ckardaris / picterm

Preview images in terminal window

Picterm: preview images in terminal window

Creates a new X11 window as a child of the currently focused one (e.g. terminal window), loads the image from the specified file, and draws the image inside the new window.

Supported image formats

• JPEG (via libjpeg);
• PNG (via libpng);
• GIF (via giflib, without animation).

Key bindings

• Arrows and vim-like moving keys (hjkl): Move view point;
• +, =: Zoom in;
• -: Zoom out;
• Backspace: Set optimal scale: 100% or fit to window;
• 1, 2, ..., 0: Set scale to 10%, 20%, ..., 100%;
• Esc, Enter, F10, q, e, x: Exit the program.

Build and install

./configure
make
make install

Arch users can install the program via AUR.