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jaydoc

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[Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

I have installed Feh from the community repos, along with imlib2. according to the official website, feh can open SVG files, but I get an error...

feh WARNING: /home/jaydoc/archlinux-artwork-1.1/logos/archlinux-grad1-dark.svg - No Imlib2 loader for that file format.

So is feh capable of doing this or not..? Am I missing any needed dependency..? I don't want to use inkscape etc, as they seem to have a lot of dependencies.

Last edited by jaydoc (2009-04-07 19:45:18)

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skottish

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

I didn't see anything on the websites of either feh or imlib2 about svg files. gqview can do it for sure.

jaydoc

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

thanks skottish...

I don't know what made me think that feh supports every available image format...! Sorry.

So, what is the BEST lightweight image viewer out there that will...

a. support every image format, and
b. help me set a wallpaper on Openbox...! (my 2 primary needs..!)

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skottish

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

There is no "best", just what's best for you. The 'Common Apps' page lists a number of them:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com … ge_Viewers

gqview can view common formats and can set your wallpaper. It can be made super-minimalistic if that's one of your goals. I've used it for a very long time and have been happy with it all along.

jaydoc

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

@skottish...

I tried using gqview to set the wallpaper. trouble is, when I log out and back in, Openbox is unable to 'remember' the wallpaper used. When using feh, I used the eval cat command in autostart. Is there something similar for gqview too...?

anyway, I am now using feh to set the wallpaper - because I need to use imlib2 anyway to use scrot., so feh adds just 0.25 MB more..!

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droog

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

@skottish...

I tried using gqview to set the wallpaper. trouble is, when I log out and back in, Openbox is unable to 'remember' the wallpaper used. When using feh, I used the eval cat command in autostart. Is there something similar for gqview too...?

anyway, I am now using feh to set the wallpaper - because I need to use imlib2 anyway to use scrot., so feh adds just 0.25 MB more..!

I browse images with gqview and can set the wallpaper with feh from it.

In the gqview preferences go to editors and add feh wallpaper with feh --bg-scale %f as the command
I put mine #2 under gimp so while browsing images in gqview i can hit control 2 and it sets it as wallpaper or right click and go to edit>feh wallpaper.

jaydoc

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

hey, thanks droog... that solved the problem fully..!

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Snowman

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

FYI, gqview is no longer developped upstream. You could try geeqie instead which is a fork of it.

skottish

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

FYI, gqview is no longer developped upstream. You could try geeqie instead which is a fork of it.

geeqie has at least one strange bug that needs to be addressed. I forgot to check upstream to see if they knew about it. Although, it's kind of hard to miss when the image window keeps shrinking under certain circumstances.

orschiro

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

By now is there any possibility to get feh working with svg files?

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Natanji

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Re: [Solved by adding GQview]Is Feh not capable of opening svg files...?

No. feh doesn't have that capability.