Hello Ralph On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:38:11 +0100 Ralph Aichinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > The manpage of fbi says: > > -v be verbose: enable status line on the bottom of the screen. > > That is true, but fbi does enable the status line even if this > option is not present. There really should be a way to disable > the status line for non-interactive use (V keypress works, but > I want to use fbi in a kind of electronic picture frame). > > If there is, I think it is not well documented. If not, fbi > should just do as the manpage suggests: start without status > line, only show it if option -v is present.
Fbi manpage is now more explicit. You can use the --noverbose option to hide the status bar. With --store option, you can also save a configuration file for it to be your default choice. I add a configuration file for you. Regards, -- Stéphane Aulery
[options] verbose = false
