xv (was Re: Changing background automatically, Mint 20.)

[Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca>]

On Fri May 21 16:08:33 2021 Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> There are five binaries that get installed in Slackware for the
> xv package:
> usr/bin/xvpictoppm
> usr/bin/xv
> usr/bin/vdcomp
> usr/bin/bggen
> usr/bin/xcmap
>
> and there are zero libraries installed.  So if you do get a successful
> compile, you can simply put the "xv" binary in a ~/bin directory, add
> that dir to your PATH, and use it without 'mucking up' anything with
> the rest of the system.

I love xv - it's my go-to JPEG viewer.  Its command-line interface is
dead simple, and it's lightweight and fast.  It has one problem, though:
it can't display many newer JPEG files.  It comes up with the message:

<filename>: Unsupported JPEG process: SOF type 0xc2

I have to fall back to another viewer (usually ristretto, which I
really don't like) to view these files.  (Working on a file that
xv likes with the Gimp is one good way to make a file it doesn't
like.)

The latest version I've been able to find is 3.10a.  Is there a
newer version out there that can handle all JPEGs?

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cgibbs@surfnaked.ca (Charlie Gibbs)