NAME
gnome-gv − the GNOME PostScript previewer
SYNOPSIS
gnome-gv [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
gnome-gv (aka GGv) is the Gnome PostScript viewer program. The name comes from GhostView, a non-gnome GNU PostScript viewer application on which GGv is based.
GGv is a frontend for Ghostscript, an interpreter of PostScript that is able to properly render PostScript documents in a display or a printer. GGv serves as a layer that isolates the user from the cumbersome options and interface of Ghostscript, and, at the same time, gives extra features such as panning and persistent user settings.
The main features of GGv are its antialiasing (use the preferences dialog to turn it on and reload the document - your eyes will pop out of their sockets so be careful) and nice user interface, allowing e.g. dragging of PostScript files into GGv, moving the PostScript display by dragging the mouse in the pager window or the main window. GGv can display more than one document at the same time. Also, the transparent support for compressed PostScript is are handy.
USAGE
One or more FILEs may be specified on the command-line. gnome-gv will create a separate window for each document. The file given should be in either Postscript or PDF format.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (’--’). A summary of the options supported by gnome-gv is included below.
GNOME
options
−−disable−sound
Disable sound server usage
−−enable−sound
Enable sound server usage
−−espeaker=HOSTNAME:PORT
Host:port on which the sound server to use is running
−−version
Print version number and exit.
Help options
−?, −−help
Show this help message
−−usage
Display brief usage message
GTK options
−−gdk−debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging
flags to set
−−gdk−no−debug=FLAGS
Gdk debugging flags to unset
−−display= DISPLAY
X display to use
|
−−sync |
Make X calls synchronous |
−−no−xshm
Don’t use X shared memory extension
−−name=NAME
Program name as used by the window manager
−−class=CLASS
Program class as used by the window manager
−−gxid_host=HOST
−−gxid_port=PORT
−−xim−preedit=STYLE
−−xim−status=STYLE
−−gtk−debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to set
−−gtk−no−debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
−−g−fatal−warnings
Make all warnings fatal
−−gtk−module=MODULE
Load an additional Gtk module
GNOME GUI
options
−−disable−crash−dialog
Session
management options
−−sm−client−id=ID
Specify session management ID
−−sm−config−prefix=PREFIX
Specify prefix of saved configuration
−−sm−disable
Disable connection to session manager
gnome−gv
options
−−geometry=GEOMETRY
Specifies the geometry for the main window
−−spartan
Do not use sidebar and toolbar (deprecated)
−−nosidebar
Do not use sidebar
−−nomenubar
Do not use a menu bar
−−notoolbar
Do not use a tool bar
−−fullscreen
Use the whole screen for the main window
BUGS
If you are unable to load a PostScript file, check the beginning of the file (uncompressed if necessary). The file might not be a PostScript one or it may have been created on a system that uses a different character for line ending than Unix (e.g. a Mac). The simplest solution for the latter is to make a small perl script that converts the file into the correct format.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Jaka Mocnik
<jaka.mocnik [AT] kiss.si>
Daniel M. Germán <dmg [AT] csg.ca>
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