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NAME
fim - Fbi (linux framebuffer imageviewer) IMproved, an universal image viewer
SYNOPSIS
fim [{options}] [--] {imagepath} [{imagepaths}]
fim --output-device {fb|sdl|ca|aa|imlib2|dumb} ...
... | fim [{options}] [--] [{imagepaths}] -
fim [{options}] [--] [{files}] - < {file_name_list_text_file}
fim --image-from-stdin [{options}] < {imagefile}
fim --script-from-stdin [{options}] < {scriptfile}
fim --help[=s|d|l|m] [{help-item} ...]
DESCRIPTION
fim is a `swiss army knife' for displaying image files. It is capable of displaying image files using
different graphical devices while offering a uniform look and feel. Key bindings are customizable and
specified in an initialization file. Interaction with standard input and output is possible (especially
in shell scripts). An internal scripting language specialized for image viewing allows image navigation,
scaling, manipulation of internal variables, command aliases, and vim-like autocommands. The internal
language can be interacted with via a command line mode capable of autocompletion and history (the
readline mode). Further features are display of EXIF tags, JPEG comments, EXIF rotation/orientation,
load of "description files", faster load via image caching, command recording, and much more.
As a default, fim displays the specified file(s) on the detected, most convenient graphical device. This
can be with SDL if running under X, an Ascii Art driver (aalib or libcaca) if running behind ssh without
X forwarding, or the linux framebuffer device. Graphical file formats BMP, PCX are supported natively,
while JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PPM, PGM, PBM are supported via third party libraries. Further formats are
supported via external converters. For XCF (Gimp's) images, will try to use 'xcftopnm'. For FIG
vectorial images, will try to use 'fig2dev'. For DIA vectorial images, will try to use 'dia'. For SVG
vectorial images, will try to use 'inkscape'. For other formats will try to use ImageMagick's 'convert'
executable. The converter is given 15 seconds for the conversion before a timeout.
If {imagepath} is a file, its format is guessed not by its name but by its contents. See the _file_loader
variable to change this default.
If {imagepath} is a directory, therein contained files of supported formats will be loaded. If
{imagepath} contains a trailing slash (/), it will be treated as a directory; otherwise this will be
checked via stat(2). To change this default, see description of the _pushdir_re variable and the
--no-stat-push and --recursive options.
This man page describes fim command line options and usage. See man fimrc(5) for a full specification of
the fim language, commands, keysyms, autocommands, variables, aliases, examples for a configuration file
and readline usage samples.
USAGE
You may invoke fim from an interactive shell and control it with the keyboard, as you would do with any
image viewer with reasonable key bindings.
fim is keyboard oriented: there are no user menus or buttons available. If you need some feature or
setting which is not accessible from the default keyboard configuration, you probably need a custom
configuration or simply need to type a custom command. For these, you can use the internal command and
configuration language.
See options --read-from-stdin, --script-from-stdin, and --image-from-stdin for more script-oriented
usages.
The full commands specification is also accessible at runtime using the internal help system (typing
:help).
OPTIONS
Accepted command line {options}:
-- Treat arguments after -- as filenames. Treat arguments before -- as command line options if these
begin with -, and as filenames otherwise.
-a, --autozoom
Enable autozoom. fim will automagically pick a reasonable zoom factor when displaying a new image
(as in fbi).
-b[24|1], --binary[=24|1]
Display contents of binary files (of any filetype) as these were raw 24 or 1 bits per pixel
pixelmaps. Image width will not exceed the value of the _preferred_rendering_width variable.
Regard this as an easter bunny option.
--as-text
Display contents of files (of any filetype) as these were text. Image width will not exceed the
value of the _preferred_rendering_width variable. Non-printable characters will be displayed as "
". Regard this as another easter bunny option.
--cd-and-readdir
Step in the directory of the first file to be loaded, push other files from that directory, and
jump back to the first file. Useful when invoking from a desktop environment.
-c {commands}, --execute-commands {commands}
Execute commands after reading the initialization file, just before entering the interactive mode.
No semicolon (;) is required at the end of commands. Do not forget quoting commands in a manner
suitable to your shell. So -c next is fine as it is. A more complicated example, with
quotings: -c '*2;2pan_up;display;while(1){align "bottom";sleep "1" ; align "top"}' (with the
single quotes) tells fim to: double the displayed image size, pan twice up, display the image, and
finally do an endless loop consisting of bottom and top aligning, alternated.
-C {commands}, --execute-commands-early {commands}
Similar to the --execute-commands option, but execute commands earlier, just before reading the
initialization file. The special 'early' form =var=val will assign var to val immediately, before
the interpreter is started.
For example, -C '_scale_style=" "' starts fim no auto-scaling; the equivalent early form is: -C
'=_scale_style= '.
-d {framebuffer device}, --device {framebuffer device}
Framebuffer device to use. Default is the one your vc is mapped to (as in fbi).
--dump-reference-help[=man]
Dump to stdout language reference help and quit.
--dump-default-fimrc
Dump default configuration (the one hardcoded in the fim executable) to standard output and quit.
-E {scriptfile}, --execute-script {scriptfile}
Execute scriptfile after the default initialization file is read, and before executing
--execute-commands commands.
-f {fimrc}, --etc-fimrc {fimrc}
Specify an alternative system-wide initialization file (default: /usr/local/etc/fimrc), to be read
prior to any other configuration file. See also --no-etc-fimrc-file.
-F {commands}, --final-commands {commands}
Similar to the --execute-commands option, but execute commands after exiting the interactive mode,
just before terminating the program.
-h[s|d|l|m], --help[=s|d|l|m]
Print program invocation help, and exit. Depending on the option, output can be: short,
descriptive, long from man, or complete man. If further arguments follow, individual help messages
will be shown instead.
-k {keysym}, --keysym-press {keysym}
Execute any command bound (via the bind command) to a specified keysym at startup. A keysym can be
prefixed by a repetition count number. You can specify the option multiple times to simulate
multiple keystrokes. Presses entered via --keysym-press are processed before presses entered via
--chars-press. See man fimrc(5) for a list of keysyms and the use of bind.
-K {chars}, --chars-press {chars}
Input one or more keyboard characters at program startup (simulate keyboard presses). This option
can be specified multiple times. Each additional time (or if the string is empty), a press of
Enter (ASCII code 0x0D) key is prepended. Examples: -K '' simulates press of an Enter; -K
':next;' activates the command line and enter "next;" without executing it; -K ":next;" -K "next"
executes "next", stays in the command line and enter keys "next"; -K ":next;" -K "" -K "next"
executes "next", leaves the command line, and executes in sequence any command bound to keys 'n',
'e', 'x', 't'. Presses entered via --chars-press are processed after presses entered via
--keysym-press.
-D {filename}, --load-image-descriptions-file {filename}
Load image descriptions from file filename. Each line begins with the basename of an image file,
followed by a Tab character (or a different character if specified via
--image-descriptions-file-separator), then the description text. The description text is copied
into the i:_comment variable of the image at load time, overriding the comment possibly loaded
from the file (e.g. JPEG, PNG or TIFF comment). If a '@' followed by and identifier {var} is
encountered, and i:{var} is set, its value is substituted here. If "@#" is encountered, the
remainder of the description line is ignored. Special comment lines like "#!fim:var=val" lead
i:var to be assigned value val (unquoted) at image loading time (cached variable); i:var will not
be assigned if var starts with an underscore ('_'). Special comment lines like "#!fim:+=val" add
val to current description. Special comment lines like "#!fim:^=val" set val to be the base of
each description. Special comment lines like "#!fim:!=" reset all cached variables. Special
comment lines like "#!fim:/=dir" prepend dir to each file's basename. Special comment lines like
"#!fim:\=dir" prepend dir to each file's name. Special description text (to be associated to an
image) begins with markers: with "#!fim:=", the last description line is reused; with "#!fim:+",
what follows is appended to the last description line; with "#!fim:^", what follows is prepended
to the last description line; with "#!fim:s/f/t", the last description line will be used after
substitution of occurrences of substring f with string t (f and t cannot contain newlines or a
'/'). If val is empty that variable is unset. These variables are stored also in an internal index
used by the limit command. This option sets _caption_over_image=2, so that a caption is displayed
over the image. A description file beginning with "#!fim:desc" can be loaded without specifying
this switch.
-S {sepchar}, --image-descriptions-file-separator {sepchar}
A character to be used as a separator between the filename and the description part of lines
specified just before a --load-image-descriptions-file.
-i, --image-from-stdin
Read one single image from the standard input (the image data, not the filename). May not work
with all supported file formats. In the image list, this image takes the special name "<STDIN>".
--mark-from-image-descriptions-file {filename}
Set those files specified in filename (see --load-image-descriptions-file for the file format) as
marked (see the list command).
-m {vmode}, --mode {vmode}
Name of the video mode to use video mode (must be listed in /etc/fb.modes). Default is not to
change the video mode. In the past, the XF86 config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config) used to contain
Modeline information, which could be fed to the modeline2fb perl script (distributed with fbset).
On many modern xorg based systems, there is no direct way to obtain a fb.modes file from the
xorg.conf file. So instead one could obtain useful fb.modes info by using the (fbmodes (no man
page AFAIK)) tool, written by bisqwit. An unsupported mode should make fim exit with failure.
But it is possible the kernel could trick fim and set a supported mode automatically, thus
ignoring the user set mode.
-N, --no-rc-file
No personal initialization file will be read (default is ~/.fimrc) at startup.
--no-etc-fimrc-file
No system-wide initialization file will be read (default is /usr/local/etc/fimrc) at startup. See
also --etc-fimrc.
--no-internal-config
No internal default configuration at startup (uses internal variable _no_default_configuration).
Will only provide a minimal working configuration.
--no-commandline
With internal command line mode disabled.
--no-history-save
Do not save execution history at finalization (uses internal variable _save_fim_history).
--no-history-load
Do not load execution history at startup.
--no-history
Do not load or save execution history at startup.
-p, --script-from-stdin
Read commands from stdin before entering in interactive mode.
-o [fb|sdl|ca|aa|imlib2|dumb], --output-device [fb|sdl|ca|aa|imlib2|dumb]
Will use the specified device as fim video output device, overriding automatic checks. The
available devices depend on the original configuration/compilation options, so you should get the
list of available output devices issuing fim --version. The fb option selects the Linux
framebuffer. Presence of option S (e.g. fb=S) makes framebuffer initialization more picky: it will
not tolerate running in a screen session. The ca option (coloured Ascii Art) can be specified as
ca[={['w']}] ; if supplied, 'w' selects windowed mode, provided libcaca is running under X; by
default (or with 'W'), windowed mode is being turned off internally during initialization by
unsetting the DISPLAY environment variable. The aa (monochrome Ascii Art) option can be specified
as aa[={['w'|'W']}]; if supplied, 'w' selects windowed mode, provided aalib is running under X; by
default (or with 'W'), windowed mode is being turned off internally during initialization by
unsetting the DISPLAY environment variable. Please note that the readline (internal command line)
functionality in ca and aa modes is limited. The sdl option (graphical windowed mode) may be
specified as sdl={['w']['m']['r']['h']['W']['M']['R']['H'][width[:height]]['%']}, where width and
height are integer numbers specifying the desired resolution (if height not specified, it takes
the value of width); the 'w' character requests windowed mode (instead of 'W' for fullscreen); the
'm' character requests mouse pointer display; the 'h' character requests help grid map draw (can
be repeated for variants); the 'r' character requests support for window resize; the '%' character
requests to treat width and height as percentage of possible window resolution. The same letters
uppercase request explicit negation of the mentioned features. The imlib2 option requests imlib2
and is unfinished -- do not use it. The dumb test mode is not interactive.
--offset {bytes-offset[{:upper-offset}|{+offset-range}]}
Use the specified offset (in bytes) for opening the specified files. If :upper-offset is
specified, further bytes until upper-offset will be probed. If +offset-range is specified instead,
that many additional bytes will be probed. Use this option to search damaged file systems for
image files. Appending a modifier among K,M,G (case irrelevant) to an offset number changes the
unit to be respectively 2^10, 2^20, or 2^30 bytes.
--pread-cmd {cmd-filter-pipeline}
Specify a shell command with {cmd-filter-pipeline}. If the current filename matches
"^[/A-Za-z0-9_.][/A-Za-z0-9_.-]*$", it will be substituted to any occurrence of '{}'. The
resulting command output is assumed to be file data, which will be read and displayed. This works
by setting the internal _pread_cmd variable (empty by default).
-P, --text-reading
Enable textreading mode. This has the effect that fim will display images scaled to the width of
the screen, and aligned to the top. If the images you are watching are text pages, all you have
to do to get the next piece of text is to press space (in the default key configuration, of
course).
-s {value}, --scroll {value}
Set scroll steps for internal variable _steps (default is 20%).
--slideshow {number}
Interruptible slideshow mode. Wait for {number} of seconds (assigned to the _want_sleep_seconds
variable) after each image. Implemented by executing reload; i:fresh=1; while(_fileindex <=
_filelistlen-_loop_only_once){sleep _want_sleep_seconds; next;} sleep _want_sleep_seconds; as a
first command. Can be interrupted by : or Esc. The other keys will execute accordingly to their
function but will not interrupt the slideshow. Like in fbi, this will cycle forever, unless --once
is specified.
--sanity-check
Perform a quick sanity check, just after the initialization, and terminate.
-t, --no-framebuffer
fim Use an ASCII Art driver. If present, use either of libcaca (coloured), or aalib (monochrome).
For more, see (man fimrc), (info aalib) or (apropos caca)). If no ASCII Art driver was enabled at
compile time, fim will not display any image at all.
-T {terminal}, --vt {terminal}
The terminal will be used as virtual terminal device file (as in fbi). See (chvt (1)), (openvt
(1)) for more info about this. Use (con2fb (1)) to map a terminal to a framebuffer device.
--reverse
Reverse files list before browsing (can be combined with the other sorting options).
--sort Sort files list before browsing according to full filename.
--sort-basename
Sort files list before browsing according to file basename's.
--sort-mtime
Sort files list before browsing according to file modification time.
--sort-fsize
Sort files list before browsing according to file size.
-u, --random
Randomly shuffle the files list before browsing (seed depending on time() function).
--random-no-seed
Pseudo-random shuffle the files list before browsing (no seeding).
-v, --verbose
Be verbose: show status bar.
--verbose-load
Load files verbosely (repeat option to increase verbosity).
--verbose-font-load
Load font verbosely (sets _fbfont_verbosity).
--verbose-interpreter
Execute interpreter verbosely (Sets immediately _debug_commands="ackC" if specified once,
_debug_commands="ackCi" if specified twice).
-V, --version
Print to stdout program version, compile flags, enabled features, linked libraries information,
supported filetypes/file loaders, and then exit.
-w, --autowidth
Scale the image according to the screen width.
-=, --no-auto-scale
Do not scale the images after loading (will set '_scale_style=" "';).
--autowindow
Resize the window size (if supported by the video mode) to the image size. Don't use this with
other image scaling options.
--no-stat-push
Sets _push_checks=0 before initialization, thus disabling file/dir existence checks with stat(2)
at push push time (and speeding up startup).
-H, --autoheight
Scale the image according to the screen height.
-W {scriptfile}, --write-scriptout {scriptfile}
All the characters that you type are recorded in the file {scriptout}, until you exit fim. This
is useful if you want to create a script file to be used with "fim -c" or ":exec" (analogous to
Vim's -s and ":source!"). If the {scriptout} file exists, it will be not touched (as in Vim's
-w).
-L {fileslistfile}, --read-from-file {fileslistfile}
Read file list from a file: each line one file to load (similar to --read-from-stdin; use
--read-from-stdin-elds to control line breaking).
-, --read-from-stdin
Read file list from stdin: each line one file to load; use with --read-from-stdin-elds to control
line breaking).
Note that these the three standard input reading functionalities (-i,-p and -) conflict : if two
or more of them occur in fim invocation, fim will exit with an error and warn about the ambiguity.
See the section INVOCATION EXAMPLES below to read some useful (and unique) ways of employing fim.
--read-from-stdin-elds {delimiter-char}
Specify an endline delimiter character for breaking lines read via
-/--read-from-stdin/--read-from-file (which shall be specified after this). Line text before the
delimiter will be treated as names of files to load; the text after will be ignored. This is also
useful e.g. to load description files (see --load-image-descriptions-file) as filename list files.
Default is the newline character (0x0A); to specify an ASCII NUL byte (0x00) use ''.
-A, --autotop
Align images to the top border (by setting '_autotop=1' after initialization).
-q, --quiet
Quiet execution mode. Sets _display_status=0;_display_busy=0;.
-r {width:height}, --resolution {width:height}
Set resolution specification in pixels. Supported by SDL only. Will be appended to the argument to
--output-device. Shorthand value 'fullscreen' will be translated into 'W'.
-R[{exp}], --recursive[={exp}]
Push files/directories to the files list recursively. The expression in variable _pushdir_re
(default: ".(JPG|PNG|GIF|BMP|TIFF|TIF|JPEG|JFIF|PPM|PGM|PBM|PCX|WEBP)$") lists extensions of
filenames which will be loaded in the list. You can overwrite its value by optionally passing an
expression {exp} here as argument. If starting with '+' or '|', the expression following will be
appended to it.
-X, --no-pipe-load
Do not load via external converter programs: only use built-in file decoders.
-B, --background-recursive
Push files/directories to the files list recursively, in background during program execution. Any
sorting options will be ignored. Experimental feature, unfinished.
--load-shadow-directory {dir}
Add {dir} to the shadow directory list. Then 'scale "shadow"' will temporarily substitute the
image being displayed with that of the first same-named file located under a shadow directory.
Useful to browse low-res images, but still being able to quickly view the hi-res original residing
in a shadow directory. This works as intended as long as unique filenames are involved.
-/ {pattern}, --/ {pattern}
After startup jump to pattern; short for -c '/'.
--// {pattern}
After startup jump to pattern; as -c '/' but with search on the full path (with
_re_search_opts="f").
-1, --once
If running --slideshow, loop only once (as in fbi).
PROGRAM RETURN STATUS
The program return status is 0 on correct operation; 252 on unsupported device specification; 248 on bad
input; 255 on a generic error; 42 on a signal-triggered program exit; or a different value in case of an
another error.
The return status may be controlled by the use of the quit command.
COMMON KEYS AND COMMANDS
The following keys and commands are hardcoded in the minimal configuration. These are working by default before any config loading, and before the hardcoded config loading (see variable _fim_default_config_file_contents).
n goto '+1f'
p goto '-1f'
+ magnify
- reduce
h pan 'left'
l pan 'right'
k pan 'up-'
j pan 'down+'
q quit
You can type a number before a command binding to iterate the assigned command:
3k 3pan 'up-'
: enter command line mode
:{number} jump to {number}^th image in the list
:^ jump to first image in the list
:$ jump to last image in the list
:*{factor} scale the image by {factor}
:{scale}% scale the image to the desired {scale}
:+{scale}% scale the image up to the desired percentage {scale} (relatively to the original)
:-{scale}% scale the image down to the desired percentage {scale} (relatively to the original)
/{regexp} entering the pattern {regexp} (with /) makes fim jump to the next image whose filename matches {regexp}
/*.png$ entering this pattern (with /) makes fim jump to the next image whose filename ends with 'png'
/png a shortcut for /.*png.*
2,4 stdout '{}' print three filenames to standard output.
!{syscmd} executes the {syscmd} quoted string as an argument to the "system" fim command.
You can visualize all of the default bindings invoking fim --dump-default-fimrc | grep bind .
You can visualize all of the default aliases invoking fim --dump-default-fimrc | grep alias .
The Return vs. Space key thing can be used to create a file list while reviewing the images and use the
list for batch processing later on.
All of the key bindings are reconfigurable; see the default fimrc file for examples on this, or read the
complete manual: the FIM.TXT file distributed with fim.
AFFECTING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
FBFONT (just like in fbi) a Linux consolefont font file.
If using a gzipped font, the zcat program will be used to uncompress it (via execvp(3)).
If not specified, the following files will be probed and the first existing will be selected:
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/cp866-8x16.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/Uni3-TerminusBoldVGA14.psf.gz
/usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat9-16.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf
/usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/lat1-16.psfu.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf.gz
/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psfu.gz
/usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf
/usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf.gz
/usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psfu.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psf.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/lat1-16.psfu.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/Lat2-VGA14.psf.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/Lat2-VGA16.psf.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/Lat2-VGA8.psf.gz
/lib/kbd/consolefonts/Uni2-VGA16.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/default8x16.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/default8x9.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/Lat15-Fixed16.psf.gz
/usr/share/consolefonts/default.psf.gz
fim://
If the special fim:// string is specified, a hardcoded font will be used.
FBGAMMA (just like in fbi) gamma correction (applies to dithered 8 bit mode only). Default is 1.0.
FRAMEBUFFER (just like in fbi) user set framebuffer device file (applies only to the fb mode).
If unset, fim will probe for /dev/fb0.
TERM (only in fim) will influence the output device selection algorithm, especially if $TERM=="screen".
SSH_TTY if set and no output device specified, give precedence to ca, then aa (if present).
DISPLAY If this variable is set, then the sdl driver will be probed by default.
COMMON PROBLEMS
fim needs read-write access to the framebuffer devices (/dev/fbN or /dev/fb/N), i.e you (our your admin)
have to make sure fim can open the devices in rw mode. The IMHO most elegant way is to use pam_console
(see /etc/security/console.perms) to chown the devices to the user logged in on the console. Another way
is to create some group, chown the special files to that group and put the users which are allowed to use
the framebuffer device into the group. You can also make the special files world writable, but be aware
of the security implications this has. On a private box it might be fine to handle it this way through.
If using udev, you can edit: /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions and set these lines like here:
# fb devices
fb:root:root:0600
fb[0-9]*:root:root:0600
fb/*:root:root:0600
fim also needs access to the linux console (i.e. /dev/ttyN) for sane console switch handling. That is
obviously no problem for console logins, but any kind of a pseudo tty (xterm, ssh, screen, ...) will not
work.
INVOCATION EXAMPLES
fim --help -R -B
# get help for options -R and -B
fim media/
# load files from the directory media/
fim -R media/ --sort
# open files found by recursive traversal of directory media, then sorting the list
find /mnt/media/ -name *.jpg | fim -
# read input files list from standard input
find /mnt/media/ -name *.jpg | shuf | fim -
# read input files list from standard input, randomly shuffled
cat script.fim | fim -p images/*
# read a script file script.fim from standard input before displaying files in the directory images
scanimage ... | tee scan.ppm | fim -i
# read the image scanned from a flatbed scanner as soon as it is read
h5topng -x 1 -y 2 dataset.hdf -o /dev/stdout | fim -i
# visualize a slice from an HDF5 dataset file
fim * > selection.txt
# output the file names marked interactively with the 'list "mark"' command in fim to a file
fim * | fim -
# output the file names marked with 'm' in fim to a second instance of fim, in which these could be
marked again
fim -c 'pread "vgrabbj -d /dev/video0 -o png";reload'
# display an image grabbed from a webcam
fim -o aa -c 'pread "vgrabbj -d /dev/video0 -o png";reload;system "fbgrab" "asciime.png"'
# if running in framebuffer mode, will save a png screenshot with an ASCII rendering of an image grabbed
from a webcam
fim -c 'while(1){pread "vgrabbj -d /dev/video0 -o png";reload;sleep 1;};'
# will display a sequence of images grabbed from a webcam; circa 1 per second
NOTES
This manual page is neither accurate nor complete. In particular, issues related to driver selection
shall be described more accurately. Also the accurate sequence of autocommands execution, variables
application is critical to understanding fim, and should be documented. The filename "<STDIN>" is
reserved for images read from standard input (view this as a limitation), and thus handling files with
such name may incur in limitations. The SDL driver is quite inefficient, for a variety of reasons. In
particular, its interaction with the readline library can be problematic (e.g.: when running in sdl mode
without a terminal). This shall be fixed.
BUGS
fim has bugs. Please read the BUGS file shipped in the documentation directory to discover the known
ones. There are also inconsistencies in the way the internal command line works across the different
graphical devices.
FILES
/usr/local/share/doc/fim
The directory with fim documentation files.
/usr/local/etc/fimrc
The system-wide fim initialization file (executed at startup, after executing the
hardcoded configuration).
~/.fimrc The personal fim initialization file (executed at startup, after the system-wide
initialization file).
~/.fim_history File where to load from or save. See (man fimrc(5), man readline(3)).
~/.inputrc If fim is built with GNU readline support, it will be susceptible to chages in the user
set ~/.inputrc configuration file contents. For details, see (man readline(3)).
SEE ALSO
Other fim man pages: fimgs(1), fimrc(1).
Conversion programs: convert(1), dia(1), xcftopnm(1), fig2dev(1), inkscape(1).
Related programs: fbset(1), con2fb(1), vim(1), mutt(1), exiftool(1), exiftags(1), exiftime(1),
exifcom(1), fbi(1), fbida(1), feh(1), fbgrab(1).
Related documentation: fbdev(4), vcs(4), fb.modes(8), fbset(8), setfont(8).
AUTHOR
Michele Martone <dezperado _CUT_ autistici _CUT_ org> is the author of fim, "fbi improved".
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2023 Michele Martone <dezperado _CUT_ autistici _CUT_ org> (author of fim)
Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel _CUT_ bytesex.org> is the author of "fbi", upon which fim
was originally based.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write
to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
(c) 2007-2023 Michele Martone FIM(1)