vimiv - Man Page
an image viewer with vim-like keybindings
Synopsis
vimiv [PATH] [--help|-h] [--fullscreen|-f] [--version|-v] [--geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT|-g WIDTHxHEIGHT] [--temp-basedir] [--config FILE] [--keyfile FILE] [--set OPTION VALUE|-s OPTION VALUE] [--log-level LEVEL] [--command COMMAND] [--basedir DIRECTORY|-b DIRECTORY] [--output TEXT|-o TEXT] [--input|-i] [--debug MODULE] [--qt-args ARGS]
Description
Vimiv is an image viewer with vim-like keybindings. It is written in python3 using the Qt5 toolkit and is free software, licensed under the GPL. Some of the features are:
- Simple library browser
- Thumbnail mode
- Basic image editing
- Command line with tab completion
- Complete customization with style sheets
A much more complete documentation can be found under https://karlch.github.io/vimiv-qt/.
Options
Positional Arguments
- PATH
Paths to open
Options
- --help, -h
show this help message and exit
- --fullscreen, -f
Start fullscreen
- --version, -v
Print version information and exit
- --geometry WIDTHxHEIGHT, -g WIDTHxHEIGHT
Set the starting geometry
- --temp-basedir
Use a temporary basedir
- --config FILE
Use FILE as local configuration file
- --keyfile FILE
Use FILE as keybinding file
- --set OPTION VALUE, -s OPTION VALUE
Set a temporary setting
- --log-level LEVEL
Set log level to LEVEL
- --command COMMAND
Run COMMAND on startup, usable multiple times
- --basedir DIRECTORY, -b DIRECTORY
Directory to use for all storage
- --output TEXT, -o TEXT
Wildcard expanded string to print to standard output upon quit
- --input, -i
Read paths to open from standard input
Development Arguments
- --debug MODULE
Force showing debug log messages of MODULE
- --qt-args ARGS
Arguments to pass to qt directly, use quotes to pass multiple arguments
Website
Author
Christian Karl
Copyright
2017-2022, Christian Karl