On 05/29/2017 01:19 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 27 May 2017 at 19:13:25 +0100, Brian wrote: > >> On Sat 27 May 2017 at 09:52:45 -0500, David Wright wrote: >> >>> On Sat 27 May 2017 at 12:32:06 (+0100), Brian wrote: >>>> On Fri 26 May 2017 at 17:57:40 -0500, Michael Milliman wrote: >>>> >>>>> And actually, the --no-xinerama flag is not needed, at least on my >>>>> system. I use feh --bg-fill ... and it works just fine. Of course, >>>>> that is a very limited (and safe) usage of feh. I don't think it wise >>>>> to use it for anything much more (IMHO). >>>> >>>> Surprising after all these years that feh is now revealed as an unsafe >>>> image viewer. >>> >>> Wow, I didn't realise I'd participated in a revelation. >> >> It happens all the time on -user. :) > > Fancy another one? > > There are legitimate concerns about aspects of feh's behaviour, not > sufficient as yet to prevent my recommending it, but the topic prompted > a bit of exploring. So I took a look at Debian's sxiv in Stretch. > > sxiv is somewhat similar to feh. It has an installed size a third of > feh's (an advantage?) and is fast at rendering and responsive. Nothing > scientific, but thumbnails (without caching) seem to render quicker than > feh does it. One can easily switch between thumbnail view and picture > display. The upstream developer is also active, which is never a bad > thing. > > Downsides? Definitely. But this post is an advocacy one for those Debian > users who just want to view their pictures without installing tons of > GNOME dependencies or like to be able to configure things for their > particular use case. > > I am now torn between feh and sxiv. That is the problem with threads > like this, which promote delving into available packages and having to > make a choice. :) > For me, though, the important aspect is will sxiv change the desktop background like feh will? I have been following this thread closely since opening it and have learned quit a bit. I agree an active upstream is always a good thing. And I admit, I am concerned about some of what has been reported of feh's behavior, though most of that behavior is inconsequential in my use case.
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