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Strange characters? Try -0 or install an use full unicode font (e.g.Wrong colors? Try -256 to use a 256 color palette instead of 24 bit colors.Remove additional line spacing in your terminal app If you see strange horizontal lines, the characters don't fully fill the character cell.On some linux platforms, an extra flag seems to be required: make LDLIBS=-lstdc++fs (but it also breaks MacOs), see #103.Support for additional platforms, CPUs or similar will require somebody who is happy to help with maintenance, in particular, if I don't have access to it.This library currently only depends on ImageMagic as an image processing library and I'd prefer to keep it that way.
I won't accept any pull request doing multiple things at once.
Pull requests should be as "atomic" as possible. Before investing in larger contributions, please use an issue to discuss this. I am happy to accept useful contributions under the Apache 2.0 licencse, but. #TERMINAL IMAGE VIEWER UPDATE#
teresaejunior has created a snapcraft.yaml file, which can build a Snap package with sudo docker run -it -rm -v "$PWD:$PWD" -w "$PWD" snapcore/snapcraft sh -c 'apt-get update & snapcraft', and then installed with sudo snap install -dangerous. To display a list of options, just run the command without any parameters. By default, thumbnails and file names will be displayed if more than one image is provided.
: added homebrew support from homebrew-core.: Install via snap: sudo snap install -edge tiv.: Exciting week: has fixed output redirection, has added cross-compilation support to the build file and has fixed tall thumbnails and greyscale images.Or just take a look at the comparison image at the end of this text. See the difference by disabling this optimization using the -0 option. Re-calculate the foreground and background colors for the chosen character.Compare the bitmap to the assumed bitmaps for various unicode block graphics characters.Split this range in the middle and create a corresponding bitmap for the cell.
Find the color channel (R, G or B) that has the biggest range of values for the current cell. This program enhances the resolution by mapping 4x8 pixel cells to different unicode characters, using the following algorithm:įor each 4x8 pixel cell of the (potentially downscaled) image: There are various similar tools (such as timg) using the unicode half block character to display two 24bit pixels per character cell. So, no matter whether you want a different user experience or a rich set of features and powerful tools to manage your photos – there’s something for everyone.Small C++ program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphic characters. Type in the following command: sudo apt install digikamįor more information, visit their GitHub page. If you want a feature-rich image viewer, this is the one you should have installed. You get several import/export options via Google, Facebook, Imgur, and so on. So, that becomes super fast even if you have a lot of images. To enhance your experience of viewing images, it lets you choose the reduced version of images while you preview them. You get the ability to configure the database using SQLite or MySQL. An all-in-one image viewer with advanced photo management features (editing/managing/viewing)ĭigiKam is an advanced photo manager with some additional image manipulation tools. It is tailored for Xfce desktop environment – but you can install it anywhere.Įven though it’s built for Xfce desktop environment, you can install it on any Ubuntu/Ubuntu-based distro by typing the following command in the terminal: sudo apt install ristretto 11. RistrettoĪ very straightforward image viewer where you just get the ability to zoom, view in fullscreen mode and view the images as a slideshow. Go to the terminal and enter the following (Ubuntu/Ubuntu-based distros): sudo apt install shotwellįor more information, check out their GitHub page. Although you do not get all the basic image manipulation tools baked in it – you can easily crop and enhance your photos in a single click (auto brightness/contrast adjustments). Shotwell is a feature-rich photo manager. Upload photos to Facebook, Flickr, etc. In either case, you can check for the official instructions on their website to get it installed on your Linux distro.