Inkview - an SVG viewer and slideshow program.
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Copyright And License
Copyright(C) 1999-2020 by Authors.
Inkscape is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL version 3
or later.
1.2.2 2025-03-08 INKVIEW(1)
Description
Inkview is an ScalableVectorGraphics(SVG) viewer that can also be used for slideshows or
presentations. One or more FILES or FOLDERS can be specified on the command-line for opening. Inkview
will display all SVG files in the given order. Folders will be expanded to a list of contained SVG files.
You can also launch Inkview without any command-line arguments, which will bring up a file chooser that
allows to select files and folders via a graphical user interface.
Examples
Open two SVG files for viewing:
inkview file1.svg file2.svg
Open all SVG files in the examples folder shipped with Inkscape:
inkview B</usr/share>/inkscape/examples
Launch a fullscreen slideshow that automatically changes to the next image every 5 seconds:
inkview --fullscreen --timer=5 [files/folders ...]
Keybindings
• Left, Page Up, or Backspace: show previous image
• Right, Page Down, or Space: show next image
• Up, or Home: go to first image
• Down, or End: go to last image
• Return: show control window
• F11: toggle fullscreen mode
• Escape or Q: quit
Name
Inkview - an SVG viewer and slideshow program.
Options
-?, --help
Show help options
-V, --version
Print Inkview version and build date (this is usually matches the Inkscape version).
-f, --fullscreen
Launch Inkview in fullscreen mode.
-r, --recursive
Search folders specified on the command line recursively for SVG files. This means all SVG files
in all subfolders of the specified folder will be opened.
-t, --timer=NUMBER
Change to the next image every NUMBER seconds
-s, --scale=NUMBER
Show image scaled by a factor of NUMBER instead of using the file's native size.
-p, --preload
Preloads all SVG files. Inkview still needs to render images upon showing, however this option
ensures all SVG files are already parsed and loaded into memory. This option can also be used to
verify if all files can be opened properly, without having to cycle through all files manually.
See Also
inkscape
<http://www.inkscape.org/>
Synopsis
"inkview [options] [filename ...]"
options:
-h, --help
-V, --version
-f, --fullscreen
-r, --recursive
-t, --timer=NUMBER
-s, --scale=NUMBER
-p, --preload
