cacaview(1)

1cacaview(1)                 General Commands Manual                cacaview(1)
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NAME

6       cacaview - ASCII image browser
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SYNOPSIS

9       cacaview [FILE...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       cacaview  is  a  lightweight  text mode image viewer. It renders images
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14       sole  programs  such  as the mutt email client, the slrn newsreader and
15       the links or w3m web browsers.
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17       cacaview can load the most widespread image formats:  PNG,  JPEG,  GIF,
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20       You  can  zoom and scroll the image around for more details, and choose
21       four different dithering modes. All commands are accessible  through  a
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KEYS

25       ?      show the help screen
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27       n, p   switch to next image, previous image
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29       Left, Right, Up, Down or h, l, k, j
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32       +, -   zoom in and out
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34       z      reset the zoom level to normal
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36       f      switch fullscreen mode (hide/show menu and status bars)
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38       d      toggle  the dithering mode (no dithering, 4x4 ordered dithering,
39              8x8 ordered dithering and random dithering)
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EXAMPLE

44       cacaview /usr/share/pixmaps/*.*
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BUGS

47       There is no support for aspect ratio yet. Also, since there is  no  way
48       yet  to  load  an image from cacaview it is completely useless when run
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AUTHOR

55       This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>.
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59libcaca                           2003-11-30                       cacaview(1)