| 1 | .TH cacaview 1 "2003-11-30" "libcaca" |
|---|
| 2 | .SH NAME |
|---|
| 3 | cacaview \- ASCII image browser |
|---|
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
|---|
| 5 | .B cacaview [FILE...] |
|---|
| 6 | .RI |
|---|
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| 8 | .B cacaview |
|---|
| 9 | is a lightweight text mode image viewer. It renders images using colour |
|---|
| 10 | ASCII characters. It is a powerful add-on to famous console programs such |
|---|
| 11 | as the mutt email client, the slrn newsreader and the links or w3m web |
|---|
| 12 | browsers. |
|---|
| 13 | .PP |
|---|
| 14 | .B cacaview |
|---|
| 15 | can load the most widespread image formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP etc. |
|---|
| 16 | .PP |
|---|
| 17 | You can zoom and scroll the image around for more details, and choose four |
|---|
| 18 | different dithering modes. All commands are accessible through a single |
|---|
| 19 | key press. |
|---|
| 20 | .SH KEYS |
|---|
| 21 | .TP |
|---|
| 22 | .B ? |
|---|
| 23 | show the help screen |
|---|
| 24 | .TP |
|---|
| 25 | .B n, p |
|---|
| 26 | switch to next image, previous image |
|---|
| 27 | .TP |
|---|
| 28 | .B Left, Right, Up, Down or h, l, k, j |
|---|
| 29 | scroll the image around |
|---|
| 30 | .TP |
|---|
| 31 | .B +, - |
|---|
| 32 | zoom in and out |
|---|
| 33 | .TP |
|---|
| 34 | .B z |
|---|
| 35 | reset the zoom level to normal |
|---|
| 36 | .TP |
|---|
| 37 | .B f |
|---|
| 38 | switch fullscreen mode (hide/show menu and status bars) |
|---|
| 39 | .TP |
|---|
| 40 | .B d |
|---|
| 41 | toggle the dithering mode (no dithering, 4x4 ordered dithering, 8x8 ordered |
|---|
| 42 | dithering and random dithering) |
|---|
| 43 | .TP |
|---|
| 44 | .B q |
|---|
| 45 | exit the program |
|---|
| 46 | .SH EXAMPLE |
|---|
| 47 | cacaview /usr/share/pixmaps/*.* |
|---|
| 48 | .SH BUGS |
|---|
| 49 | There is no support for aspect ratio yet. Also, since there is no way |
|---|
| 50 | yet to load an image from |
|---|
| 51 | .B cacaview |
|---|
| 52 | it is completely useless when run without an argument. |
|---|
| 53 | .SH AUTHOR |
|---|
| 54 | This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>. |
|---|
