqie/issues
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519 John Ellis <johne@verizon.net>
520 Manpage originally prepared by Nick Rusnov <nick@grawk.net>
521 Geeqie geeqie(1)