From 1adcc00e831a7ab7d7b20d511ed1ceb9f14e6237 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Doug Lau Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:02:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added configuration instructions to README Mostly copied from Emulsion website. --- README.md | 331 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 327 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2b09c64b..e946d604 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ ## Alloy + Image viewer based on (now-discontinued) [Emulsion]. Alloy targets Windows, Mac, and Linux (with more targets to come!). -A note for Linux users: Wayland support is limited (for now), so for example -expect high CPU usage and the title text not being shown. However X is fully -supported. - Releases will be made as needed, with no set schedule. Merging of bugfix PRs will warrant an immediate new release. Related features may be grouped together in a release. @@ -36,6 +33,332 @@ Alloy is not currently distributed officially on crates.io or through GitHub releases (for Mac and Windows) and Flathub (for Linux), but will be in the future. +## Configuration + +The `config.toml` file allows for some modifications in the behaviour of +alloy. + +Depending on the platform, this file can be created at one of the following +locations. + +- Windows: `%appdata%\Alloy\config\config.toml` +- MacOS: `$HOME/Library/Application Support/Alloy/config.toml` +- Linux: `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alloy/config.toml` or `$HOME/.config/alloy/config.toml` + +The contents of the `config.toml` file may for example be the following: + +```toml +[window] +title_folders = 1 +start_fullscreen = true + +[bindings] +img_next = ["k"] +img_prev = ["j"] +``` + +All sections in this file are optional, meaning that if for example only +`[window]` is specified then every other section will be using their default +values. + +## Section `[window]` + +Field name | Default | Description +--------------|------------|------------------------------------------------- +title_folders | `0` | Number of folders from the path to display in title +mode | `"Normal"` | Window mode to start: `"Fullscreen"` / `"Maximized"` + +## Section `[image]` + +Field name | Type | Default | Description +-------------|------------------|---------|------------ +scaling | unsigned integer | `0` | Number of folders from the path to display in the title. +antialiasing | `true`, `false` | `false` | If true, startup in full-screen mode. + +## Section `[bindings]` + +Input bindings can be overridden in this section. These are the default +values: + +```toml +img_next = ["d", "right", "pagedown"] +img_prev = ["a", "left", "pageup"] +img_orig = ["q", "1"] +img_fit_best = ["e"] +img_fit = ["f"] +img_del = ["delete"] +img_copy = ["cmdctrl+C"] + +pan = ["space"] +play_anim = ["alt+a", "alt+v"] +play_present = ["p"] +play_present_rnd = ["alt+p"] +toggle_fullscreen = ["F11", "return"] +toggle_antialias = ["s"] +automatic_antialias = ["alt+s"] +escape = ["Escape"] + +# Zoom and pan the camera using keyboard input +# (Not bound by default) +zoom_in = [] +zoom_out = [] +pan_left = [] +pan_right = [] +pan_up = [] +pan_down = [] +``` + +Note that all items in this section are optional so it’s fully valid to only +specify one of the actions. In this case all the rest will use the default +bindings. For example + +```toml +[bindings] +img_next = ["space", "right"] +pan = [] +``` + +The names of the actions are case sensitive but the input strings are not. + +It is valid to specify an empty array like `img_del = []` in which case the +action will never be triggered. + +A config file with bindings will look like the following. + +```toml +[bindings] +img_next = ["d", "right"] +img_prev = ["a", "left"] +img_orig = ["q"] +img_fit = ["f"] +img_del = ["delete"] +pan = ["space"] +play_anim = ["alt+a", "alt+v"] +play_present = ["p"] +play_present_rnd = ["alt+p"] +``` + +Modifiers may be specified separated by `+` characters. For example `"ctrl+x"` +or `"ctrl+alt+u"`. Spaces are trimmed from each element and so `" ctrl+ x"` or +`"ctrl + alt+u "` are equally valid. + +The following modifiers are valid: + +- `alt`: The Alt key +- `ctrl`: The Control key +- `logo`: The Command key on macOS; the Windows key on Windows +- `cmdctrl`: The Command key on macOS; the Control key elsewhere + +There are a few special cases for typeable characters: + +- `' '` must be specified as `space` +- `'+'` must be specified as `add` +- `'-'` must be specified as `subtract` + +The following list contains all supported non-typeable key names. + +```toml +# The Escape key +Escape, + +F1, +F2, +F3, +F4, +F5, +F6, +F7, +F8, +F9, +F10, +F11, +F12, +F13, +F14, +F15, +F16, +F17, +F18, +F19, +F20, +F21, +F22, +F23, +F24, + +# Print Screen/SysRq +Snapshot, +# Scroll Lock +Scroll, +#Pause/Break key, next to Scroll lock +Pause, + +# `Insert`, next to Backspace +Insert, +Home, +Delete, +End, +PageDown, +PageUp, + +Left, +Up, +Right, +Down, + +Back, +# The Enter key +Return, + +# The "Compose" key on Linux +Compose, + +Numlock, +Numpad0, +Numpad1, +Numpad2, +Numpad3, +Numpad4, +Numpad5, +Numpad6, +Numpad7, +Numpad8, +Numpad9, + +Apps, +Ax, +Calculator, +Capital, +Convert, +Decimal, +Kana, +Kanji, +LAlt, +LControl, +LShift, +LWin, +Mail, +MediaSelect, +MediaStop, +Mute, +MyComputer, +NavigateForward, # also called "Prior" +NavigateBackward, # also called "Next" +NextTrack, +NoConvert, +OEM102, +PlayPause, +Power, +PrevTrack, +RAlt, +RControl, +RShift, +RWin, +Sleep, +Stop, +Sysrq, +Unlabeled, +VolumeDown, +VolumeUp, +Wake, +WebBack, +WebFavorites, +WebForward, +WebHome, +WebRefresh, +WebSearch, +WebStop, +Yen, +Copy, +Paste, +Cut, +``` + +## Commands + +Any number of `[[commands]]` sections may exist. + +To add a shortcut for opening the current image with Gimp on Windows, add the +following: + +```toml +# Note the double brackets! +[[commands]] +input = ["alt+t", "u"] +program = "cmd" +# Note that the Gimp exe path is between single quotation marks (') +args = ["/C", "start", "", 'C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin\gimp-2.10.exe', "${img}"] +``` + +A very simple command might look like the one below. + +```toml +# Note the double brackets! +[[commands]] +input = ["alt+k"] +program = "git" +``` + +With the above added to the `config.toml` file, whenever the `alt+k` key +combination is pressed, alloy executes git which prints the default git cli +help message to the standard output. As you can see input is an array, meaning +that a single command can be bound to any number of different inputs. See the +bindings section for more on specifying inputs. + +Any command is only executed when there’s an image open. + +It’s important that alloy doesn’t execute these commands in a particular shell. +This means that many programs which are available from your preferred command +line interface, are not available to alloy. With that said it is possible to +execute shell commands if we specify the shell as the program itself. For +example the following will print “Hello World” to the “hello.txt” file when +executed from Windows. + +```toml +[[commands]] +input = ["alt+k"] +program = "cmd" +args = ["/C", "echo Hello World > hello.txt"] +``` + +As it was previously stated, any number of `[[commands]]` can be specified. + +```toml +[[commands]] +input = ["alt+k"] +program = "git" + +# Every command definition must start with [[commands]], even +# if the previous section was also a [[commands]] section. +[[commands]] +input = ["alt+l"] +program = "git" +args = ["status"] +``` + +There are two more parameters for each command. + +- `args`: an array of arguments passed on to the program +- `envs`: an array of environment variable definitions + +Within the args, one may use `${img}` and `${folder}` for the currently open +image file path and its parent folder path respectively. Note that these are +substituted with a simple find and replace so there’s no need to escape dollar +signs ($) and they have to be typed in the exact format specified here. + +The following example specifies a single environment variable and invokes cmd +with three command line arguments. + +```toml +[[commands]] +input = ["alt+t", "u"] +program = "cmd" +args = ["/C", "echo", "%TEST_VAR% ${img}"] +envs = [{name = "TEST_VAR", value = "Wohoo :D"}] +``` + +This might for example print: `Wohoo :D \\?\D:\MyImages\mountain.jpg` + ## Reporting Bugs If Alloy closes unexpectedly please locate the `"panic.txt"` file. This file has