Synview - vertical scrolling text file viewer.

[Keef]

Synview is one of three utilities that were made for an abandoned desktop project - 'Project Elevate'
I've posted about another one them, syndownload, here: viewtopic.php?t=4865
http://elevate.sourceforge.net/index.html

Source code: https://sourceforge.net/projects/elevate/files/
synview is included in syndesis-0.3.1

https://sourceforge.net/projects/elevat ... 3.1.tar.gz

This is a drag'n'drop scrolling text file reader. Drop a text file on to it and it displays it with vertical scrolling. Press spacebar to pause. Resize the window to make the text larger, 'esc' to quit.
No need for an wrapper scripts with this. Put the binary where you want it, and drop your text file on it. It will have to be a text file though - no pdfs or other formats.
The initial window is not very big, but easy enough to resize.
Binaries are only 15k. 64bit and 32 bit versions attached.

[greengeek]

Nice. Just used it in Tahr32 6.0.6 to read xorg.log
Thanks!

[mikewalsh]

@Keef :-

Very neat! It's an auto-launching "teleprompter", basically.

I built a package for something like this a few years ago, but it was Electron-based, and was well over 100MB in size. This thing is tiny.....and does exactly the same thing. Not as many bells'n'whistles, perhaps, but the basic functionality is the same.

You must be like me, and spend a fair bit of time digging around places like Sourceforge & Github in search of inspiration..!

Cheers.

Mike.

[geo_c]

@Keef

Oh that's cool! That's gonna be very handy for me.

[karakakiko]

Dear friend, the synview does not work for me.
I'm noob in linux and don't understand how to use.
Can you help in simples steps?

[williwaw]

two thing you might try.....

1. change the name of the download from synview.gz to synview

the fake file extension is added to allow it to be uploaded. it's a forum workaround and nothing to do with linux per se.

2. general practice among linux users is to supply an executable without the permissions needed to run. right click on the renamed download, and choose permissions. in the dialog, choose yes to make it executable/searchable.

if you wish to use the command line, a good place to start would be
https://linuxconfig.org/linux-commands
the chmod command needed to change permissions is near the bottom