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@@ -9,28 +9,33 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Ar options -.Ar +.Ar files or directories ... . .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is an image viewer using the imlib2 library to open and manipulate -images. It has a large number of operational modes. The default mode is an -image slideshow, showing one image at a time from those specified on the -command line. Keys and mouse control may be used to move through them. -Other modes can be specified on the commandline, and are described below. +is a mode-based image viewer useful for viewing and cataloguing images. It +is especially aimed at commandline users who need a fast image viewer without +huge GUI dependencies, though it can also be started by +.Pq graphical +file managers to view an imagee. .Pp .Nm -can also recurse through a directory structure to form a filelist for -processing, and will convert directory names on the commandline into a list -of their contents automatically. -.Pp -Filelists can be sorted in a number of ways. The default is the order in -which the files were specified on the commandline, or the order in which they -were read from the disk. You can specify sorting modes such as randomize -or you can sort by filename, image name, width, height, pixels, etc. -Filelists can also be saved to or loaded from files. +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 +options. +.Pp +Slideshow mode is the default. It opens one window and displays the first +image in it, the keyboard and mouse can be used to change slides +.Pq images . +In slideshow mode, images can be deleted either from the filelist or from the +disk, the new filelist can then be saved to the disk and reopened at a later +time. +.Pp Montage mode forms a montage from the filelist. The resulting image can be viewed or saved, and its size can be limited by height, width or both. .Pp @@ -48,9 +53,6 @@ the selected image in a new window. Multiwindow mode shows images in multiple windows, instead of as a slideshow in one window. Don't use with a large filelist ;) .Pp -Fullscreen mode shows images in fullscreen view. Can be combined with a -slide-change delay to show an automated presentation. -.Pp List mode doesn't display images. Outputs an .Cm ls - No style listing of the files in the filelist, including image info such as size, @@ -60,17 +62,6 @@ in the format you choose. .Nm can also list either all the loadable files in a filelist or all the unloadable files. Useful for preening a directory. -.Pp -.Nm -also has the ability to load files via http or ftp, simply specify the url on -the commandline. -.Pp -.Nm -can read options from the commandline, or from a config file. The syntax is -the same in each case. See -.Sx CONFIG FILE SYNTAX -for details about using themes defined in a config file. -These methods may be used in conjunction. . .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width indent |