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

[-]-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

[-]-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

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.