qdisplay

Section: qdisplay Manual Pages (1)
Updated: April 30 2010

NAME

qdisplay - an image display program.

SYNOPSIS

qdisplay [-fs] [-max] [-fs] [-r <seconds>] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

qdisplay is a QT display program. It is used to display images on local disk or on the internet. It can load a variety of image formats like JPEG, PNG, SVG...

qdisplay can load periodicaly an image, for example to follow your stocks in wall street.

qdisplay displays a clock in the status bar. Use NTP to adjust your PC clock with the best precision.

OPTIONS

qdisplay accepts the following options:

-fs

Start qdisplay in full screen.

-max

Start qdisplay in maximized size

-r <seconds>

Reload the file each "n" seconds

Shortcuts

qdisplay recognize the following shortcuts:

ESCAPE

resize qdisplay to normal mode

f

resize qdisplay to fullscrren

m

resize qdisplay to maximized mode

FILES

Files can be read on the local disk or on the internet if filename starts with http://

SPLASH IMAGES

qdisplay comes with a default image if no filename is provided. A broken file is displayed if qdisplay can't open the filename.

EXAMPLES

To watch for the CAC 40 in full scrren and every 15 seconds, you might do :

./qdisplay -fs -r 15 "http://ichart.europe.yahoo.com/z?s=^FCHI"

SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS

Any bugs found should be reported to the author by mail.

When reporting qdisplay bugs, it is important to include a reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of qdisplay (and probably QT), OS name and version, and any relevant hardware specs. If a bug is causing a crash, it is very useful if a stack trace can be provided. And of course, patches to rectify the bug are even better.

AUTHORS

Stephane List, slist@lilotux.net