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NAME
GQview - GTK based multiformat image viewer
SYNOPSIS
gqview [options] [path]
DESCRIPTION
GQview is an interactive GTK based image viewer that supports multiple
image formats, zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into
collections.
OPTIONS
+t,--with-tools
Force the toolbox to be shown.
-t,--without-tools
Force the toolbox to be hidden.
-f,--fullscreen
Start in full screen mode.
-s,--slideshow
Start in slideshow mode.
-l,--list
Open collection window for command line files.
--debug
Turn on debugging output.
-v,--version
Print version.
-h,--help
Print command line options.
USAGE
Key naming is similar to that of emacs(1): C-key indicates that
control should be held, and key should be pressed; S-key indicates
that shift should be held and key should be pressed; these two can be
combined, also, into C-S-key.
left-mouse-click
(on image) next image
middle-mouse-click
(on image) previous image
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right-mouse
context menu
middle-mouse-drag
drag and drop operations
mouse-wheel
(on image) Changes to the next or previous image, or if option is
enabled, scrolls the image vertically.
mouse-wheel+Shift-key
(on image) Inverts the mouse wheel behavior between scrolling
image or changing image.
mouse-wheel+Control-key
(on image) Zooms the image in and out.
GENERAL KEYS
PageDown
next image
PageUp
previous image
Home first image in list
End last image in list
Tab tab completion in path entry window
Escape
cancel completion in path entry window or stop generating
thumbnails
IMAGE KEYS
Keys that are valid when the image part of the window is focused.
Arrows
pan image
Shift+Arrows
pan image faster
Space,N
next image
Backspace,B
previous image
FILE RELATED KEYS
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C new empty collection
O open collection
D open the Find Duplicates window
C-F new folder
C-C copy file
C-M move file
C-R rename file
C-D,Delete
delete file
C-N new window
C-W close window
C-Q quit
EDIT MENU RELATED KEYS
C-1,2..9,0
run external editor
C-A select all files
C-S-A
unselect all files
C-O go to the Configuration window
C-P display image properties
] rotate image clockwise
[ rotate image counterclockwise
S-R rotate image 180 degrees
S-M mirror image (horizontal)
S-F flip image (vertical)
VIEW MENU RELATED KEYS
+,= zoom in
- zoom out
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Z,KeyPad-/
zoom to original size
X,KeyPad-*
zoom to fit window
1,2,3,4
zoom in to X scale factor
9,8,7
zoom to -2, -3, -4, respectively
T toggle thumbnail display
C-L display files in list format
C-I display files in icon format
C-T toggle tree view for directories
R refresh file list
L toggle floating of file selection area
H toggle hiding of file selection area
F,V toggle full-screen mode
S toggle slide-show mode
P toggle pause of slideshow
C-E toggle display of exif sidebar
C-S toggle display of sort manager
COLLECTION WINDOW KEYS
Arrows
move selection
Shift+Arrows
select multiple images
Control+Arrows
move selector without changing selection
Space
select the image under the selector
Control+Space
toggle selection of the image under the selector
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Home move selector to the top image
End move selector to bottom image
Adding Shift or Control to Home and End has a similar effect as
adding them to the arrows.
C-A select all images
C-S-A
unselect all images
Delete
remove image form collection (does not delete the file)
C-L add images to collection form main file list
N sort collection by name
D sort collection by date
B sort collection by file size
P sort collection by pathname
I sort collection by name numerically (*)
Enter
view image under selector in the main image window
V view image under selector in new window
C-1,2..9,0
open selected image(s) in external editor
S save collection
C-S save collection as
A append current collection to existing collection
C-C copy selected files
C-M move selected files
C-R rename selected files
C-D delete selected files
C-W close window
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DUPLICATES WINDOW KEYS
C-A select all images
C-S-A
unselect all images
1 select group 1 images
2 select group 2 images
C-L add images from main window file list
C add selected images to new collection
Delete
remove selected images from list
C-Delete
clear window
Enter
view image with focus in main window
V view image with focus in new window
C-1,2..9,0
open selected image(s) in editor
C-P display properties window for selected images
C-C copy selected files
C-M move selected files
C-R rename selected files
C-D delete selected files
C-W close window
LICENSE
Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by John Ellis. Use this software at your own
risk! This software released under the GNU General Public License.
Please read the COPYING file for more information.
BUGS
Please send bug reports and feedback to gqview@users.sourceforge.net
or the author, below.
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AUTHOR
John Ellis <johne@verizon.net>
Manpage originally prepared by Nick Rusnov <nick@grawk.net>
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