Re: qiv usage question
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:40:27AM -0500, Nathan Poznick wrote:
> Thus spake stan:
> > I really like qiv as used like this "qiv -f -m -d 3 -s -r", it works a lot
> > like my favorite fbi usgae.
> >
> > However, there is still one thing I'm having trouble with. When running it
> > like that, acording to the man page, I should be able to use "page up", or
> > the right mouse click to go back an image. However this is not working for
> > me. Instead they both take me foward an minage, just like "page down" od
> > lef mouse.
>
> It's a side-effect of using the -r option to randomize the slideshow.
> With -r, it doesn't keep track of where it's been, so if you tell it to
> "go back", it actually just "goes back" to a random image...giving it
> the same result as "going forward". If you want to be able to go back
> and forth, use -S instead of -r.
>
> -r, --random
> Randomize slideshow.
>
> -S, --shuffle
> Shuffle images (random order with next/previous functionality).
>
This works, but it seems to not automaticlu go to the next image when the
tiem tuns out. Am I missing somethign else?
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