Provided by: sxiv_1.1.1-2_amd64 
NAME
sxiv - Simple X Image Viewer
SYNOPSIS
sxiv [-bcdFfhiopqrstvZ] [-g GEOMETRY] [-n NUM] [-N NAME] [-z ZOOM] FILE...
DESCRIPTION
sxiv is a simple image viewer for X. It only has the most basic features required for fast image viewing.
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.
sxiv can also cache its thumbnails. Please see the section THUMBNAIL CACHING for information on how to
enable this feature.
Please note, that the fullscreen mode requires an EWMH/NetWM compliant window manager.
OPTIONS
-b Do not show info bar on bottom of window.
-c Remove all orphaned cache files from the thumbnail cache directory and exit.
-d Scale all images to 100%, but fit large images into window.
-F Make the window fixed/floating by setting the minimum and maximum width/height size-hints to the
window width/height.
-f Start in fullscreen mode.
-g GEOMETRY
Set window position and size. See section GEOMETRY SPECIFICATIONS of X(7) for more information on
GEOMETRY.
-n NUM Start at picture number NUM.
-N NAME
Set the resource name of sxiv's X window to NAME.
-h Print brief usage information to standard output and exit.
-i Read names of files to open from standard input.
-o Write list of opened files to standard output when quitting. If combined with -i, then sxiv acts
as a visual filter/pipe.
-p Pixelize images, i.e. turn off anti-aliasing.
-q Be quiet, disable warnings to standard error stream.
-r Search the given directories recursively for images to view.
-s Scale all images to fit into window.
-t Start in thumbnail mode.
-v Print version information to standard output and exit.
-Z The same as `-z 100'.
-z ZOOM
Scale all images to the current zoom level, use a zoom level of ZOOM at startup.
GENERAL KEYBOARD COMMANDS
The following keyboard commands are available in both image and thumbnail mode:
q Quit sxiv.
Return Switch to thumbnail mode / open selected image in image mode.
0-9 Prefix the next command with a number (denoted via count).
g Go to the first image.
G Go to the last image, or image number count.
f Toggle fullscreen mode.
b Toggle visibility of info bar on bottom of window.
A Toggle visibility of alpha-channel, i.e. image transparency.
r Reload image.
R Reload all thumbnails.
D Remove current image from file list and go to next image.
THUMBNAIL KEYBOARD COMMANDS
The following keyboard commands are only available in thumbnail mode:
h, Left
Move selection left count times.
j, Down
Move selection down count times.
k, Up Move selection up count times.
l, Right
Move selection right count times.
Ctrl-j, Ctrl-Down
Scroll thumbnail grid one window height down.
Ctrl-k, Ctrl-Up
Scroll thumbnail grid one window height up.
IMAGE KEYBOARD COMMANDS
The following keyboard commands are only available in image mode:
Navigate image list
n, Space
Go count images forward.
p, Backspace
Go count images backward.
[ Go count * 10 images backward.
] Go count * 10 images forward.
Handle multi-frame images
Ctrl-n Go to the next frame of a multi-frame image.
Ctrl-p Go to the previous frame of a multi-frame image.
Ctrl-Space
Play/pause animation of a multi-frame image.
Zooming
+ Zoom in.
- Zoom out.
= Set zoom level to 100%, or count%.
w Set zoom level to fit image into window.
e Set zoom level to fit image width to window width.
E Set zoom level to fit image height to window height.
Panning
h, Left
Pan image 1/5 of window width or count pixel left.
j, Down
Pan image 1/5 of window height or count pixel down.
k, Up Pan image 1/5 of window height or count pixel up.
l, Right
Pan image 1/5 of window width or count pixel right.
H Pan to left image edge.
J Pan to bottom image edge.
K Pan to top image edge.
L Pan to right image edge.
Ctrl-h, Ctrl-Left
Pan image one window width left.
Ctrl-j, Ctrl-Down
Pan image one window height down.
Ctrl-k, Ctrl-Up
Pan image one window height up.
Ctrl-l, Ctrl-Right
Pan image one window width right.
Rotation
< Rotate image counter-clockwise by 90 degrees.
> Rotate image clockwise by 90 degrees.
Flip
\ Flip image horizontally.
| Flip image vertically.
Miscellaneous
a Toggle anti-aliasing.
W Resize window to fit image.
MOUSE COMMANDS
The following mouse mappings are available in image mode:
Navigate image list
Button1
Go to next image.
Button3
Go to the previous image.
Zooming
Ctrl+ScrollUp
Zoom in.
Ctrl+ScrollDown
Zoom out.
Panning/Moving
Button2
Drag the image with the mouse while keeping this button pressed down.
ScrollUp
Pan image up.
ScrollDown
Pan image down.
Shift+ScrollUp
Pan image left.
Shift+ScrollDown
Pan image right.
STATUS BAR
The information displayed on the left side of the status bar can be replaced with the output of a user-
provided script, which is called by sxiv whenever an image gets loaded. The path of this script is
~/.sxiv/exec/image-info and the first argument to this script is the path of the loaded image.
There is also an example script installed together with sxiv as /usr/share/sxiv/exec/image-info.
THUMBNAIL CACHING
To enable thumbnail caching, please make sure to create the directory ~/.sxiv/cache/ with write
permissions. sxiv will then store all thumbnails inside this directory, but it will not create this
directory by itself. It rather uses the existance of this directory as an affirmation, that the user
wants thumbnails to be cached.
Use the command line option -c to keep the cache directory clean by removing all orphaned cache files.
Additionally, run the following command afterwards inside the cache directory to remove empty
subdirectories:
find . -depth -type d -empty ! -name '.' -exec rmdir {} \;
AUTHOR
Bert Muennich <be.muennich @ gmail.com>
CONTRIBUTORS
Bastien Dejean <nihilhill at gmail.com>
Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com>
Fung SzeTat <sthorde at gmail.com>
HOMEPAGE
http://muennich.github.com/sxiv
https://github.com/muennich/sxiv
SEE ALSO
feh(1), qiv(1)
sxiv-1.1.1 SXIV(1)