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.TH SXIV 1 sxiv\-VERSION
.SH NAME
sxiv \- Simple (or small or suckless) X Image Viewer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sxiv
.RB [ \-dFfhpqrstvZ ]
.RB [ \-g
.IR GEOMETRY ]
.RB [ \-z
.IR ZOOM ]
.IR FILE ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features
required for fast image viewing.
.P
sxiv opens all named
.IR FILE s,
or reads the names of the files to open from standard input, if only a single
hyphen\-minus
.RB ( \- )
is given.
.P
sxiv has two modes of operation: image and thumbnail mode. The default is image
mode, in which only the current image is shown. In thumbnail mode a grid of 
small previews is displayed, making it easy to choose an image to open.
.P
Please note, that the fullscreen mode requires an EWMH/NetWM compliant window
manager.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d
Scale all images to 100%, but fit large images into window.
.TP
.B \-F
Make the window fixed/floating by setting the minimum and maximum width/height
size-hints to the window width/height.
.TP
.B \-f
Start in fullscreen mode.
.TP
.BI "\-g " GEOMETRY
Set window position and size. See section GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS of X(7) for
more information on
.IR GEOMETRY .
.TP
.B \-h
Print brief usage information to standard output and exit.
.TP
.B \-p
Pixelize images, i.e. turn off anti-aliasing.
.TP
.B \-q
Be quiet, disable warnings to standard error stream.
.TP
.B \-r
Search the given directories recursively for images to view.
.TP
.B \-s
Scale all images to fit into window.
.TP
.B \-t
Start in thumbnail mode.
.TP
.B \-v
Print version information to standard output and exit.
.TP
.B \-Z
The same as `-z 100'.
.TP
.BI "\-z " ZOOM
Scale all images to the current zoom level, use a zoom level of
.I ZOOM
at startup.
.SH KEYBOARD COMMANDS
.SS General
.TP
.B q
Quit sxiv.
.TP
.B Escape
Quit sxiv and return an exit value of 2.
.TP
.B Return
Switch to thumbnail mode; in thumbnail mode: open selected image.
.SS Navigate image list
.TP
.BR n ", " Space
Go to the next image.
.TP
.BR p ", " Backspace
Go to the previous image.
.TP
.B g
Go to the first image.
.TP
.B G
Go to the last image.
.TP
.B [
Go 10 images backward.
.TP
.B ]
Go 10 images forward.
.SS Zooming
.TP
.BR + ", " =
Zoom in.
.TP
.B \-
Zoom out.
.TP
.B 0
Set zoom level to 100%.
.TP
.B w
Set zoom level to fit image into window.
.SS Panning/Moving
.TP
.BR h ", " Left
Pan image left; in thumbnail mode: move selection left.
.TP
.BR j ", " Down
Pan image down; in thumbnail mode: move selection down.
.TP
.BR k ", " Up
Pan image up; in thumbnail mode: move selection up.
.TP
.BR l ", " Right
Pan image right; in thumbnail mode: move selection right.
.SS Rotation
.TP
.B <
Rotate image counter-clockwise by 90 degrees.
.TP
.B >
Rotate image clockwise by 90 degrees.
.SS Control window
.TP
.B W
Resize window to fit image.
.TP
.B f
Toggle fullscreen mode.
.SS Miscellaneous
.TP
.B a
Toggle anti-aliasing.
.TP
.B r
Reload image.
.SH MOUSE COMMANDS
.SS Navigate image list
.TP
.B Button1
Go to the next image; in thumbnail mode: select/open image.
.TP
.B Button3
Go to the previous image.
.SS Zooming
.TP
.B Ctrl+ScrollUp
Zoom in.
.TP
.B Ctrl+ScrollDown
Zoom out.
.SS Panning/Moving
.TP
.B Button2
Drag the image with the mouse while keeping this button pressed down.
.TP
.B ScrollUp
Pan image up; in thumbnail mode: Scroll one row up.
.TP
.B ScrollDown
Pan image down; in thumbnail mode: Scroll one row down.
.TP
.B Shift+ScrollUp
Pan image left.
.TP
.B Shift+ScrollDown
Pan image right.
.SH AUTHORS
.EX
Bert Muennich <ber.t at gmx.com>
Dave Reisner  <d at falconindy.com>
Fung SzeTat   <sthorde at gmail.com>
.EE
.SH HOMEPAGE
.TP
http://github.com/muennich/sxiv
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR feh (1),
.BR qiv (1)