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.Dt FEH 1
.Os
.
+.
.Sh NAME
.Nm feh
.Nd image viewer and cataloguer
.
+.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar options
.Ar files or directories ...
.
+.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a mode-based image viewer. It is especially aimed at commandline users who
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ supports filelists, various image sorting modes, image captions and more.
Control happens via keyboard shortcuts; the mouse can also be used to control
it, but is only required for very few actions.
.
+.
.Sh MODES
.Nm
is based on various modes, which are selected at startup by comandline
@@ -63,8 +67,10 @@ in the format you choose.
can also list either all the loadable files in a filelist or all the
unloadable files. Useful for preening a directory.
.
+.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.
.It Cm -A , --action Ar action
Specify a string as an action to perform on the image. In slideshow or
multiwindow modes, the action will be run when the enter key is pressed, in
@@ -78,32 +84,39 @@ for examples. E.g.
.Qq feh -A "mv ~/images/%n" * .
In slideshow mode, the next image will be shown after running the action, in
multiwindow mode, the window will be closed.
+.
.It Cm --action1 No .. Cm --action9
Extra actions which can be set and triggered using the appropiate number key.
+.
.It Cm -Z , --auto-zoom
Zoom pictures to screen size in fullscreen
.Pq affected by Cm --stretch No and Cm --ignore-aspect .
+.
.It Cm --bg-center Ar file
Set
.Ar file
as centered desktop background
+.
.It Cm --bg-fill Ar file
Like
.Cm --bg-scale ,
but preserves aspect ratio by zooming the image until it fits. Either a
horizontal or a vertical part of the image will be cut off.
+.
.It Cm --bg-scale Ar file
Set
.Ar file
as scaled desktop background. This will fill the whole background with
.Ar file ,
but its aspect ratio will not be preserved.
+.
.It Cm --bg-seamless Ar file
Like
.Cm --bg-tile ,
but with blurry corners so that it is
.Pq in some cases ;-)
less obvious that the image is too small for the screen.
+.
.It Cm --bg-tile Ar file
Set
.Ar file
@@ -119,15 +132,19 @@ So to have your background restored when you restart X, add the line
to your X startup script
.Pq e.g. Pa ~/.xinitrc .
Note that you only need to do this for non E window managers.
+.
.It Cm -x , --borderless
Create borderless windows.
+.
.It Cm -Q , --builtin
Use builtin HTTP client to grab remote files instead of
.Xr wget 1 .
+.
.It Cm -P , --cache-thumbnails
Enable (experimental) thumbnail caching in
.Pa ~/.thumbnails .
Only works with thumbnails <= 256x256 pixels.
+.
.It Cm -K , --caption-path Ar path
Path to directory containing image captions. This turns on caption viewing,
and if captions are found in
@@ -139,6 +156,7 @@ and viewing image
.Qq images/foo.jpg ,
the caption will be looked for in
.Qq images/captions/foo.jpg.txt .
+.
.It Cm -c , --collage
Enable collage mode. Collage mode is very similar to montage mode, except
the images are distributed randomly.
@@ -146,18 +164,23 @@ When using collage mode, you should also specify
.Cm --limit-width
and
.Cm --limit-height .
+.
.It Cm -L , --customlist Ar format
Use
.Ar format
.Pq printf-like string containing image info specifiers
for list output. See
.Sx FORMAT SPECIFIERS .
+.
.It Cm --cycle-once
Exit feh after one loop through the slideshow.
+.
.It Cm -G , --draw-actions
Draw the defined actions and what they do at the top-left of the image.
+.
.It Cm -d , --draw-filename
Draw the filename at the top-left of the image.
+.
.It Cm -f , --filelist Ar file
This option is similar to the playlists used by music software. If
.Ar file
@@ -176,45 +199,58 @@ when
.Nm
exits. You can add files to filelists by specifying them on the commandline
when also specifying the list.
+.
.It Cm -e , --font Ar font
Set global font. Should be a truetype font, resident in the current directory
or the font directory, and should be defined in the form fontname/points, like
.Qq myfont/12 .
+.
.It Cm -C , --fontpath Ar path
Specify
.Ar path
as extra directory in which to search for fonts; can be used multiple times to
add multiple paths.
+.
.It Cm -I , --fullindex
Same as Index mode, but you also get image size and dimensions printed
below each thumbnail.
+.
.It Cm -F , --fullscreen
Make the window fullscreen.
+.
.It Cm -g , --geometry Ar width No x Ar height
Limit (and don't change) the window size. Takes an X-style geometry
.Ar string
like 640x480.
Note that larger images will be zoomed out to fit but you can see them at 1:1
by clicking the zoom button.
+.
.It Cm -h , --help
display help output and exit.
+.
.It Cm --hide-pointer
Hide the pointer
.Pq useful for slideshows etc .
+.
.It Cm -B , --image-bg Ar style
Use style as background for transparent image parts and the like.
Accepted values: white, black, default.
+.
.It Cm -i , --index
Enable Index mode. Index mode is similar to montage mode, and accepts the
same options. It creates an index print of thumbails, printing the image
name beneath each thumbnail. Index mode enables certain other options, see
.Sx INDEX MODE OPTIONS .
+.
.It Cm --index-dim Ar bool
Toggle showing image dimensions in thumbnail/index mode.
+.
.It Cm --index-name Ar bool
Toggle showing the filename in thumbnail/index mode.
+.
.It Cm --index-size Ar bool
Toggle showing the filesize in thumbnail/index mode.
+.
.It Cm -k , --keep-http
When viewing files using HTTP,
.Nm
@@ -225,83 +261,104 @@ They will be in
with
.Qq Nm
in the name.
+.
.It Cm -l , --list
Don't display images. Analyse them and display an
.Xr ls 1 - No style
listing. Useful in scripts to hunt out images of a certain
size/resolution/type etc.
+.
.It Cm -U , --loadable
Don't display images. Just print out their names if imlib2 can successfully
load them.
+.
.It Cm -) , --menu-bg Ar file
Use
.Ar file
as background image in menus.
+.
.It Cm -M , --menu-font Ar font
Use
.Ar font
.Pq truetype, with size, like Qq yudit/12
as menu font.
+.
.It Cm --menu-style Ar file
Read
.Ar file
to determine menu style.
+.
.It Cm -m , --montage
Enable montage mode. Montage mode creates a new image consisting of a grid of
thumbnails of the images in the filelist. When montage mode is selected,
certain other options become available. See
.Sx MONTAGE MODE OPTIONS .
+.
.It Cm -w , --multiwindow
Disable slideshow mode. With this setting, instead of opening multiple files
in slideshow mode, multiple windows will be opened; one per file.
+.
.It Cm --no-jump-on-resort
Don't jump to the first image after resorting the filelist.
+.
.It Cm -N , --no-menus
Don't load or show any menus.
+.
.It Cm --no-screen-clip
By default, window sizes are limited to the screen size. With this option,
windows will have the size of the image inside them. Note that they may
become very large this way, making them unmanageable in certain window
managers.
+.
.It Cm --no-xinerama
Disable Xinerama support. Only makes sense when you have Xinerama support
compiled in.
+.
.It Cm -j , --output-dir Ar directory
Save files to
.Ar directory
.Pq only useful with -k
+.
.It Cm -p , --preload
Preload images. This doesn't mean hold them in RAM, it means run through
them and eliminate unloadable images first. Otherwise they will be removed
as you flick through. This also analyses the images to get data for use in
sorting, such as pixel size, type etc. A preload run will be automatically
performed if you specify one of these sort modes.
+.
.It Cm -q , --quiet
Don't report non-fatal errors for failed loads. Verbose and quiet modes are
not mutually exclusive, the first controls informational messages, the second
only errors.
+.
.It Cm -z , --randomize
When viewing multiple files in a slideshow, randomize the file list before
displaying.
+.
.It Cm -_ , --rcfile Ar file
Use
.Ar file
to parse themes and options from, instead of the default
.Pa ~/.fehrc , /etc/fehrc
files.
+.
.It Cm -r , --recursive
Recursively expand any directories in the commandline arguments
to the content of those directories, all the way down to the bottom level.
+.
.It Cm -R , --reload Ar int
Reload images after
.Ar int
seconds. Mainly useful when viewing webcams via http.
+.
.It Cm -n , --reverse
Reverse the sort order. Use this to invert the order of the filelist.
E.g. to sort in reverse width order, use
.Cm -nSwidth .
+.
.It Cm -. , --scale-down
When not in fullscreen: Scale images to screen size if they are too big.
+.
.It Cm -D , --slideshow-delay Ar float
For slideshow mode, wait
.Ar float
@@ -309,16 +366,19 @@ seconds between automatically changing slides. Useful for presentations.
Specify a negative number to set the delay
.Pq which will then be Ar float No * (-1) ,
but start feh in paused mode.
+.
.It Cm -S , --sort Ar sort_type
The file list may be sorted according to image parameters. Allowed sort
types are: name, filename, width, height, pixels, size, format. For sort
modes other than name or filename, a preload run will be necessary,
causing a delay proportional to the number of images in the list.
+.
.It Cm -| , --start-at Ar filename
Start the filelist at
.Ar filename .
See
.Sx USAGE EXAMPLES .
+.
.It Cm -T , --theme Ar theme
Load options from config file with name
.Ar theme
@@ -326,28 +386,35 @@ Load options from config file with name
.Sx CONFIG FILE SYNTAX
for more info. Note that options from the theme file always override
commandline options.
+.
.It Cm -t , --thumbnails
Same as Index mode, but the thumbnails are clickable image launchers.
Note that
.Cm --fullscreen
does not affect the thumbnail window. It does, however, work for the image
windows launched from thumbnail mode.
+.
.It Cm -~ , --thumb-title Ar string
Set
.Ar title
for windows opened from thumbnail mode. See also
.Sx FORMAT SPECIFIERS .
+.
.It Cm -^ , --title Ar title
Set window title. Applies to all windows except those opened from thumbnail
mode. See
.Sx FORMAT SPECIFIERS
+.
.It Cm -u , --unloadable
Don't display images. Just print out their names if imlib2 can NOT
successfully load them.
+.
.It Cm -V , --verbose
output useful information, progress bars, etc.
+.
.It Cm -v , --version
output version information and exit.
+.
.It Cm --zoom Ar percent
Zoom images by
.Ar percent
@@ -357,48 +424,62 @@ zooming will be limited to the specified
.Ar percent .
.El
.
+.
.Sh BUTTON OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.
.It Cm -0 , --reload-button Ar int
Set button to reload the image
.Pq default: 0 .
+.
.It Cm -1 , --pan-button Ar int
Set button to pan the image
.Pq hold button down and move mouse to move the image .
When the mouse is not moved, advances to the next image in slideshow mode.
.Pq default: 1 , usually the left button .
+.
.It Cm -2 , --zoom-button Ar int
Set button to enable zoom mode
.Pq default: 2 , usually the middle button .
+.
.It Cm -3 , --menu-button Ar int
Set button to activate the menu.
.Pq default: 3 , usually the right button .
+.
.It Cm --menu-ctrl-mask
Require CTRL+Button for menu activation.
+.
.It Cm -4 , --prev-button Ar int
Set button to switch to the previous image in slideshow mode
.Pq default: 4 , usually Aq mousewheel up .
+.
.It Cm -5 , --next-button Ar int
Set button to switch to the next image in slideshow mode
.Pq default: 5 , usually Aq mousewheel down .
+.
.It Cm -8 , --rotate-button Ar int
Use CTRL+Button to rotate the current image
.Pq default : 2 .
+.
.It Cm --no-rotate-ctrl-mask
Don't require CTRL+Button for rotation - just use the button.
+.
.It Cm -9 , --blur-button Ar int
Use CTRL+Button for blurring
.Pq default : 1 .
+.
.It Cm --no-blur-ctrl-mask
Don't require CTRL+Button for blurring - just use the button.
.El
.
.Sh MONTAGE MODE OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.
.It Cm -a , --alpha Ar int
When drawing thumbnails onto the background, set their transparency level to
.Ar int
.Pq 0 - 255 .
+.
.It Cm -b , --bg Ar file No | Cm trans
Use
.Ar file
@@ -410,37 +491,46 @@ if no size restrictions were specified. Alternatively, if
is
.Qq trans ,
the background will be made transparent.
+.
.It Cm -X , --ignore-aspect
By default, the montage thumbnails will retain their aspect ratios, while
fitting into thumb-width/-height. This options forces them to be the size set
by
.Cm --thumb-width No and Cm --thumb-height .
This will prevent any empty space in the final montage.
+.
.It Cm -H , --limit-height Ar pixels
Limit the height of the montage. These options can be used together to define
the image size exactly, or separately. If only one is specified, the other is
calculated from the number of files specified and the size of the thumbnails.
The default is to limit width to 800 pixels and calculate the height as
necessary.
+.
.It Cm -W , --limit-width Ar pixels
Limit the width of the montage.
+.
.It Cm -o , --output Ar file
Save the created montage to
.Ar file .
+.
.It Cm -O , --output-only Ar file
Just save the created montage to
.Ar file
without displaying it.
+.
.It Cm -s , --stretch
Normally, if an image is smaller than the specified thumbnail size, it will
not be enlarged. If this option is set, the image will be scaled up to fit
the thumnail size. Aspect ratio will be maintained unles
.Cm --ignore-aspect
is specified.
+.
.It Cm -E , --thumb-height Ar pixels
Set thumbnail height.
+.
.It Cm -y , --thumb-width Ar pixels
Set thumbnail width.
+.
.It Cm -J , --thumb-redraw Ar n
Only relevant for
.Cm --thumbnails :
@@ -463,6 +553,7 @@ will only redraw once all thumbnails are loaded.
.
.Sh INDEX MODE OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.
.It Cm -@ , --title-font Ar font
Set font to print a title on the index, if no font is specified, no title will
be printed.
@@ -684,43 +775,53 @@ Switch to previous image
.Sh USAGE EXAMPLES
Here are some examples of useful option combinations
.Bl -tag -width indent
+.
+.It feh /opt/images
+Show all images in /opt/images
+.
.It feh -r /opt/images
-Recursively scan /opt/images and show all the images in a slideshow
-.It feh -rSname /opt/images
-Same, but sort by filename
-.It feh -m /opt/images/landscapes
-Create a montage from the images in /opt/images/landscapes
-.It feh -Xrm -W 400 --thumb-width 30 --thumb-height 20 landscapes
-Create a montage from the images in ./landscapes and all directories below it.
-Limit the width of the image to 400 and make the thumbnails 30x20, ignoring
-aspect ratio
+Recursively show all images found in /opt/images and subdirectories
+.
+.It feh -rSfilename /opt/images
+Same as above, but sort by filename. By default, feh will show files in the
+order it finds them on the hard disk, which is usually somewhat random.
+.
+.It feh -t -Sfilename -E 128 -y 128 -W 1024 /opt/images
+Show 128x128 pixel thumbnails, limit window width to 1024 pixels.
+.
+.It feh -t -Sfilename -E 128 -y 128 -W 1024 -P -C /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/ -e DejaVuSans/8 /opt/images
+Same as above, but enable thumbnail caching in ~/.thumbnails and use a smaller
+font.
+.
.It feh -irFarial/14 -O index.jpg /opt/images
Make an index print of /opt/images and all directories below it, using 14 point
Arial to write the image info under each thumbnail. Save the image as
index.jpg and don't display it, just exit. Note that this even works without
a running X server
-.It feh -LrSpixels /opt/images
-List the images in /opt/images and all directories below, sorted by pixel
-size, giving as much info as possible
-.It feh -kR30 http://example.org/webcam.jpg
-View a webcam, reloading every 30 seconds, saving the images in /tmp
+.
.It feh --unloadable -r /opt/images
Print all unloadable images in /opt/images, recursively
+.
.It feh -w /opt/images/holidays
Open each image in /opt/images/holidays in its own window
+.
.It feh -FD5 -Sname /opt/images/presentation
Show the images in .../presentation, sorted by name, in fullscreen,
automatically change to the next image after 5 seconds
+.
.It feh -rSwidth -A Qo mv '%f' ~/images/'%n' Qc /opt/images
View all images in /opt/images and below, sorted by width, move an image to
~/image/image_name when enter is pressed
+.
.It feh --start-at ./foo.jpg \&.
View all images in the current directory, starting with foo.jpg. All other
images are still in the slideshow and can be viewed normally
+.
.It feh --start-at foo.jpg *
Same as above
.El
.
+.
.Sh DEPENDENCIES
.Nm
requires the