---
name: "gif2x11"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libungif-bin"
version: "4.1.3-2sarge1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gif2x11"
---

# gif2x11(1)

Program to display GIF images under X window system.

## NAME

gif2x11 - Program to display GIF images under X window system.

## SYNOPSIS

gif2x11 \[-q\] \[-p PosX PosY\] \[-d Display\] \[-f\] \[-h\] gif-file

## DESCRIPTION

A program to display images saved as GIF files under X window system.

If no gif-file is given, Gif2X11 will try to read a GIF file from stdin.

## OPTIONS

- **-q**

  Quiet mode.  Defaults off on MSDOS, on under UNIX.  Controls printout of running scan lines.  Use -q- to invert.\

- **-p PosX PosY**

  Set the position of image on screen. By default the program will prompt for position.\

- **-d Display**

  What X server should be connected to.\

- **-f**

  Force attempt to allocate exact colors.  This usually will result in a very muddled image if not enough colors can be allocated; the rest of them will be approximated by the closest one.  By default the least bits of the colors are stripped until success (in allocation) which looks much better.\

- **-h**

  Print one line command line help, similar to Usage above.

## NOTES

This program does **not** read the X resource data base.

## SEE ALSO

[*gif2bgi*(1)](/gif2bgi/1.md), [*gif2epsn*(1)](/gif2epsn/1.md), [*gif2herc*(1)](/gif2herc/1.md), [*gif2iris*(1)](/gif2iris/1.md), [*gif2ps*(1)](/gif2ps/1.md), [*gif2rgb*(1)](/gif2rgb/1.md), [*gif2rle*(1)](/gif2rle/1.md), [*gifasm*(1)](/gifasm/1.md), [*gifbg*(1)](/gifbg/1.md), [*gifburst*(1)](/gifburst/1.md), [*gifclip*(1)](/gifclip/1.md), [*gifclrmp*(1)](/gifclrmp/1.md), [*gifcolor*(1)](/gifcolor/1.md), [*gifcomb*(1)](/gifcomb/1.md), [*gifcompose*(1)](/gifcompose/1.md), [*giffix*(1)](/giffix/1.md), [*giffiltr*(1)](/giffiltr/1.md), [*gifflip*(1)](/gifflip/1.md), [*gifhisto*(1)](/gifhisto/1.md), [*gifinter*(1)](/gifinter/1.md), [*gifinto*(1)](/gifinto/1.md), [*gifovly*(1)](/gifovly/1.md), [*gifpos*(1)](/gifpos/1.md), [*gifrotat*(1)](/gifrotat/1.md), [*gifrsize*(1)](/gifrsize/1.md), [*gifspnge*(1)](/gifspnge/1.md), [*giftext*(1)](/giftext/1.md), [*gifwedge*(1)](/gifwedge/1.md), [*icon2gif*(1)](/icon2gif/1.md), [*raw2gif*(1)](/raw2gif/1.md), [*rgb2gif*(1)](/rgb2gif/1.md), [*rle2gif*(1)](/rle2gif/1.md), [*text2gif*(1)](/text2gif/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

The GIFLIB distribution is Copyright (c) 1997  Eric S. Raymond

## AUTHORS

Gershon Elber

Eric S. Raymond \<esr@snark.thyrsus.com\>