On 15Mar2007 15:50, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Aaron Konstam wrote: | >On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 13:04 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: | >>Correct, xv is not relevant any more. | >>And yes, I was a fan of xv for years, but that was many years ago, | >>now. :) | >> | >I don't know why xv is not relevant. It works more easily to display | >images, change image coding, manipulate sizes, crop, etc that anything | >else I have seen. | | As you stated, there has been no development on xv for years now. That | alone makes it irrelevant. That is a non sequitur. I use xv routinely to view images. It is fast to load, VERY easy to use, has the nice shnauser tool etc. "cat" doesn't get much development either. | But here are some more reasons: | 1. No support for 'Desktop' controls. Only supports the X root window. Not everyone uses a "desktop" tool. I don't. I use fvwm-root to set wallpaper images though, as it sets the property a lot of pseudo-transparent terminals honour. | 2. Antiquated user interface. Yet faster and _easier_ than many recent tools. | 3. Newer tools may be superior, although not as comprehensive; ie: Hmm, an oxymoron too! Yay. | 4. xv is not maintained as an rpm (that I know of) It's shareware, not freeware or GPL. The standard repositories won't carry it. It's easy to build and has several handy patches. | xv had its day, and I regret its passing, but in my most humble opinion, | it has surely passed. I trust you've abandoned the command line too then. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Everyone wants to be different; most people just aren't very good at it. - Tim_Mefford <tvm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
