https://github.com/otsaloma/nfoview

Viewer for NFO files
https://github.com/otsaloma/nfoview

gtk nfo python

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Viewer for NFO files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/otsaloma/nfoview
• Owner: otsaloma
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2011-03-20T19:06:14.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-15T14:35:09.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-14T00:08:53.044Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: gtk, nfo, python
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://otsaloma.io/nfoview
• Size: 1.15 MB
• Stars: 138
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: NEWS.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS.md

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README

        
NFO Viewer

==========

[![Packages](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/nfoview.svg)](https://repology.org/project/nfoview/versions)

[![Flathub](https://img.shields.io/badge/download-flathub-blue.svg)](https://flathub.org/apps/io.otsaloma.nfoview)

NFO Viewer is a simple viewer for NFO files, which are "ASCII" art in

the CP437 codepage. The advantages of using NFO Viewer instead of a text

editor are preset font and encoding settings, automatic window size and

clickable hyperlinks.

## Installing

### Linux

#### Packages

NFO Viewer is packaged for most of the popular [distros][], so easiest

is to install via your distro's package management. If not packaged for

your distro or you need a newer version than packaged, read below on how

to install from Flatpak or the source code.

[distros]: https://repology.org/metapackage/nfoview

#### Flatpak

Stable releases are available via [Flathub][].

The development version can be installed by running command `make

install` under the `flatpak` directory. You need make, flatpak-builder

and gettext to build the Flatpak.

[Flathub]: https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.otsaloma.nfoview

#### Source

NFO Viewer requires Python ≥ 3.8, PyGObject ≥ 3.0.0 and GTK ≥ 4.0. You

also need a font that supports the kinds of glyphs commonly used in NFO

files: Cascadia Mono is a good choice and used by NFO Viewer by default,

if available. During installation you will also need gettext. On

Debian/Ubuntu you can install these with the following command.

    sudo apt install fonts-cascadia-code \

                     gettext \

                     gir1.2-gtk-4.0 \

                     python3 \

                     python3-dev \

                     python3-gi

Then, to install NFO Viewer, run commands

    make PREFIX=/usr/local build

    sudo make PREFIX=/usr/local install

### Windows

Windows installers are no longer built due to bad tooling, bad results,

lack of time and lack of motivation. The latest version available for

Windows is [1.23][].

[1.23]: https://github.com/otsaloma/nfoview/releases/tag/1.23