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#1 2020-09-08 10:05:44
- TSwiftie
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My w3m can't display picture
I installed w3m,but when I'm browsing a Web page. I find it can't display the picture.
I use alacritty as my terminal.
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#2 2020-09-08 14:09:28
- jonno2002
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
pacman -Si w3m |grep Dep
Depends On : openssl gc ncurses gpm
Optional Deps : imlib2: for graphics supportdo you have imlib2 installed ?
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#3 2020-09-08 14:35:53
- Mortimer Houghton
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
See: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/ … -359184981
I am not using X11, so I have resolved this by using sdump (from AUR) which uses a libsixel backend to display images.
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#4 2020-09-08 14:37:31
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
Some terminal emulators do not support frame buffer image rendering.
E.g. xterm does support it, while gnome-terminal doesn't.
If you're using w3m from a plain TTY (no XServer ow Wayland), your current user must be in the group "video" to display frame buffer images.
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#5 2020-09-12 02:05:50
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
pacman -Si w3m |grep Dep Depends On : openssl gc ncurses gpm Optional Deps : imlib2: for graphics supportdo you have imlib2 installed ?
Yes, I have installed it,but nothing.
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#6 2020-09-12 02:27:45
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
Some terminal emulators do not support frame buffer image rendering.
E.g. xterm does support it, while gnome-terminal doesn't.
If you're using w3m from a plain TTY (no XServer ow Wayland), your current user must be in the group "video" to display frame buffer images.
I tried it, but no use.If I use the ueberzug for my ranger to preview image,it works perfectly.So I think it's not a problem from my terminal.
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#7 2020-09-12 02:40:26
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
See: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/ … -359184981
I am not using X11, so I have resolved this by using sdump (from AUR) which uses a libsixel backend to display images.
em.....I just want to know why w3m can't display picture on my terminal.
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#8 2020-09-12 02:50:00
- Mortimer Houghton
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
Mortimer Houghton wrote:See: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/ … -359184981
I am not using X11, so I have resolved this by using sdump (from AUR) which uses a libsixel backend to display images.
em.....I just want to know why w3m can't display picture on my terminal.
Did you read the link? It explains fairly well why you are having trouble with w3mimgdisplay in Alacritty as well as some suggestions on how it might be fixed. I also gave you information on how I got w3m working in Alacritty. I gave you everything you asked for.
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#9 2020-09-12 05:54:34
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Re: My w3m can't display picture
w3m -o auto_image=TRUE www.totallynotporn.xxxOnline