On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	I've been a happy use of xv for a long time, but given its
> 	security issues I'm (finally) looking for a replacement.
>
> 	Does anyone have a recommendation for an image viewing util?
>
> 	Things I've found particularly useful in xv include:
> 	- Grab the bitmap of other arbitrary windows
> 	- Scale up/down, including a quick key for 'max size while
> 	  retaining aspect ratio'
> 	- Display non understood files as plain text
> 	- Print any file as postscript
> 	- For postscript in, uses gs to generate bitmap then displays
> 	- Does not need to pull in all of kde or gnome
>
> 	Its unlikely I'll all of these in another program, but I'm
> 	curious as to what others are using to display images, and
> 	why :)

xv :-)
Because it does the things I want, and does it good and without the 
overhead and crud more "modern" programs have.

 	Johnny

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