The latest articles on DEV Community by Md. Tasnim Alam (@tasnimalam). https://dev.to/tasnimalam https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F445875%2Fb2aa2968-8eed-411f-922b-fc110a2091a0.jpeg https://dev.to/tasnimalam en Md. Tasnim Alam Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:40:03 +0000 https://dev.to/tasnimalam/how-to-enable-image-preview-in-nnn-with-kitty-terminal-2n0e https://dev.to/tasnimalam/how-to-enable-image-preview-in-nnn-with-kitty-terminal-2n0e <p><a href="https://github.com/jarun/nnn">NNN</a> is a very fast, minimal terminal-based file manager. You can easily navigate, manipulate files in the command line, and much more. If you're a terminal user, you should check this out. It'll supercharge your productivity to another level.</p> <h3> Zsh/Bash/Fish config </h3> <p>You need to set a NNN_FIFO path and a key for the plugin with NNN_PLUG. I'm using "p" key to see the preview.</p> <p>For zsh/bash users, copy this line into .bashrc or .zshrc</p> <p>export NNN_FIFO="/tmp/nnn.fifo"<br> export NNN_PLUG="p:preview-tui"</p> <p>For fish users, put this into config.fish file</p> <p>set --export NNN_FIFO "/tmp/nnn.fifo"<br> set -x NNN_PLUG "p:preview-tui"</p> <h3> Kitty config </h3> <p>Open kitty config file ( ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf ), find and change these variables:</p> <p>allow_remote_control yes<br> listen_on unix:$TMPDIR/kitty<br> enabled_layouts all</p> <p>That's it. Now, open nnn in a terminal and hover over an image file. Press 'p and see the preview of the image. You can change the split position by changing enabled_layout variable in kitty.conf</p> bash tips howto cli