> I wish there was an image viewer like xterm
You mean like xli or xloadimage? Or something slightly more modern, like geeqie, gthumb, or mirage? Or if you want something larger, “display” from Imagemagick?
You mean like xli or xloadimage? Or something slightly more modern, like geeqie, gthumb, or mirage? Or if you want something larger, “display” from Imagemagick?
xli - doesn't support zooming with mouse wheel
xloadimage - doesn't support zooming with mouse wheel
geeqie - has UI rendering issues (not all text visible); uses dbus
gthumb - uses dbus
mirage - core dumped on me (Ubuntu 22.04 package, remote X session)
display - doesn't support zooming with mouse wheel
Really minimalistic but at the same time quite powerful under the hood. All normal operations have quick vim-inspired shortcuts (and scroll to zoom) and if you want to get advanced you can trigger scripts to do some heavy-lifting.
Not for everyone but when it fits it is brilliant.
If sxiv isn't your thing and you want something minimalistic, maybe have a look at feh (don't know if it has scroll to zoom).
I also tried feh. It simply hangs when I invoke it with a png file over a remote X11 connection.
If you are starting to wonder whether there is something wrong with my setup: I can run other applications like xterm, xeyes, gimp, just fine over a remote X11 connection.