# this script was written by the fzf devs as an example on how to preview images # its only here for convinience fzf_preview = r""" # # The purpose of this script is to demonstrate how to preview a file or an # image in the preview window of fzf. # # Dependencies: # - https://github.com/sharkdp/bat # - https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa # - https://iterm2.com/utilities/imgcat fzf-preview() { if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then >&2 echo "usage: $0 FILENAME" exit 1 fi file=${1/#\~\//$HOME/} type=$(file --dereference --mime -- "$file") if [[ ! $type =~ image/ ]]; then if [[ $type =~ =binary ]]; then file "$1" exit fi # Sometimes bat is installed as batcat. if command -v batcat >/dev/null; then batname="batcat" elif command -v bat >/dev/null; then batname="bat" else cat "$1" exit fi ${batname} --style="${BAT_STYLE:-numbers}" --color=always --pager=never -- "$file" exit fi dim=${FZF_PREVIEW_COLUMNS}x${FZF_PREVIEW_LINES} if [[ $dim = x ]]; then dim=$(stty size /dev/null; then chafa -f sixel -s "$dim" "$file" # Add a new line character so that fzf can display multiple images in the preview window echo # 3. If chafa is not found but imgcat is available, use it on iTerm2 elif command -v imgcat >/dev/null; then # NOTE: We should use https://iterm2.com/utilities/it2check to check if the # user is running iTerm2. But for the sake of simplicity, we just assume # that's the case here. imgcat -W "${dim%%x*}" -H "${dim##*x}" "$file" # 4. Cannot find any suitable method to preview the image else file "$file" fi } """