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Simple Viewer GL - simple and tiny image viewer based on OpenGL.

Features:
 - Lightweight and fast: utilize hardware-accelerated video card;
 - Very simple interface;
 - Suitable for default image viewer of desktop;
 - Minimal lib dependency: look library requirements below;
 - Desktop independent: doesn't require any specific desktop environment;
 - Open source, licensed under GNU GPL;

Default keybindings:
 <esc>         exit;
 <space>       next image;
 <backspace>   previous image;
 <+> / <->     scale image;
 <0>           set scale to 100%%;
 <enter>       switch fullscreen / windowed mode;
 <ctrl>+<del>  delete image from disk;
 <s>           fit image to window (quick algorithm);
 <v>           flip vertical;
 <c>           hide / show chequerboard;
 <i>           hide / show on screen info;
 <p>           hide / show pixel info;
 <b>           hide / show border around image;

Library requirements:
 - OpenGL
 - glut - is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL programs.
 - libXi - provides an X Window System client interface to the XINPUT extension to the X protocol.
 - libXmu - provides a set of miscellaneous utility convenience functions for X libraries to use.
 - libconfig++ - parsing and manipulation of structured configuration files.
 - freetype2 - FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files.
 - Imlib2 - is an advanced replacement for libraries like libXpm.
 - libjpeg
 - libpng
 - giflib
 - zlib


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