Re: xv alternatives

[mmiller3@iupui.edu (Michael A. Miller)]

>>>>> "Noah" == Noah L Meyerhans <frodo@morgul.net> writes:

    > Since xv is being removed from the distribution, I would
    > like to find a new image viewer to use.  

I use "display", which is part of the imagemagick package.

    > 1. Lots of easy keyboard commands (Tab & Backspace were
    > great in XV)

There are 70 or so keyboard accelerators listed in the man page,
including F1, which brings up a list of all of them.  Space and
backspace function as with xv (for xv, space is the same as tab).

    > 3. Simple image manipulation algorithms.

Lots of functionality...

    > 4. Simplicity.  I don't want to have to install CORBA to
    > get an image viewer.  I want a nice, simple image viewer.
    > I use the GIMP, but that's much bigger than what I'm asking
    > for here.

apt-get install imagemagick <return>

Mike