Re: viewing jpg files on text terminal
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:54:30 +0530, Gauri S Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> i am not a subscriber to the list. i hope this message gets posted. i
> also request you to mark a copy of your replies to me.
>
> i use debian 3.0.
>
> is there any program/ utility that will let me see jpg/ gif files on the
> text terminal?
>
Gauri, a text terminal is a *text* terminal. The Linux GUI interface is
X. So you need to be using a viewer in X.
Linux is not like the old DOS OSes which ran programs which took over the
video with their own custom device-specific driver coding.
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....................paul
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