xkcd comics viewer

by rjanja

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UUID: xkcd@rjanja

Last edited:

1 week ago 2025-10-18, 18:22

Last commit: [68bd3675] Add/Update Vietnamese translations (#1600)

A viewer for today's xkcd comic

README

To configure this desklet, edit the metadata.json file.

The "quality" can be:

0: Fastest rendering will use nearest neighbour interpolation when rendering. good setting.
1: Higher quality rendering without using extra resources.
2: Render the texture with the best quality available using extra memory.

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12 Comments

ii0-0ii-1 month ago

lm22.2 does not work

WafflesGoHere-6 months ago

Great desklet! Since Randall Munroe sometimes adds some extra depth to the cartoon via hoovertext a rightclick option to go to the xkcd website would be much appreciated.

Sambo3975-7 months ago

Needs a scrollbar. Some comics are too tall to see on my screen.

Darker7-3 years ago

The tooltip doesn't work. You need to use a Clutter.Text for it :Ü™

Sayanel01-5 years ago

Hi ! Why is the part about tooltip commented ? Would be great to have also xkcd tooltip which usually contains additional joke Cool work by the work

Andrei Miculita-5 years ago

Ooh I like the idea :) Would be nice if there was a way to snap it to the center of the screen no matter the image size (and maybe remove the border).

foxrumor-6 years ago

I don't like that it doesn't keep the size the same. Some of the comics literally fill my whole screen. Doesn't work for a widget.

Fonstw-6 years ago

I can't see the tooltip messages, which often contain the real punchline. This really takes away the XKCD-ness for me.

Aaron Wallentine-6 years ago

Yes, likewise ... a workaround could be a context-menu to open the xkcd.com url for the given comic so that it can be seen ...

msegmx-6 years ago

Works with LM 19. Great work! Could implement a "show random xkcd" feature when right clicked?

Gaurav-6 years ago

Ah, I see the developer of this Desklet is a man of culture as well. Thanks, works smooth.

Ondřej Chmelař-7 years ago

Great one. Only downside is that it doesn't respect scaling on hi-dpi displays. Any chance of getting a fix? Could it be done via editing .local/share/cinnamon/desklets/xkcd@rjanja/stylesheet.css?