On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 12:09 PM Charlie Gibbs <cgi...@surfnaked.ca> wrote:
> On Fri May 21 16:08:33 2021 Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote: > > > There are five binaries that get installed in Slackware for the > > xv package: > > usr/bin/xvpictoppm > > usr/bin/xv > > usr/bin/vdcomp > > usr/bin/bggen > > usr/bin/xcmap > > > > and there are zero libraries installed. So if you do get a successful > > compile, you can simply put the "xv" binary in a ~/bin directory, add > > that dir to your PATH, and use it without 'mucking up' anything with > > the rest of the system. > > I love xv - it's my go-to JPEG viewer. Its command-line interface is > dead simple, and it's lightweight and fast. It has one problem, though: > it can't display many newer JPEG files. It comes up with the message: > > <filename>: Unsupported JPEG process: SOF type 0xc2 > > I have to fall back to another viewer (usually ristretto, which I > really don't like) to view these files. (Working on a file that > xv likes with the Gimp is one good way to make a file it doesn't > like.) > > The latest version I've been able to find is 3.10a. Is there a > newer version out there that can handle all JPEGs? > Hi Charlie, I agree with you about xv, it's a wonderful piece of software. The wikipedia has an article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software) And that article asserts that the 3.10a version (1994-12-29) is the latest, although there are apparently later patches. I do think that the license is an important factor here. If you have luck in your pursuit of a later, better xv, please do post, and thanks in advance. dan > > -- > cgi...@surfnaked.ca (Charlie Gibbs) > >
