gv − Postscript and PDF viewer
gv [OPTION]... [FILE]
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
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.