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:

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

https://karlch.github.io/vimiv-qt/

Author

Christian Karl

Referenced By

vimivrc(5).

Jan 08, 2022