fancy-cat

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \ud83d\udcd1\n  \u003cbr\u003efancy-cat\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    PDF viewer for terminals using the Kitty image protocol\n    \u003cbr /\u003e\n  \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n![demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b1edc9d2-3b1f-437d-9b48-c196d22fcbbd)\n\n## Usage\n\n```sh\nfancy-cat \u003cpath-to-pdf\u003e \u003coptional-page-number\u003e\n```\n\n### Commands\n\nfancy-cat uses a modal interface similar to Neovim. There are two modes: view mode and command mode. To enter command mode you type `:` by default (this can be changed in the config file).\n\nDocumentation on the available commands can be found [here](./docs/commands.md).\n\n### Configuration\n\nfancy-cat can be configured through a JSON configuration file located in one of several locations (primary `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fancy-cat/config.json`, fallback `$HOME/.config/fancy-cat/config.json`, legacy `$HOME/.fancy-cat`). An empty configuration file is automatically created in the primary or fallback location on the first run.\n\nAn example `config.json` and documentation can be found [here](./docs/config.md).\n\n## Installation\n\n`fancy-cat` is available in the following repositories:\n\n[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/fancy-cat.svg?columns=3\u0026header=fancy-cat)](https://repology.org/project/fancy-cat/versions)\n\n## Build Instructions\n\n### Requirements\n\n- Zig version `0.15.2`\n- Terminal emulator with the Kitty image protocol (e.g. Kitty, Ghostty, WezTerm, etc.)\n\n### Build\n\n1. Fetch submodules:\n\n```\ngit submodule update --init --recursive\n```\n\n2. Build the project:\n\n```sh\nzig build --release=small\n```\n\n\u003e [!NOTE]\n\u003e There is a [known issue](https://github.com/freref/fancy-cat/issues/18) with some processors; if the build fails on step 7/10 with the error `LLVM ERROR: Do not know how to expand the result of this operator!` then try the command below instead:\n\u003e\n\u003e ```sh\n\u003e zig build -Dcpu=\"skylake\" --release=small\n\u003e ```\n\n3. Install:\n\n```sh\n# Add to your PATH\n# Linux\nmv zig-out/bin/fancy-cat ~/.local/bin/\n\n# macOS\nmv zig-out/bin/fancy-cat /",
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