cacaview1

Usage

Overview

cacaview is a lightweight text mode image viewer. It renders images using colour ASCII characters. It is a powerful add-on to famous console programs such as the mutt email client, the slrn newsreader and the links or w3m web browsers.

cacaview can load the most widespread image formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP etc.

You can zoom and scroll the image around for more details, and choose four different dithering modes. All commands are accessible through a single key press.

Keys

?

show the help screen

n, p

switch to next image, previous image

Left, Right, Up, Down or h, l, k, j

scroll the image around

+, -

zoom in and out

z

reset the zoom level to normal

f

switch fullscreen mode (hide/show menu and status bars)

d

toggle the dithering mode (no dithering, 4x4 ordered dithering, 8x8 ordered dithering and random dithering)

q

exit the program

Examples

cacaview /usr/share/pixmaps/*.*