This repo is used for hosting community patches, user scripts, tips and tricks, etc.
- For general information on nsxiv, please consult the nsxiv readme.
- For detailed information, please consult the manpage.
- For information on how to manage patches and customization, please see CUSTOMIZATION.
NOTE: All patches and scripts in this repository are community submitted and maintained. Mainline nsxiv does not make any guarantee that there won't be merge conflicts or broken functionality on upgrade.
| Name | Comments |
|---|---|
| alpha | Add alpha/transparency to nsxiv |
| dmenu-mode | Add dmenu mode to nsxiv |
| env-theme | Change colors and font via env variables |
| image-mode-cycle | Cycle when viewing multiple images |
| nav-dir | Jump to next/prev directory |
| random-image | Switch to a random image |
| toggle-winbg | Keybinding to toggle the window background color |
| zoom-per-image | Remember what the zoom for image was |
| cache-whitelist | Write thumbnail cache only on whitelisted directories |
| dmenu-search | Search the filelist using dmenu |
| color-invert | Invert image colors |
| square-thumbs | Toggleable square thumbnails |
For patch submissions please use the following format:
- name-[BASE].ext
name is simply the name of the patch and .ext is the extension, which
can be either .diff or .patch. [BASE] corresponds to either the version
or the seven chars git commit short hash corresponding to the last commit on
which the patch can be applied correctly and is tested to work with.
Some examples scripts which add new and commonly requested functionality to nsxiv. These are meant to be minimal examples, users are encouraged to modify them to fit their use-cases.
| Name | Comments |
|---|---|
| nsxiv-env | Pass arguments to nsxiv using environment variables. |
| nsxiv-url | Open remote files. |
| nsxiv-rifle | Open all images in a directory. |
| nsxiv-saver | Use nsxiv as a xsecurelock screensaver. |
| subtube | Watch subscribed youtubed videos. |
| nsxiv-pipe | Pipe images into nsxiv |
| nsxiv-thumb | Select videos to open in the current directory. |
| nsxiv-anti-alias | Automatically toggle anti-aliasing based on image resolutions. |
| nsxiv-open | Try to open every given file with nsxiv by transforming them. |
| nsxiv-fill | Set nsxiv's window size equal to the image being opened. |
| nsxiv-cb | Open image archives (comic books) |
| sxiv-manga-reader | Similar to nsxiv-cb but has a different set of dependencies and features (requires patching nsxiv) |
| misc | Misc oneliners and other useful scripts. |
For script submissions, it is highly encouraged (but not required) to use POSIX
sh rather than bash, zsh, Python, etc.
The exec directory contains idioms, excerpts or full examples for
image-info, key-handler, thumb-info and win-title.
- zsh
- fish: Can be auto-generated by running
fish -c fish_update_completions
| Name | Comments |
|---|---|
| appstream | metadata file that allows nsxiv to show up in appstream software centers. |
To contribute, sumbit a pull request at Codeberg.
Alternatively you may e-mail the patch (obtained via git format-patch) to any
of the active maintainers instead.
One of easiest way to contribute is to look for failing patches and rebasing
them on nsxiv master. Take a look at the Codeberg CI to get a list of
failing patches.
Feel free to add yourself to the list of "Authors" if you contribute to anything. You may also add some form of contact detail if you wish (preferably email, but can be anything else).
Since this repo is community maintained there's no guarantee that an issue will be worked on. If you run into any problems with any of the patches/scripts, try to fix it yourself and submit a pull request.
You may also open an issue for a request, but as stated above, there's no guarantee.
NOTE: Issues should be opened at Codeberg