showpicture(1M)

showpicture -- view an image received in the mail

Synopsis

showpicture [-viewer program-name] filename ...

Description

The showpicture program allows a user on a properly-equipped workstation to view a picture, contained in the file specified by filename, using the xloadimage program. It is intended to be called from a mailcap file, typically by the metamail program.

By default, the program used to display pictures under X11 is issued as:

xloadimage -view -quiet -geometry +1+1

This can be overridden either by the environment variable X_VIEWER or on the command line with the -viewer option.

Usage

If X11 is not running, this program has no effect.

References

metamail(1)

Notices

Author is Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bell Communications Research, Inc. See copyright page for further information.