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xv (was Re: Changing background automatically, Mint 20.)

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On Fri May 21 16:08:33 2021 Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

 > There are five binaries that get installed in Slackware for the
 > xv package:
 > usr/bin/xvpictoppm
 > usr/bin/xv
 > usr/bin/vdcomp
 > usr/bin/bggen
 > usr/bin/xcmap
 >
 > and there are zero libraries installed.  So if you do get a successful
 > compile, you can simply put the "xv" binary in a ~/bin directory, add
 > that dir to your PATH, and use it without 'mucking up' anything with
 > the rest of the system.

I love xv - it's my go-to JPEG viewer.  Its command-line interface is
dead simple, and it's lightweight and fast.  It has one problem, though:
it can't display many newer JPEG files.  It comes up with the message:

<filename>: Unsupported JPEG process: SOF type 0xc2

I have to fall back to another viewer (usually ristretto, which I
really don't like) to view these files.  (Working on a file that
xv likes with the Gimp is one good way to make a file it doesn't
like.)

The latest version I've been able to find is 3.10a.  Is there a
newer version out there that can handle all JPEGs?

-- 
cgibbs@surfnaked.ca (Charlie Gibbs)

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xv (was Re: Changing background automatically, Mint 20.) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2021-05-22 21:10 +0200
  Re: xv (was Re: Changing background automatically, Mint 20.) Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2021-05-22 21:40 +0200

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