Appendix A. Inkview

Inkview is a standalone display program for displaying SVG files. It can be used to run a slideshow. It is normally shipped with Inkscape.

Inkview can only be used from the command line.

Usage: inkview FILE

where FILE is one or more filenames of SVG files (.svg), compressed (gzipped) SVG files (.svgz), or SVG archive (.sxw, .jar). The archive option has not been tested by the author.

  • Right-arrow: Show next slide.

  • Left-arrow: Show previous slide.

  • Up-arrow: Go to first slide.

  • Down-arrow: Go to last slide.

  • Esc or q: Quit.

  • F11: Toggle between full screen and window modes.

  • Enter: Pop up window with control buttons (First, Previous, Next, Last).

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