Conics (CONsole comICS) is a program that helps you watch comics from xkcd.com right in your TTY, without even starting the X server!
Conics requires FBI or FIM to display images using framebuffer, so you need one or both installed
- Arch (FIM is in AUR):
sudo pacman -S fbida
yay -S fim
- Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives:
sudo apt-get install fbi fim
- Other:
Idk, please tell me if you know
Run the following commands to install this program:
# Download
git clone https://github.com/xezo360hye/Conics
# Make it executable
chmod +x Conics/conics
# Move to $PATH
sudo mv Conics/conics /usr/local/bin/
# Clean up
rm -rf Conics
This will do all the job needed
If you don't have root access, instead of 3rd command run mv Conics/conics ~/.bin/conics or move that file to wherever you have acces in $PATH
To get help message use conics -h or conics --help
You can start watching by starting conics without arguments
Press H in FBI / FIM to get information about it
When you exit FBI / FIM using Q or Esc, it'll download more memes. To exit completely press Ctrl + C
Use to specify the directory where downloaded images will be stored - for example, ~/Pictures or .hidden_memes. Default folder is . (current working directory)
Format is used in mktemp command, so check it for more information. It needs to end with 3 or more X's that will be replaced with random letters and numbers alnums. By default format is img-XXXXX
Count of comics you want to see. If not used, only one will be shown (have you done your homework yet?)
Great feature of FBI: if you don't press any key in ARG seconds, it automatically goes to the next one. Works with FIM but disables key navigation so you can only exit with Ctrl + C
To remove files after closing FBI / FIM. By default it's false, use this flag to change to true
You can use either FBI or FIM. Default is FBI