nsxiv

nsxiv - Changelog

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v32 (October 01, 2023)

Changes:
Removed legacy multi-frame loaders. Animated image support now requires Imlib2 v1.8.0 or above.
Move loading/caching messages to right side bar #446
Set a default delay if delay is 0 in a multi-frame image #445
config.mk: default to -O2 #435
config.mk no longer explicitly sets CC to c99 #455
Assertions are now opt-in and requires explicitly defining DEBUG #447
Added:
Added a pick-quit key-binding #432
Ability to configure Xresources class name in config.h #427
--version output now also includes compiled-in feature list #462
Document handling of empty X resources values #428
Experimental flag --bg-cache to generate thumbnail cache in a background process #438
Fixes:
Changing brightness/contrast on multi-frame images #440
Brightness keybindings on manpage #467
Various autoreload bugs #437, #459, #460
*-info scripts not updating when selecting thumbnail with mouse #477
Updated openbsd configuration in config.mk #453
Memory leak in win_draw_bar #444
Thumbnail leak when removing the last file #423

v31 (January 28, 2023)

Changes:
Uncritical files moved to etc/. #350
Empty Xresource entry will now be ignored. #340
win-title will be read in a non-blocking manner. #314
Added:
Support for multi-frame images via Imlib2. #373
Support for long-opts. #332
Cli flag --anti-alias to enable/disable anti-aliasing. #361
Cli flag --alpha-layer to enable/disable checkerboard background. #408
Accept directory via stdin (-i) #383
Support for modifying brightness and contrast #396
Fixes:
Build failure when _SC_PHYS_PAGES is not defined. #334
Various statusbar issues. #353,#341
Crashes due to faulty signal-handler. #411
Potential memory leak in r_readdir(). #319
Potentially printing incorrect error message. #321
Wrong slideshow length on animated webp. #381
Document missing Ctrl+6 binding in the manpage. #347

SPECIAL NOTE: Due to this incident we have moved development over to Codeberg.

A lot of the references below may now be 404 on GitHub. Any threads which survived the wipe have been migrated over to nsxiv-record. All of the references above can be found on the new main nsxiv repository on Codeberg.

v30 (June 15, 2022)

Changes:
Development and main repository moved over to Codeberg. See the special note above for more info.
autoreload_{inotify,nop}.c merged into a single file, autoreload.c. #263
Moved all configuration related macros to config.mk. #264
win-title is now called only when there's change rather than being called on each redraw. #266
Added:
Added more mimetypes to the .desktop entry. #260
Added thumb-info for customizing the statusbar in thumbnail-mode. #265
Added comments for building on OpenBSD. #264
Fixes:
"Too many open file" error due to not closing the win-title script. #245
-f now directly starts in fullscreen mode rather than opening a normal window and then going fullscreen. #251
Broken slideshow on slow systems or fast animations. #282
Memory leak when removing an image in thumbnail mode. #247
Correctly setting _NET_WM_PID. #251
Don't override statusbar if info script doesn't exist. #271
Potential misbehavior regarding font. #250

v29 (March 03, 2022)

Changes:
Window title is now customizable via win-title, cli flag -T and related config.h options are removed. See WINDOW TITLE section of the manpage for more info. #213
Imlib2 cache size is now set based on total memory percentage, by default set to 3%. #184
Removed some non-POSIX extensions in the Makefile. #225
Added:
Ability to customize thumbnail mode mouse-bindings via config.h. #167
Option to set statusbar position to top via config.h. #231
New keybinding z to scroll to center. #203
Fixes:
Manpage cleanup: avoid confusing wording and document thumbnail mode mouse-bindings. #186
Wrong jpeg exif orientation with Imlib2 v1.7.5 (and above). #188
Animation slowdown when zoomed in. #200
Reset statusbar after failed keyhandler. #191
Window title not working on certain WMs. #234
Various compiler warnings. #197

v28 (December 12, 2021)

Changes:
Statusbar made optional via HAVE_LIBFONTS. #95
Remove library auto-detection, use OPT_DEP_DEFAULT instead. #71
Example scripts will now be installed into EGPREFIX ($(PREFIX)/share/doc/nsxiv/examples by default). See README for more info. #86
Added:
Animated webp support (optional via HAVE_LIBWEBP). #20
New mouse-binding Ctrl-Button1 for relative drag. #117
Ability to configure colors and fonts in config.h. #115
Ability to configure navigation width area in config.h. #155
Ability to customize the set of modifiers used when processing keybindings in config.h via USED_MODMASK. #150
Ability to configure Imlib2's cache size for better image (re)loading performance in config.h. #171
Cli flag -0 for sending null-seperated file-list to standard out (-o), and key-handler and receiving null-seperated file-list via stdin (-i). #68,#141,#164
Export environment variable NSXIV_USING_NULL to key-handler. #164
Embed new nsxiv icon. #163
make install-icon to install icons. #80,#96
make install-desktop to install .desktop entry. #80,#96
make install-all to install everything. #80,#96
Configurable KEYHANDLER_ABORT in config.h. #91,#172
Statusbar message upon key-handler activation. #98
Ability to write custom C functions in config.h and use them via keybindings. #76
Fixes:
Not able to use KEYHANDLER_ABORT key (Escape by default) in regular keybindings. #91
Memory leak related to Xresources. #134
Memory leak in gif loader. #165
Better handle gif colormap and prevent out-of-bound access. #165
Prevent crash when zooming out in very small images. #178
Removed non-POSIX commands and extensions from Makefile. #71
Regression where nsxiv wouldn't run on non-TrueColor X server. #114
Wrong comments in config.h and description in manpage. #105,#106,#152

v27.1 (September 16, 2021)

Fixes:
Source tarball failing build #66

v27 (September 16, 2021)

Changes:
Re-release under the name nsxiv.
Xresources Sxiv.foreground and Sxiv.background changed to Nsxiv.window.foreground and Nsxiv.window.background.
Xresources Sxiv.font changed to Nsxiv.bar.font.
Rework the build system. Now by default we'll build with only optional dependencies that are already installed. #19
Added:
Fill scale mode. #2
Configurable X window title (via config.h and the -T flag). #23
Support custom bar colors via Xresources. #19
Support custom mark color via Xresources. #51
Toggle animation playback with Ctrl-a. #33
Set _NET_WM_PID and WM_CLIENT_MACHINE X properties. #13
Set ICCCM WM manager hints. #12
Fixes:
Cli flag -G not initially setting gamma. #31
Wrong keybinding description in the manpage. #14
.desktop entry not advertising webp support. #15
Prevent crash when embedded into transparent window. #3
Small memory leak. #57
Rare crash when showing some GIFs. #41
Rare event where nsxiv wouldn't close after window being destroyed. #53

sxiv

Stable releases

v26 (January 16, 2020)

Maintenance release

v25 (January 26, 2019)

Support font fallback for missing glyphs
Fix busy loop when built without inotify
Use background/foreground colors from X resource database

v24 (October 27, 2017)

Automatically reload the current image whenever it changes
Support embedding into other X windows with -e (e.g. tabbed)
New option -p prevents sxiv from creating cache and temporary files
Simpler mouse mappings, the most basic features are accessible with the mouse only (navigate, zoom, pan)

v1.3.2 (December 20, 2015)

external key handler gets file paths on stdin, not as arguments
Cache out-of-view thumbnails in the background
Apply gamma correction to thumbnails

v1.3.1 (November 16, 2014)

Fixed build error, caused by delayed config.h creation
Fixed segfault when run with -c

v1.3 (October 24, 2014)

Extract thumbnails from EXIF tags (requires libexif)
Zoomable thumbnails, supported sizes defined in config.h
Fixed build error with giflib version >= 5.1.0

v1.2 (April 24, 2014)

Added external key handler, called on keys prefixed with Ctrl-x
New keybinding {/} to change gamma (by András Mohari)
Support for slideshows, enabled with -S option & toggled with s
Added application icon (created by 0ion9)
Checkerboard background for alpha layer
Option -o only prints files marked with m key
Fixed rotation/flipping of multi-frame images (gifs)

v1.1.1 (June 2, 2013)

Various bug fixes

v1.1 (March 30, 2013)

Added status bar on bottom of window with customizable content
New keyboard shortcuts \/|: flip image vertically/horizontally
New keyboard shortcut Ctrl-6: go to last/alternate image
Added own EXIF orientation handling, removed dependency on libexif
Fixed various bugs

v1.0 (October 31, 2011)

Support for multi-frame images & GIF animations
POSIX compliant (IEEE Std 1003.1-2001)

v0.9 (August 17, 2011)

Made key and mouse mappings fully configurable in config.h
Complete code refactoring

v0.8.2 (June 29, 2011)

POSIX-compliant Makefile; compiles under NetBSD

v0.8.1 (May 8, 2011)

Fixed fullscreen under window managers, which are not fully EWMH-compliant

v0.8 (April 18, 2011)

Support for thumbnail caching
Ability to run external commands (e.g. jpegtran, convert) on current image

v0.7 (February 26, 2011)

Sort directory entries when using -r command line option
Hide cursor in image mode
Full functional thumbnail mode, use Return key to switch between image and thumbnail mode

v0.6 (February 16, 2011)

Bug fix: Correctly display filenames with umlauts in window title
Basic support of thumbnails

v0.5 (February 6, 2011)

New command line option: -r: open all images in given directories
New key shortcuts: w: resize image to fit into window; W: resize window to fit to image

v0.4 (February 1, 2011)

New command line option: -F, -g: use fixed window dimensions and apply a given window geometry
New key shortcut: r: reload current image

v0.3.1 (January 30, 2011)

Bug fix: Do not set setuid bit on executable when using make install
Pan image with mouse while pressing middle mouse button

v0.3 (January 29, 2011)

New command line options: -d, -f, -p, -s, -v, -w, -Z, -z
More mouse mappings: Go to next/previous image with left/right click, scroll image with mouse wheel (horizontally if Shift key is pressed), zoom image with mouse wheel if Ctrl key is pressed

v0.2 (January 23, 2011)

Bug fix: Handle window resizes correctly
New keyboard shortcuts: g/G: go to first/last image; [/]: go 10 images back/forward
Support for mouse wheel zooming (by Dave Reisner)
Added fullscreen mode

v0.1 (January 21, 2011)

Initial release