About GemView

Text-based file viewer with GemText support

GemView is a little command-line tool for viewing and browsing local text files, mainly in the GemText markup language (see below). Features:

• Syntax highlighting for GemText, Markdown and org files.
• Follow links to local files in GemText and directories.
• Open external links in the system-default web browser.

System requirements

GemView requires Python 3 and the Urwid library. Both are readily available in most Linux and BSD distributions, or else from the python.org website and the Python Package Index, respectively.

A terminal emulator that supports ANSI control codes is required.

Usage

gemview.py [ -h | -v | <file or directory> ]

Links can be clicked, but you need a keyboard to navigate. Shortcuts:

• Press 'b' to go back.
• Press 'r' or F5 to reload.
• Press 'h' for the session history.
• Press 'q' or F10 to exit.

GemView can also be imported as a Python module and used that way.

License and support

GemView is open source under the MIT license. See source code for details.

Gemini protocol

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