After takin' a swig o' grog, cmr.Pent@gmail.com belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> EOG is nice, but it is a part of GNOME -- has poor manual, starts
> slowly and required many components I would normally uninstall (I use
> fluxbox).

fluxbox rox!

> gliv is fast, and I mean F-A-S-T! Also it is handy and keyboard-
> friendly, but lacks features (no transformations and no EXIF goodies).
> For slideshows it seems the best option though.
>
> So, what is your favourite viewer and why?

I use feh the most, mostly for viewing backgrounds and making them the
active wallpaper in fluxbox.

I add this to my .xsession file:

# Use feh to load the last wallpaper you set as root background using
# feh

eval `cat $HOME/.fehbg` &

One neat thing about feh is File/Background/Set Seamless for making any
picture into a seamless tiled background.

gqview looks nice.

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cmr.Pent@gmail.com wrote:

> Back then my favourite viewer was XnView. It is fast, easy-to-use,
> keyboard-friendly, allows to perform simple transformations, has many
> really handy features like EXIF auto-orientation.
>
> Imagemagick's display seems to be a true *nix way, but I couldn't
> figure how to configure it to auto-size images, and overall it seems
> to be a poor viewer.
>
> EOG is nice, but it is a part of GNOME -- has poor manual, starts
> slowly and required many components I would normally uninstall (I use
> fluxbox).
>
> gliv is fast, and I mean F-A-S-T! Also it is handy and keyboard-
> friendly, but lacks features (no transformations and no EXIF goodies).
> For slideshows it seems the best option though.

Too be honest: Irfanview is the only one that has everything. Easy keyboard
Shortcuts, many necessary functions, sufficient Exif informatons, genious
concept, it is fast and shows pictures best. But it only works in Windows.
I'm sad that threre's nothing similar in Linux and I'm not the man to build
it for Linux. So I use Kuickshow to check out my photo folders and jhead to
read exif informations.

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* Dirk Hartmann wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> cmr.Pent@gmail.com wrote:

>> Back then my favourite viewer was XnView. It is fast, easy-to-use,
>> keyboard-friendly, allows to perform simple transformations, has many
>> really handy features like EXIF auto-orientation.

>> Imagemagick's display seems to be a true *nix way, but I couldn't
>> figure how to configure it to auto-size images, and overall it seems
>> to be a poor viewer.

>> EOG is nice, but it is a part of GNOME -- has poor manual, starts
>> slowly and required many components I would normally uninstall (I use
>> fluxbox).

>> gliv is fast, and I mean F-A-S-T! Also it is handy and keyboard-
>> friendly, but lacks features (no transformations and no EXIF goodies).
>> For slideshows it seems the best option though.

> Too be honest: Irfanview is the only one that has everything. Easy keyboard
> Shortcuts, many necessary functions, sufficient Exif informatons, genious
> concept, it is fast and shows pictures best. But it only works in Windows.

Works perfectly in WINE under Linux but gwenview is pretty nice.

> I'm sad that threre's nothing similar in Linux and I'm not the man to build
> it for Linux.

Sure there is.

> So I use Kuickshow to check out my photo folders and jhead to
> read exif informations.

Check out Gwenview it should be in the repos and I am sure you will be
impressed.

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SINNER wrote:

> * Dirk Hartmann wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
>> Too be honest: Irfanview is the only one that has everything. Easy
>> keyboard Shortcuts, many necessary functions, sufficient Exif
>> informatons, genious concept, it is fast and shows pictures best. But it
>> only works in Windows.
>
> Works perfectly in WINE under Linux but gwenview is pretty nice.
>
>> I'm sad that threre's nothing similar in Linux and I'm not the man to
>> build it for Linux.
>
> Sure there is.
>
>> So I use Kuickshow to check out my photo folders and jhead to
>> read exif informations.
>
> Check out Gwenview it should be in the repos and I am sure you will be
> impressed.

Hmm, first impression looks good. Second impression: yes, I guess I could
like it. Gwenview will be my standard editor. And the shortkeys I can fit
for my needs. Thanks for the hint.

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* Dirk Hartmann wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> SINNER wrote:

[...]

>> Check out Gwenview it should be in the repos and I am sure you will be
>> impressed.

> Hmm, first impression looks good. Second impression: yes, I guess I could
> like it. Gwenview will be my standard editor. And the shortkeys I can fit
> for my needs. Thanks for the hint.

Glad you like it

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An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while
living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:30:08 +0000, SINNER wrote:

> Check out Gwenview it should be in the repos and I am sure you will be
> impressed.

For some reason gwenview renders images quite slowly on my desktop. So
I'll stick with gthumb which is much more snappy.

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On 2007-09-07, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@lilalaser.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:30:08 +0000, SINNER wrote:
>
>> Check out Gwenview it should be in the repos and I am sure you will be
>> impressed.
>
> For some reason gwenview renders images quite slowly on my desktop. So
> I'll stick with gthumb which is much more snappy.
>
> ---<(kaimartin)>---

I use xzgv. It has vi-like keybindings, and I love that.
And few dependencies, I think.

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