1GV(1) User Commands GV(1)
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6 gv - Postscript and PDF viewer
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9 gv [OPTION]... [FILE]
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12 PostScript and PDF viewer.
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14 [-]-monochrome
15 display document using only black and white
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17 [-]-grayscale
18 display document without colors
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20 [-]-color
21 display document as usual
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23 [-]-safer
24 start ghostscript in safe mode
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26 [-]-nosafer
27 do not start ghostscript in safe mode
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29 [-]-safedir
30 start ghostscript from a safe diretory
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32 [-]-nosafedir
33 do not start ghostscript from a safe diretory
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35 [-]-quiet
36 start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option
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38 [-]-noquiet
39 do not start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option
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41 [-]-infoSilent
42 do not show any messages in the info popup window
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44 [-]-infoErrors
45 do not show warning messages in the info popup window
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47 [-]-infoAll
48 do show all messages in the info popup window
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50 [-]-arguments=ARGS
51 start ghostscript with additional options as specified by the
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54 [-]-page=LABEL
55 display the page with label LABEL first
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57 [-]-center
58 the page should be centered automatically
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60 [-]-nocenter
61 the page should not be centered automatically
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63 [-]-media=MEDIA
64 selects the paper size to be used
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66 [-]-orientation=ORIENTATION
67 sets the orientation of the page
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69 [-]-scale=N|f.f
70 selects the scale N, or arbitrary scale f.f
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72 [-]-scalebase=N
73 selects the scale base N
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75 [-]-swap
76 interchange the meaning of the orientations landscape and
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79 [-]-noswap
80 do not interchange the meaning of the orientation landscape and
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83 [-]-antialias
84 use antialiasing
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86 [-]-noantialias
87 do not use antialiasing
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89 [-]-dsc
90 dsc comments are respected
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92 [-]-nodsc
93 dsc comments are not respected
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95 [-]-eof
96 ignore the postscript EOF comment while scanning documents
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98 [-]-noeof
99 do not ignore the postscript EOF comment while scanning docu‐
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102 [-]-pixmap
103 use backing pixmap
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105 [-]-nopixmap
106 do not use backing pixmap
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108 [-]-watch
109 watch the document file for changes
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111 [-]-nowatch
112 do not watch the document file for changes
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114 [-]-help
115 print a help message and exit
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117 [-]-usage
118 print a usage message and exit
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120 [-]-resize
121 fit the size of the window to the size of the page
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123 [-]-noresize
124 do not fit the size of the window to the size of the page
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126 -geometry [<width>][x<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>]
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128 [-]-ad=FILE
129 read and use additional resources from FILE
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131 [-]-style=FILE
132 read and use additional resources from FILE. These resources
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135 [-]-password=PASSWORD
136 Sets the password for opening encrypted PDF files
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138 [-]-spartan
139 shortcut for --style=gv_spartan.dat
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141 [-]-widgetless
142 shortcut for --style=gv_widgetless.dat
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144 [-]-fullscreen
145 start in fullscreen mode (needs support from WM)
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147 [-]-presentation
148 Presentation mode (fullscreen, Fit to window, widgetless and no
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151 [-]-version
152 show gv version and exit
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155 The full documentation for gv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
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165gv 3.7.4 March 2013 GV(1)