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VSIDO Support => Scripts and How To's => Scripts => Topic started by: hakerdefo on March 24, 2016, 07:38:39 PM

Title: pmxkcd - Desktop XKCD webcomic viewer & downloader for Linux
Post by: hakerdefo on March 24, 2016, 07:38:39 PM
Like XKCD webcomic? If yes, then you can view-download current and random XKCD comics right from your desktop. More info on my GitHub repo here,

pmxkcd - Desktop XKCD webcomic viewer & downloader for Linux (https://github.com/hakerdefo/pmxkcd)

Cheers!!!
Title: Re: pmxkcd - Desktop XKCD webcomic viewer & downloader for Linux
Post by: PackRat on March 24, 2016, 11:10:04 PM
Works; well done:

(http://en.zimagez.com/miniature/sshot-march14588607391366x768.png) (http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/sshot-march14588607391366x768.php)

Side note - the Xfce image viewer ristretto will not open the saved images - error states that it is not a jpeg file, starts with 0x89 0x50. Images open fine in firefox and geeqie.
Title: Re: pmxkcd - Desktop XKCD webcomic viewer & downloader for Linux
Post by: hakerdefo on May 29, 2016, 05:14:52 PM
Thanks for the feedback PackRat! And sorry for the delay! A few (read many) things kept me away from computers and this forum!
Your observation is correct! A few image viewers failed to open images downloaded by pmxkcd. It happens because of a bug first reported in 2007 and guess what?, it is still open!

eog does not sniff mime type (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490067)

I have updated pmxkcd to fix this issue! Thanks again RatMan!

Cheers!!!
Title: Re: pmxkcd - Desktop XKCD webcomic viewer & downloader for Linux
Post by: PackRat on May 29, 2016, 09:07:11 PM
Works -

(http://3.t.imgbox.com/jmTfVXp5.jpg) (http://imgbox.com/jmTfVXp5)

although, hit and miss if ristretto will open the image (claims it's not a png image)- although it will show them all as thumbnails; geeqie opened them all no issues.