From bfd83e0960bda7c352a466671d0a4dce68cc1df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Hoffmann Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:52:36 +0200 Subject: add readme.mb, rename old readme --- README | 47 ----------------------------------------------- README.ida | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.ida create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index ff7211b..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ - -what is it? -=========== - -Ida is a small and fast image viewer, motif-based. For people who -don't want the KDE/GNOME overhead. Some basic editing functions are -available too. - - -build -===== - -Check the INSTALL file for detailed build instructions. - -ida uses Motif 2.x features (utm, render tables). This means you need -openmotif, lesstif does *not* cut it. - -It also uses the usual graphics libraries (libtiff, libpng, libjpeg, -...), you should have them installed to get support for these image -formats. - - -usage -===== - -There is a manual page, check it out. - - -what "ida" stands for? -====================== - -It is just a name. The utility used to be named "iv" for "Image -Viewer", but that gave lots of name clashes. Its very likely that -people name such a tool "iv", it is also used as shortcut for -InterViews (remember Sun's Open Windows?). So i decided to rename it. - -I looked for a short name starting with 'i' in a list for children -first names. I like "ida", so I picked this one. It is a old, german -name. - - -Have fun, - - Gerd - --- -Gerd Hoffmann diff --git a/README.ida b/README.ida new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff7211b --- /dev/null +++ b/README.ida @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ + +what is it? +=========== + +Ida is a small and fast image viewer, motif-based. For people who +don't want the KDE/GNOME overhead. Some basic editing functions are +available too. + + +build +===== + +Check the INSTALL file for detailed build instructions. + +ida uses Motif 2.x features (utm, render tables). This means you need +openmotif, lesstif does *not* cut it. + +It also uses the usual graphics libraries (libtiff, libpng, libjpeg, +...), you should have them installed to get support for these image +formats. + + +usage +===== + +There is a manual page, check it out. + + +what "ida" stands for? +====================== + +It is just a name. The utility used to be named "iv" for "Image +Viewer", but that gave lots of name clashes. Its very likely that +people name such a tool "iv", it is also used as shortcut for +InterViews (remember Sun's Open Windows?). So i decided to rename it. + +I looked for a short name starting with 'i' in a list for children +first names. I like "ida", so I picked this one. It is a old, german +name. + + +Have fun, + + Gerd + +-- +Gerd Hoffmann diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1368421 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +[![Travis Status](https://travis-ci.com/kraxel/fbida.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/kraxel/fbida) +[![Copr Status](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kraxel/mine.git/package/fbida/status_image/last_build.png)](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kraxel/mine.git/package/fbida/) + +# fbida + +There a bunch of tools in this repository, bundled togethere here +because they share code. Two of them ("fbi" and "ida") form the repo +name. + +## ida + +Motif image viewer, see [README.ida] + +## fbi + +Linux console image viewer. Runs on linux framebuffer devices (thus +the name "fbi"). Can also use drm devices. + +## fbpdf + +Linux console pdf viewer. These days it is a standalone app using the +the poppler library for pdf rendering. + +Originally it started as shell script which ran pdf/ps files through +ghostscript to render the pdf into a stack of image files for fbi. + +## exiftran + +Transform jpeg images, like jpegtran, but unlike jpegtran it also +transforms the exif thumbnail images. -- cgit