Wait for version 1.0 This program isn’t ready yet
What is image you say? an X image viewer trying to be simple, it’s about 1/6 the size of the current nsxiv.
mage tries to be suckless, tries because it forces a depencency: imlib2.
Let’s be honest tho, imlib2 it’s like the xlib for images, most
other programs require it (like scrot and other image viewers like feh) so
you probably have it installed already.
Original sxiv and current nsxiv are confusing to develop, imo. It reads
Xresources and user scripts by default, not something I’m a fan of, just
because it’s hardcoded. It is more minimal than the alternatives like imv or
feh, which even sets the wallpaper. But we can go even deeper, and
that’s where mage appears. Nonetheless, sxiv, and specially the former,
nsxiv, is a great image viewer that I myself still continue to use, at least
my version mentioned below.
I first failed misserably trying to debloat sxiv. Then I say:
Fuck it, let’s make one from scratch.
Had to learn about libx11 calls and namings (and still learning), how suckless do stuff and even more painfuly: think by myself how the images are gonna work. I do ste… got some ideas from sxiv which I didn’t bother changing. I’m sure it can be made even simpler tho.
imlib2 doesn’t use the CPU. Been thinking about using sdl for performance reasons.
like cyclescalemodes
both cmd.c and image.c
with proper error code warnings support
make awesome patches
