Using sxiv to open images

[krackout]

I use sxiv to open images. In order to be able to do the same through lf I added this line to lfrc:

case $(file --mime-type $f -b) in
    image/*) setsid -f sxiv $f;;

Needed setsid -f to fork the process, so that lf is not locked.

It works, it opens images. But, I cannot use a feature of sxiv; hitting Enter key shows a preview of all images in the directory. If I open an image from lf hitting Enter in sxiv shows a preview of the opened image only, as if it's isolated. On the contrary, through ranger + sxiv I can preview all images in directory.

In lfrc, I tried $fx "$f" "$fx" instead of sxiv $f, no difference.
Any ideas how to achieve?

Also, what's the difference between $f, $fx, $fs?

[xezwary]

Looks like Ranger uses a script that sends all files in the directory to sxiv
https://github.com/nsxiv/nsxiv-extra/tree/master/scripts/nsxiv-rifle

Here's the code I use in lfrc:

*.jpg|*.png|*.jpeg|*.JPG|*.JPEG|*.PNG|*.webp|*.ico|*.tga|*.gif)
    [[ $(echo "$fx"|wc -l) == 1 ]]&&imagelist=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -regextype posix-extended -iregex '.*(jpg|png|jpeg|webp|ico|tga|gif)'|sort -fV)&&for i in $imagelist;do echo $i;done|nsxiv -g 2560x1440 -s f -a -n $(echo "${imagelist[*]}"|grep --line-number --fixed-strings -- "./$(basename $f)"|cut -f1 -d:) -- -||for i in $fx;do echo $i;done|sort -fV|nsxiv -g 2560x1440 -s f -a -- - &
;;

Edit: Should probably add set ifs "\n" in lfrc

[krackout]

Great, I wouldn't image the mechanism of previewing works through through Ranger/rifle, thought that it was sxiv side implementation. I haven't yet made your setup to work on my lfrc, but I'm on the right track now. Have you set shell bash?

I changed it to bash, else [[ produced errors; also I want to combine extensions with MIME types.

cmd open ${{
    test -L $f && f=$(readlink -f $f)

    case $f in
        *.jpg|*.png|*.jpeg|*.JPG|*.JPEG|*.PNG|*.webp|*.ico|*.tga|*.gif|*.GIF|*.bmp|*.BMP)
		[[ $(echo "$fx"|wc -l) == 1 ]]&&imagelist=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -regextype posix-extended -iregex '.*(jpg|png|jpeg|webp|ico|tga|gif|bmp)'|sort -fV)&&for i in $imagelist;do echo $i;done|sxiv $(echo "${imagelist[*]}"|grep --line-number --fixed-strings -- "./$(basename $f)"|cut -f1 -d:) -- -||for i in $fx;do echo $i;done|sort -fV|sxiv -- - &
	;;
    esac

    case $(file --mime-type $f -b) in
        text/plain) tmux split-window -h "less -MS '$fx'";;
        */pdf) setsid -f mupdf $fx;;
        *) for f in $fx; do setsid xdg-open $f > /dev/null 2> /dev/null & done;;
    esac
}}

Here is my non-working setup. It opens the first pic file twice, two sxiv windows. Any ideas how to make it work?

---

Update:
Apparently, sxiv opens twice, once by extension (first case) the second by default mime type (second case). So I located ranger's sxiv file and did this:

cmd open ${{
    test -L $f && f=$(readlink -f $f)

    case $(file --mime-type $f -b) in
        text/plain) tmux split-window -h "less -MS '$fx'";;
        image/*) setsid -f /usr/share/doc/ranger/examples/rifle_sxiv.sh $f;;
        */pdf) setsid -f mupdf $fx;;
        *) for f in $fx; do setsid xdg-open $f > /dev/null 2> /dev/null & done;;
    esac
}}

It seems that now I've got the desired result.

[xezwary]

I'm using zsh, looks like my code doesn't work properly with bash, glad you got it working though

Oh hey, just add IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") and it works with bash

*.jpg|*.png|*.jpeg|*.JPG|*.JPEG|*.PNG|*.webp|*.ico|*.tga|*.gif)
    IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")&&[[ $(echo "$fx"|wc -l) == 1 ]]&&imagelist=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -regextype posix-extended -iregex '.*(jpg|png|jpeg|webp|ico|tga|gif)'|sort -fV)&&for i in $imagelist;do echo $i;done|nsxiv -g 2560x1440 -s f -a -n $(echo "${imagelist[*]}"|grep --line-number --fixed-strings -- "./$(basename $f)"|cut -f1 -d:) -- -||for i in $fx;do echo $i;done|sort -fV|nsxiv -g 2560x1440 -s f -a -- - &
;;