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NAME
gv - Postscript and PDF viewer
SYNOPSIS
gv [OPTION]... [FILE]
DESCRIPTION
PostScript and PDF viewer.
[-]-monochrome
display document using only black and white
[-]-grayscale
display document without colors
[-]-color
display document as usual
[-]-safer
start ghostscript in safe mode
[-]-nosafer
do not start ghostscript in safe mode
[-]-safedir
start ghostscript from a safe diretory
[-]-nosafedir
do not start ghostscript from a safe diretory
[-]-quiet
start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option
[-]-noquiet
do not start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option
[-]-infoSilent
do not show any messages in the info popup window
[-]-infoErrors
do not show warning messages in the info popup window
[-]-infoAll
do show all messages in the info popup window
[-]-arguments=ARGS
start ghostscript with additional options as specified by the
string ARGS
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[-]-page=LABEL
display the page with label LABEL first
[-]-center
the page should be centered automatically
[-]-nocenter
the page should not be centered automatically
[-]-media=MEDIA
selects the paper size to be used
[-]-orientation=ORIENTATION
sets the orientation of the page
[-]-scale=N|f.f
selects the scale N, or arbitrary scale f.f
[-]-scalebase=N
selects the scale base N
[-]-swap
interchange the meaning of the orientations landscape and
seascape
[-]-noswap
do not interchange the meaning of the orientation landscape and
seascape
[-]-antialias
use antialiasing
[-]-noantialias
do not use antialiasing
[-]-dsc
dsc comments are respected
[-]-nodsc
dsc comments are not respected
[-]-eof
ignore the postscript EOF comment while scanning documents
[-]-noeof
do not ignore the postscript EOF comment while scanning documents
[-]-pixmap
use backing pixmap
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[-]-nopixmap
do not use backing pixmap
[-]-watch
watch the document file for changes
[-]-nowatch
do not watch the document file for changes
[-]-help
print a help message and exit
[-]-usage
print a usage message and exit
[-]-resize
fit the size of the window to the size of the page
[-]-noresize
do not fit the size of the window to the size of the page
-geometry [<width>][x<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>]
[-]-ad=FILE
read and use additional resources from FILE
[-]-style=FILE
read and use additional resources from FILE. These resources have
lower priority than those provided on the context of --ad
[-]-password=PASSWORD
Sets the password for opening encrypted PDF files
[-]-spartan
shortcut for --style=gv_spartan.dat
[-]-widgetless
shortcut for --style=gv_widgetless.dat
[-]-fullscreen
start in fullscreen mode (needs support from WM)
[-]-presentation
Presentation mode (fullscreen, Fit to window, widgetless and no
resizing of window)
[-]-version
show gv version and exit
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SEE ALSO
The full documentation for gv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and gv programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info gv
should give you access to the complete manual.
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