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NAME |
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cv - a fast gtk+ image viewer loosely modeled after XV |
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SYNOPSIS |
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cv [file...] |
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FEATURES |
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CV is supposed to work similar to the venerable XV image viewer, just |
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faster. Why faster? |
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* optimized directory scanning algorithm |
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The directory scanning in CV uses some tricks that - on most modern |
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filesystems - makes it possible to detect filetypes faster than |
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stat()'ing every file. This makes CV suitable for directories with |
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lots of files (10000+). |
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This algorithm is quite unprecise - it doesn't make a difference |
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between files, device nodes, symlinks and the like, and filetype |
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detection is done using the file extension only. |
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On the positive side, it is usually many orders of magnitude faster |
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than traditional scanning techniques (good for directories with |
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10000 or 100000+ files). |
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* queuing for all time-consuming background tasks |
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All tasks, such as unlinking files or generating thumbnails, that |
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can be done in the background will be done so - no waiting required, |
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even when changing directories. |
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* use of asynchronous I/O |
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CV tries to use asynchronous I/O whereever it makes sense, for |
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example while scanning directories, waiting for stat data, unlinking |
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files or generating thumbnails. This usually decreases scanning |
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times for large directories a bit (especially on RAID devices and |
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over NFS) and makes CV much more interactive. |
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* fast image loading |
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The time span between the user issuing a command and displaying the |
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new image should be as small as possible. CV uses optimized |
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(especially for JPEG) loading functions and sacrifices some quality |
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(e.g no gamma correction, although this might change) to achieve |
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this speed. |
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* fast thumbnail creation |
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Thumbnail creation uses both CPU and Disk-I/O. CV interleaves both, |
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so on modern CPUs, thumbnailing is usually limited by I/O speed. |
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Thumbnail creation for JPEGs has been specially optimized and can |
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even take advantage of multiple CPUs. |
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* minimum optical clutter |
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CV has no menus or other user interface elements that take up a lot |
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of screen space (or are useful for beginning users). The schnauzer |
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windows can also be somewhat crowded. |
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The point of an image viewer is viewing images, not a nice GUI. This |
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is similar to XV's behaviour. |
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* efficient (and hard to learn) user interface |
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CV uses key combinations. A lot. If you are an experienced XV user, |
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you will find most of these keys familiar. If not, CV might be hard |
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to use at first, but will be an efficient tool later. |
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* multi-window GUI |
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CV doesn't force you to use a specific layout, instead it relies on |
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your window manager, thus enabling you to chose whatever layout that |
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suits you most. |
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* i18n'ed filename handling throughout |
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As long as glib can recognize your filename encoding (either UTF-8 |
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or locale-specific, depending on the setting of G_BROKEN_FILENAMES) |
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and you have the relevant fonts, CV will display your filenames |
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correctly. |
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* extensible through plug-ins |
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I have weird plug-ins that access remote databases to find a |
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directory. This is not likely to be of any use to other people. |
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Likewise, others might have weird requirements I cannot dream of. |
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* filename clustering |
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Among the standard plug-ins is a filename clustering plug-in, that |
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(in case of tens of thousands images in one directory) might be able |
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to cluster similar names together. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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THE IMAGE WINDOW |
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You can use the following keys in the image window: |
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q quit the program |
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< half the image size |
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> double the image size |
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, shrink the image by 10% |
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. enlarge the image by 10% |
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n reset to normal size |
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m maximize to screensize |
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M maximize to screensize, respecting image aspect |
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ctrl-m toggle maxpect-always mode |
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u uncrop |
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r set scaling mode to 'nearest' (fastest) |
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s set scaling mode to 'bilinear' (default) |
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shift-s set scaling mode to 'hyper' (slowest) |
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t rotate clockwise 90° |
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T rotate counterclockwise° |
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ctrl-v open a new visual schnauzer window for the current dir |
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ctrl-e run an editor ($CV_EDITOR or "gimp") on the current image |
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ctrl-p fire up the print fialog |
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escape cancel a crop action |
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And when playing movies, these additional keys are active: |
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left rewind by 10 seconds |
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right forward by 10 seconds |
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down rewind by 60 seconds |
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up forward by 60 seconds |
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pg_up rewind by 600 seconds |
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pg_down forward by 600 seconds |
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o toggle on-screen display |
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p pause/unpause |
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escape stop playing |
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9 turn volume down |
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0 turn volume up |
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Any other keys will be sent to the default schnauzer window, which can |
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be toggled on and off by right-clicking into the image window. |
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Left-clicking into the image window will let you crop the image (usually |
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to zoom into large images that CV scales down). |
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THE VISUAL SCHNAUZER |
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You can use the following keys in the schnauzer window: |
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ctrl-space, |
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space move to and display next image |
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ctrl-backspace, |
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backspace move to and display previous image |
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ctrl-return, |
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return display selected picture, or enter directory |
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cursor keys move selection |
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page-up move one page up |
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page-down move one page down |
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home move to first file |
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end move to last file |
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ctrl-a select all files |
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ctrl-shift-a select all files currently displayed in the schnauzer window |
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ctrl-d delete selected files WITHOUT ASKING AGAIN |
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ctrl-g force generation of thumbnais for the selected files |
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ctrl-s rescan current direcory or files updates/deletes etc. |
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ctrl-u update selected (or all) icons if neccessary |
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ctrl-l don't use, will become a plug-in eventually |
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^ go to parent directory (caret). |
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0-9, |
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a-z find the first filename beginning with this letter |
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Right-clicking into the schnauzer window displays a pop-up menu with |
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additional actions. |
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FILES |
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When starting, CV runs the .cvrc file in your $HOME directory as if it |
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were a perl script. in that, you will mostly load plug-ins. |
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Example: |
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system "fping -q -t 10 ether" |
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or require "/fs/cv/cvplugin.pl"; |
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This will load a plug-in, but only if the machine *ether* is reachable |
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(supposedly the plug-in is networked in some way :). |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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CV_EDITOR |
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The program that gets executed when the user presses "CTRL-e" in the |
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Schnauzer or image window. The default is "gimp". |
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CV_PRINT_DESTINATION |
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The default (perl-style) destination to use in the print dialog. |
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CV_TRASHCAN |
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When set, must point to a directory where all files that are deleted |
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are moved to. If unset, files that are deleted are really being |
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deleted. |
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SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS |
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CV uses Pixbuf to load non-JPEG images. Pixbuf is not considered safe |
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for this purpose, though (from the gtk-2.2 release notes): |
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"While efforts have been made to make gdk-pixbuf robust against invalid |
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images, using gdk-pixbuf to load untrusted data is not recommended, due |
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to the likelyhood that there are additional problems where an invalid |
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image could cause gdk-pixbuf to crash or worse." |
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BUGS/TODO |
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Lots of functionality is missing. |
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Pixbuf doesn't always honor G_BROKEN_FILENAMES, so accessing files with |
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names incompatible with utf-8 might fail. |
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rotate on disk |
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lots of ui issues |
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save(?) |
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preferences |
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AUTHOR |
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Marc Lehmann <cv@plan9.de>. |
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