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What is feh?

feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users. Unlike most other viewers, it does not have a fancy GUI, but simply displays images. It is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse actions.Feh homepage

USE-Flags

curl: Add support for the Client-Side URL transfer library.
debug: Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces, see http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml.
exif: Add support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images.
xinerama: Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which is mandator if you work in a multiple monitor setup.

Installing feh

After adding your USE flags (or not) to /etc/portage/package.use/feh, you can emerge feh:

root # emerge feh

Using feh

Set desktop background

feh has several options for setting your desktop background:

--bg-center: Center the image file on the background. If the image file is smaller in resolution than the screen resolution, it will have black borders around it.
--bg-scale: Fit the image to the background without repeating it, cutting parts of the image off, or using black borders. Because of these changes, the aspect ratio is not preserved.
--bg-fill: Similar to --bg-scale except that it tries to fill the image to the screen while maintaining its aspect ratio. This may result in parts of the image being cut off.
--bg-max: Similar to --bg-fill, except that scales the image to the maximum size that fits the screen. This leads to black borders on one side.
--bg-tile: Tile the image across the screen.

Here is an example:

root # feh --bg-scale ~/path/to/picture.jpg

Source fehbg to set your wallpaper in Openbox

After you have run feh one time, the directory of the image file is stored in ~/.fehbg. This file can be sourced in your .config/openbox/autostart to load the picture instead of typing out feh --bg-scale /picture/location.jpg:

~/.config/openbox/autostart

...
~/.fehbg &
...

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-<noinclude>
+{{Ebuild
-__NOTOC__
+|Summary=A fast, lightweight imageviewer using imlib2
+|CatPkg=media-gfx/feh
+|Maintainer=
+|Homepage=http://feh.finalrewind.org/
+}}
+=== What is feh? ===
-== Add a New Ebuild ==
+<blockquote>
+feh is an X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users. Unlike most other viewers, it does not have a fancy GUI, but simply displays images. It is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse actions.[http://feh.finalrewind.org/ Feh homepage]
+</blockquote>
-{{#forminput:form=Ebuild|query string=namespace=Package}}
+== USE-Flags ==
-</noinclude><includeonly>
-{{{for template|Ebuild}}}
-{| class="formtable"
-! Summary of Ebuild:
-| {{{field|Summary|input type=textarea}}}{{#info:Specify a short summary of the Ebuild here. One or two sentences max.}}
-|-
-! Ebuild CatPkg:
-| {{{field|CatPkg|input type=text}}}{{#info:Ebuild name in cat/pkg format -- where this ebuild can be found in its repository}}
-|-
-! Maintainer(s) - add only Funtoo maintainers, not upstream maintainers:
-| {{{field|Maintainer|autocomplete on namespace=User|list|size=100}}}{{#info:Specify Funtoo maintainers, if any.}}
-|-
-! Homepage:
-| {{{field|Homepage||size=100}}}{{#info:Specify homepage URL for upstream project.}}
-|}
-{{{end template}}}
+;<code>curl</code>: Add support for the Client-Side URL transfer library.
+;<code>debug</code>: Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces, see http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml.
+;<code>exif</code>: Add support for reading EXIF headers from JPEG and TIFF images.
+;<code>xinerama</code>: Add support for the xinerama X11 extension, which is mandator if you work in a multiple monitor setup.
-== Documentation ==
+== Installing feh ==
+After adding your USE flags (or not) to <tt>/etc/portage/package.use/feh</tt>, you can emerge feh:
+<console>
+###i## emerge feh
+</console>
-Enter documentation or extended information for the ebuild below.  If you need to add more complex wikitext, use the "Edit" button after saving this page, and enter your wiki text at the bottom. This allows you to provide rich documentation content for your Ebuild.
+== Using feh ==
+=== Set desktop background ===
+<tt>feh</tt> has several options for setting your desktop background:
+* <tt>--bg-center</tt>: Center the image file on the background. If the image file is smaller in resolution than the screen resolution, it will have black borders around it.
+* <tt>--bg-scale</tt>: Fit the image to the background without repeating it, cutting parts of the image off, or using black borders. Because of these changes, the aspect ratio is not preserved.
+* <tt>--bg-fill</tt>: Similar to <tt>--bg-scale</tt> except that it tries to fill the image to the screen while maintaining its aspect ratio. This may result in parts of the image being cut off.
+* <tt>--bg-max</tt>: Similar to <tt>--bg-fill</tt>, except that scales the image to the maximum size that fits the screen. This leads to black borders on one side.
+* <tt>--bg-tile</tt>: Tile the image across the screen.
-{{{standard input|free text|rows=30}}}
+Here is an example:
+<console>
+###i## feh --bg-scale ~/path/to/picture.jpg
+</console>
-{{{for template|EbuildFooter}}}
+=== Source fehbg to set your wallpaper in Openbox ===
-{{{end template}}}
+After you have run <tt>feh</tt> one time, the directory of the image file is stored in <tt>~/.fehbg</tt>. This file can be sourced in your <tt>.config/openbox/autostart</tt> to load the picture instead of typing out <tt>feh --bg-scale /picture/location.jpg</tt>:
-{{{standard input|summary}}}
+{{file|name=~/.config/openbox/autostart|desc= |body=
+...
-{{{standard input|minor edit}}} {{{standard input|watch}}}
+~/.fehbg &
+...
+}}
-{{{standard input|save}}} {{{standard input|preview}}} {{{standard input|changes}}} {{{standard input|cancel}}}
+{{PageNeedsUpdates}}
+{{EbuildFooter}}

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