This script is used along vifm to generate image previews for various file types in vifm.

If you want image preview support for lf check out cirala/lfimg.

The script is currently able to handle the following formats:

• Video
• Pdf
• Djvu
• eBook
• Images
• Audio files
• Fonts

All previews are cached (except for regular images) and stored in your ~/.cache/vifm/ folder.

1. Copy the vifmimg and vifmrun scripts to a folder that is included in your $PATH variable for easy access to the files.

2. Edit your ~/.config/vifm/vifmrc file and add fileviewer properties like so:

    fileviewer *.pdf
        \ vifmimg pdf %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear
    fileviewer *.djvu
        \ vifmimg djvu %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear
    fileviewer *.epub
        \ vifmimg epub %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear
    fileviewer <video/*>
        \ vifmimg video %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear
    fileviewer <image/*>
        \ vifmimg draw %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear
    fileviewer <audio/*>
        \ vifmimg audio %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear
    fileviewer <font/*>
        \ vifmimg font %px %py %pw %ph %c
        \ %pc
        \ vifmimg clear

3. In order to launch vifm with image preview support from now on, you will need to use the supplied vifmrun script.

I recommend that you make an alias in your shell that points to vifm.

• Überzug and Vifm (isn't this obvious?)
• ffmpegthumbnailer
• ImageMagick
• pdftoppm (Available in the AUR as poppler package.)
• ddjvu (Contains in the Debian/Ubuntu djvulibre-bin package.)
• epub-thumbnailer
• fontpreview

• Seebye for creating Überzug and the initial script that this script is heavily based upon.
• Ranger's approach to file previewing as an inspiration source.