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I am using Alacritty and ranger. I have also installed w3m. This is part of my ~/.config/ranger/rc.conf:

set preview_images true
set preview_images_method w3m
set w3m_offset 0

Most of the time images do not show at all. Just black space. And if they show up they disappear after 2 or 3 seconds.

When I set set preview_images_method terminology, it looks like this:

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The versions I use:

  • ranger 1.9.3
  • Python 3.9.1
  • w3m/0.5.3+git20200507

What should I do to be able to preview images in ranger ?
Thank you for help

Jan Černý
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I got it working with ueberzug, even inside tmux

set preview_images true
set use_preview_script true
set preview_images_method ueberzug

and

sudo pacman -S ueberzug

Also check if your preview script is up to date unless you installed ranger recently.

laktak
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