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gv(1)									 gv(1)

Name
       gv - a PostScript and PDF previewer

Synopsis
       gv [ filename ]
	  [-monochrome] [-grayscale] [-color]
	  [-[no]safer] [-[no]quiet] [-arguments <arguments>]
	  [-page <label>] [-[no]center]
	  [-media <media>]
	  [-portrait] [-landscape] [-upsidedown] [-seascape]
	  [-scale <n>] [-scalebase <n>]
	  [-swap] [-noswap]
	  [-antialias] [-noantialias]
	  [-dsc] [-nodsc]
	  [-eof] [-noeof]
	  [-pixmap] [-nopixmap]
	  [-watch] [-nowatch]
	  [-?] [-h] [-help] [-v]
	  [-resize] [-noresize]
	  [-geometry [<width>][x<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>]
	  [-ad <resource file>]
	  [-style <resource file>]
	  [-spartan]
	  [<other toolkit options>]

Description
       gv  allows to view and navigate through PostScript and PDF documents on
       an X display by providing a user interface for the  ghostscript	inter‐
       preter.

       Please note that gv is derived from Tim Theisen's ghostview 1.5.

Options
       filename
	      The name of the file to be displayed.  The file ending ".ps" may
	      be omitted.  "filename" may point to a compressed file (gzipped,
	      zipped  or  compressed).	 Viewing  PDF  files requires at least
	      ghostscript version 4.x.

       -ad <resource file>
	      Read and use additional resources from the file <resource file>.
	      These  resources have higher priority than those provided in the
	      context of the -style <resource file> option.

       -antialias, -noantialias
	      Whether to use antialiasing.

       -arguments <arguments>
	      Start ghostscript with additional options as  specified  by  the
	      string <arguments>.

       -center, -nocenter
	      Whether the page should be centered automatically.

       -dsc, -nodsc
	      Determines  if  document	structuring  convention (DSC) comments
	      should be respected or ignored.  If -nodsc is used gv  will  not
	      attempt  to  examine the structure of the document but will pass
	      the file to the ghostscript interpreter as a whole. In this case
	      no  page numbers are shown and freely moving around in the docu‐
	      ment is not possible.  This option may help when	viewing	 files
	      not conforming to the document structuring conventions.

       -eof, -noeof
	      Defines  the behaviour of the postscript scanner used to examine
	      the structure of the document.  If -noeof is  used  the  scanner
	      will ignore end of file (EOF) comments. This may help when view‐
	      ing documents which import  other	 documents  without  enclosing
	      them  within  the	 proper "BeginDocument" and "EndDocument" com‐
	      ments.  If -eof is used, the scanner treats an  EOF  comment  as
	      marking the end of the file.

       -pixmap, -nopixmap
	      If  -pixmap  is  used gv tries to maintain off-screen regions of
	      the displayed page by allocating a  sufficiently	large  pixmap.
	      If -nopixmap is used the X Server is responsible for maintaining
	      obscured portions of the displayed page (see also the  "useBack‐
	      ingPixmap" resource).

       -v     Print the version number of gv to standard output and exit.

       -h, -? Display a short help message and exit.

       -help  Display a more explicit help message and exit.

       -scale <n>
	      Selects the scale entry <n> relative to the scale 1.0.  <n> must
	      be an integer.

       -scalebase <n>
	      Selects the scale base <n>.

       -monochrome, -grayscale, -color
	      Sets the color palette to be used.

       -media <media>
	      Selects the paper size to be used. Valid	values	are  names  of
	      paper  sizes  that appear in the list of page medias as given by
	      the medias resource.

       -page <label>
	      Display the page with label <label> first.

       -portrait, -landscape, -seascape, -upsidedown
	      Sets the orientation.

       -quiet, -noquiet
	      Whether to start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option.

       -resize, -noresize
	      Whether gv is allowed to automatically fit the size of its  win‐
	      dow to the size of the displayed page.

       -safer, -nosafer
	      Whether to start ghostscript with the -dSAFER option.

       -spartan
	      This is a shortcut for "-style gv_spartan.dat".

       -style <resource file>
	      Read and use additional resources from the file <resource file>.
	      These resources have  lower priority than those provided in  the
	      context of the -ad <resource file> option.

       -swap, -noswap
	      Whether to interchange the meaning of the orientations landscape
	      and seascape.

       -watch, -nowatch
	      The -watch option causes gv to check the document	 periodically.
	      If  changes are detected gv will automatically display the newer
	      version of the file.  The document is by	default	 checked  once
	      every  second.   This  can be changed via the watchFileFrequency
	      resource.	 Note that sending gv the SIGHUP signal also causes an
	      update  of  the  displayed  document. This method may be used by
	      document creators to trigger gv remotely.

Resources
       Resource files

       In general gv does not depend on any external resource files.  However,
       when starting gv, preferences are read from

       ·      a	 system	 specific  resource file.  The name of this file is as
	      described by the "XFILESEARCHPATH" environment variable, or,  if
	      this  variable is not defined, implementation dependant. In most
	      cases it is "/usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/GV".	Administrators
	      may  want to modify this file in order to set up gv according to
	      the local needs of their system.

       ·      a user specific resource file.  The name of this file is	either
	      "~/.gv" or as described by the "XUSERFILESEARCHPATH" environment
	      variable.

       The files "gv_user.ad"  and  "gv_system.ad"  (located  in  the  library
       directory  of gv, which is most probably either "/usr/local/lib/gv/" or
       "/usr/lib/gv/" may serve as a basis for constructing the user and  sys‐
       tem specific resource files.

       Note  that the user and system specific resource files are not the only
       sources of preferences taken into account when gv is started.  However,
       in practice these are the most important.

       Resources of gv

       The  following describes some of the resources of gv.  The precise syn‐
       tax of some of the resource values may be inferred  from	 the  appended
       default system specific resource file.

       antialias
	      Whether  antialiasing  should  be used.  Valid values are "True"
	      and "False".

       autoCenter
	      Whether the displayed page should automatically be centered (for
	      instance	when opening a new file).  Valid values are "True" and
	      "False".

       autoResize
	      Whether gv is allowed to resize the main window according to the
	      size of the current page.	 Valid values are "True" and "False".

       confirmPrint
	      Whether  printing	 requires an extra confirmation.  Valid values
	      are "True" and "False".

       confirmQuit
	      Whether leaving gv requires extra	 confirmation.	 Valid	values
	      are  "0"	(Never),  "1" (When processing) and "2" (Always).  The
	      default value is "1", which causes a confirmation	 request  when
	      trying  to leave gv in the presence of pending PDF to Postscript
	      conversions.

       scrollingEyeGuide
	      If this resource is "True" scrolling via the keyboard  causes  a
	      temporary	 border to be drawn around the previously visible area
	      of the page.  Allowed values are "True" and "False".

       ignoreEOF
	      Defines the behaviour of the postscript scanner as described  in
	      the Options section.  Valid values are "True" and "False".

       respectDSC
	      Determines  whether gv should attempt to respect document struc‐
	      turing comments.	Valid values are "True" and "False".

       reverseScrolling
	      Defines the interpretation of directions when scrolling with the
	      mouse.  Valid values are "True" and "False".

       swapLandscape
	      Whether  the  meaning  of	 "landscape"  and  "seacape" should be
	      interchanged.  Valid values are "True" and "False".

       scratchDir
	      Specifies a directory used to store temporary data.

       defaultSaveDir
	      Specifies the default destination	 directory  for	 files	to  be
	      saved.

       useBackingPixmap
	      If the value of this resource is "False" the X Server is advised
	      that saving off-screen pixels of the  displayed  page  would  be
	      beneficial (maintaining backing store). In this case gv does not
	      actively maintain the contents of the page but relies on	the  X
	      Server.  The server is, however, always free to stop maintaining
	      backing backing store.  If the value of this resource is	"True"
	      the  X  Server  is advised that maintaining backing store is not
	      useful.  In this case gv attempts	 to  allocate  a  sufficiently
	      large pixmap to store the contents of the displayed page.

       watchFile
	      Whether  the document should be checked periodically and updated
	      automatically if	changes are detected.  Valid values are "True"
	      and "False".

       watchFileFrequency
	      Defines  the  time  in  milliseconds elapsing between successive
	      checks of the document when watchFile is set to "True".  Allowed
	      values must be larger than 500.

       printCommand
	      The  command  used for printing a file.  The command may contain
	      multiple '%s' wildcards which will be replaced by	 the  name  of
	      the file to be printed.

       gsInterpreter
	      The command used to start the ghostscript interpreter.

       gsCmdScanPDF
	      The command used to extract document structuring comments from a
	      PDF file.

       gsCmdConvPDF
	      The command used to convert a PDF file to PostScript.

       gsX11Device
	      The ghostscript command line option which	 activates  the	 "X11"
	      device.

       gsX11AlphaDevice
	      The  ghostscript	command	 line option which activates the "X11"
	      device with antialiasing enabled.

       gsSafer
	      Determines  whether  ghostscript	should	be  started  with  the
	      "-dSAFER" command line option.

       gsQuiet
	      Determines  whether  ghostscript	should	be  started  with  the
	      "-dQUIET" command line option.

       gsArguments
	      May be used to provide additional command line options  for  the
	      ghostscript  interpreter.	  Starting  gv	with  the  "-arguments
	      <arguments>" option will override this resource setting.

       magMenu
	      Describes the menu that pops up when preparing  to  to  zoom  an
	      area of the displayed page.

       dirs   Defines  a  list	of  directories accessible via the Directories
	      menu in the file selection window.   The	special	 value	"Home"
	      corresponds  to the users home directory, the value "Tmp" corre‐
	      sponds to the scratch directory as  defined  by  the  scratchDir
	      resource.

       filter Defines  the  default filter to be used when displaying a direc‐
	      tory contents in the file selection window.  A filter is	speci‐
	      fied according to the syntax

		 <filter>    := [<filespecs>] [no <filespecs>]
		 <filespecs> := <filespec> [<filespecs>]
		 <filespec>  := filename possibly including wildcards '*'
				which match any character.

	      Example: The filter

		 GV*filter: *.ps *.pdf no .*

	      screens  out  all files with names starting with a dot and keeps
	      of the remaining ones only those which end on ".ps" or ".pdf".

       filters
	      Defines a list of filters offered in the	Filters	 menu  of  the
	      file  selection window.  The filter "None" has a special meaning
	      causing all files to be displayed when  the  corresponding  menu
	      entry is selected.

       miscMenuEntries
	      Describes	 the  menu  that  pops up when clicking with the third
	      mouse button on the displayed page.  The value of this  resource
	      is  a  list  of  menu  entries.	Allowed	 entries are "update",
	      "redisplay",  "toggle_current",	"toggle_even",	 "toggle_odd",
	      "unmark",	  "stop",   "print_all",  "print_marked",  "save_all",
	      "save_marked" and "line".

       showTitle
	      Whether the name of the displayed document should	 be  shown  in
	      the  title  bar  of  the window. The name of gv's icon will also
	      change accordingly if this resource is set to "True".

       maximumWidth, maximumHeight
	      When resizing gv will not attempt to exceed the  size  specified
	      by these resources.  These resources may be specified as a posi‐
	      tive integer or as "screen", optionally combined with a positive
	      or  negative  offset.   The  default values listed above provide
	      examples	for  this  syntax.   "screen"  will  automatically  be
	      replaced by the size of the screen.

       minimumWidth, minimumHeight
	      Defines  a  minimum  size for the main window.  Valid values for
	      both resources are positive integers larger than 200.

       scale  Sets the initial scale. The value of this resource is the offset
	      of the scale to be selected relative to the scale 1.0 in the the
	      "Scale" menu.

       scaleBase
	      Selects the initial scale	 base.	The  value  of	this  resource
	      should be a positive integer.

       scales Defines  the  available  scales  bases and scales in the "Scale"
	      menu.

       orientation
	      Sets the	initial	 orientation.  Valid  values  are  "portrait",
	      "landscape","seascape",  "upside-down"  and "automatic".	"auto‐
	      matic" causes gv to attempt to derive  the  correct  orientation
	      from document structuring comments.

       fallbackOrientation
	      Defines  the  paper-size	to  be used when automatic orientation
	      detetction  fails.   Valid   values   are	  "portrait",	"land‐
	      scape","seascape" and "upside-down".

       medias A	 list  describing  the	page medias known to gv.  List entries
	      starting with "!" or "#" will not appear in the "Media" menu but
	      will still be used for automatic paper size detection.

       pagemedia
	      Sets  the	 paper	size.  Allowd values are as given in the above
	      list  of	paper-sizes.   Specifying  "automatic"	causes	gv  to
	      attempt to derive the correct paper-size from document structur‐
	      ing comments.

       fallbackPageMedia
	      Defines the paper-size to	 be  used  when	 automatic  paper-size
	      detetction  fails.  Valid values are as given in the  above list
	      of paper-sizes.

       The default user and system specific resource file

       GV.pageMedia:	       automatic
       GV.orientation:	       automatic
       GV.fallbackOrientation: portrait
       GV.swapLandscape:       False
       GV.autoCenter:	       True
       GV.antialias:	       False
       GV.respectDSC:	       True
       GV.ignoreEOF:	       True
       GV.confirmPrint:	       True
       GV.reverseScrolling:    False
       GV.scrollingEyeGuide:   True
       GV.autoResize:	       True
       GV.maximumWidth:	       screen-20
       GV.maximumHeight:       screen-44
       GV.minimumWidth:	       400
       GV.minimumHeight:       430
       GV.confirmQuit:	       1
       GV.watchFile:	       False
       GV.watchFileFrequency:  1000
       GV.showTitle:	       True
       GV.miscMenuEntries:     redisplay       \n\
			       # update	       \n\
			       stop	       \n\
			       line	       \n\
			       toggle_current  \n\
			       toggle_even     \n\
			       toggle_odd      \n\
			       unmark	       \n\
			       line	       \n\
			       print_all       \n\
			       print_marked    \n\
			       save_all	       \n\
			       save_marked
       GV.scale:	       0
       GV.scaleBase:	       1
       GV.scales:	       Natural size,   1.000,  screen  \n\
			       Pixel based,    1.000,  pixel   \n\
			       0.100,	       0.100	       \n\
			       0.125,	       0.125	       \n\
			       0.250,	       0.250	       \n\
			       0.500,	       0.500	       \n\
			       0.707,	       0.707	       \n\
			       1.000,	       1.000	       \n\
			       1.414,	       1.414	       \n\
			       2.000,	       2.000	       \n\
			       4.000,	       4.000	       \n\
			       8.000,	       8.000	       \n\
			       10.00,	       10.00
       GV.medias:	       Letter,	       612     792     \n\
			       # LetterSmall,  612     792     \n\
			       Legal,	       612     1008    \n\
			       Statement,      396     612     \n\
			       Tabloid,		       792     1224    \n\
			       Ledger,	       1224    792     \n\
			       Folio,	       612     936     \n\
			       Quarto,	       610     780     \n\
			       # 7x9,	       504     648     \n\
			       # 9x11,	       648     792     \n\
			       # 9x12,	       648     864     \n\
			       # 10x13,		       720     936     \n\
			       10x14,	       720     1008    \n\
			       Executive,      540     720     \n\
			       # A0,	       2384    3370    \n\
			       # A1,	       1684    2384    \n\
			       # A2,	       1191    1684    \n\
			       A3,	       842     1191    \n\
			       A4,	       595     842     \n\
			       # A4Small,      595     842     \n\
			       A5,	       420     595     \n\
			       # A6,	       297     420     \n\
			       # A7,	       210     297     \n\
			       # A8,	       148     210     \n\
			       # A9,	       105     148     \n\
			       # A10,	       73      105     \n\
			       # B0,	       2920    4127    \n\
			       # B1,	       2064    2920    \n\
			       # B2,	       1460    2064    \n\
			       # B3,	       1032    1460    \n\
			       B4,	       729     1032    \n\
			       B5,	       516     729     \n\
			       # B6,	       363     516     \n\
			       # B7,	       258     363     \n\
			       # B8,	       181     258     \n\
			       # B9,	       127     181     \n\
			       # B10,	       91      127     \n\
			       # ISOB0,		       2835    4008    \n\
			       # ISOB1,		       2004    2835    \n\
			       # ISOB2,		       1417    2004    \n\
			       # ISOB3,		       1001    1417    \n\
			       # ISOB4,		       709     1001    \n\
			       # ISOB5,		       499     709     \n\
			       # ISOB6,		       354     499     \n\
			       # ISOB7,		       249     354     \n\
			       # ISOB8,		       176     249     \n\
			       # ISOB9,		       125     176     \n\
			       # ISOB10,       88      125     \n\
			       # C0,	       2599    3676    \n\
			       # C1,	       1837    2599    \n\
			       # C2,	       1298    1837    \n\
			       # C3,	       918     1296    \n\
			       # C4,	       649     918     \n\
			       # C5,	       459     649     \n\
			       # C6,	       323     459     \n\
			       # C7,	       230     323     \n\
			       # DL,	       312     624
       GV.magMenu:	       2,      2       \n\
			       4,      4       \n\
			       8,      8       \n\
			       16,     16      \n\
			       32,     32      \n\
			       64,     64
       GV*Ghostview.background:		       white
       GV*Ghostview.foreground:		       black
       GV.gsInterpreter:       gs
       GV.gsCmdScanPDF:	       gs -dNODISPLAY -dQUIET -sPDFname=%s -sDSCname=%s pdf2dsc.ps -c quit
       GV.gsCmdConvPDF:	       gs -dNODISPLAY -dQUIET  -dNOPAUSE -sPSFile=%s %s -c quit
       GV.gsX11Device:	       -sDEVICE=x11
       GV.gsX11AlphaDevice:    -dNOPLATFONTS -sDEVICE=x11alpha
       GV.gsSafer:	       True
       GV.gsQuiet:	       True
       GV.gsArguments:
       GV.uncompressCommand:   gzip -d -c %s > %s
       GV.printCommand:	       lpr
       GV.scratchDir:	       ~/
       GV.defaultSaveDir:      ~/
       GV.fallbackPageMedia:   a4
       GV.useBackingPixmap:    True
       GV*dirs:		       Home\n\
			       Tmp\n\
			       /usr/doc\n\
			       /usr/local/doc
       GV*filter:	       no .*
       GV*filters:	       None\n\
			       *.*ps* *.pdf*  no  .*\n\
			       *.*ps*	no  .*\n\
			       *.pdf*  no  .*\n\
			       no  .*

Mouse and key bindings
       Mouse bindings in the Main and the Zoom window
	      The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is
	      either on the displayed page or on a zoomed area:

	      - press button 1, move mouse, release button 1
		     Scrolls the displayed page 'proportionally'.

	      - press button 3, move mouse, release button 3
		     Scrolls the displayed page 'absolutely'.

	      - double-click with button 1
		     In	 the  main window this displays the previous/next page
		     if the double-click occured in the left/right half of the
		     window.  In a zoom window it does nothing.

	      - press button 2, release button 2
		     Pops  up a small menu which allows to choose a magnifica‐
		     tion for a certain area around the	 current  mouse	 posi‐
		     tion.  After selecting a magnification a zoom window pops
		     up displaying the area at the chosen scale.

	      - press button 2, move mouse, release button 2
		     This draws and thereby defines a rectangular region which
		     can  be displayed in a zoom window. The magnification for
		     the area can be selected by means of a popup  menu	 which
		     appears after releasing button 2.

	       - press button 1, press button 2
		     Redisplays	 the  current  page. This event sequence works
		     only in the main window.

	      - press button 3, release button 3
		     Pops up a small menu which offers a few standard  actions
		     like 'Redisplay', 'Mark Page', etc.

       Mouse bindings in the File Selection popup
	      The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is
	      in the window of either a file or a directory list:

	      - press button 1, move mouse, release button 1
		     Scrolls a file or directory list 'proportionally'.

	      - press button 2, move mouse, release button 2
		     Scrolls a file or directory list 'absolutely'.

	      - press button 2, release button 2
		     Scrolls a file or directory list one page up/down if  the
		     button was pressed in the upper/lower half of the list.

	      - double-click with button 1 on a filename
		     Selects the file and closes the File Selection popup.

	      - click with button 1 on a directory name
		     Causes the contents of this directory to be displayed.

       Mouse bindings in the Table of Contents
	      The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is
	      in the window showing a list of page numbers of the current file
	      (table of contents):

	      - press button 1, move mouse, release button 1
		     Scrolls the table of contents.

	      - press button 1 on a page number
		     Go to this page.

	      - press button 2 on a page number
		     Mark  this page if it is unmarked, but unmark it if it is
		     marked.

	      - press button 2, move mouse, release button 2
		     Marks/unmarks all unmarked/marked	pages  in  the	region
		     crossed by the mouse pointer during the movement.

       Mouse bindings in the Panner widget
	      The Panner widget is the rectangular region located close to the
	      left edge of the main window. It	indicates  the	size  and  the
	      position of the visible area of the current page relative to the
	      total page.

	      The following mouse events are defined when the mouse pointer is
	      in this region:

	      - press button 1, move mouse
		     Scrolls the displayed page.

	      - press button 2
		     Display the previous page.

	      - press button 3
		     Display the next page.

       Mouse bindings in the
	      The  ">>" and "<<" buttons are used to move to another page. The
	      following mouse events are defined:

	      - press button 1
		     Move 1 page forward/backwards.

	      - press button 2
		     Move 5 pages forward/backwards.

	      - press button 3
		     Move 10 pages forward/backwards.

       Key Bindings
	      The following key events are defined in the main	window.	 Those
	      bindings scrolling the page are also defined in zoom popups.

	      === Notation:

	      s-X	   means press "Shift"		 and key "X"
	      c-X	   means press "Ctrl"		 and key "X"
	      sc-X	   means press "Shift" or "Ctrl" and key "X"

	      === Miscellaneous keys:

	      A		   Toggle antialiasing on and off
	      O		   Open a new file
	      Q		   Quit gv
	      R		   Toggle gv's resizing behaviour
	      I		   Respect/Ignore document structuring
	      W		   Watch file / Don't watch file
	      S		   Save the marked pages
	      sc-S	   Save the current file
	      P		   Print the marked pages
	      sc-P	   Print the current file
	      c-L	   Redisplay the current page
	      .		   Redisplay the current page
	      sc-.	   Reopen the current file
	      M		   Mark the current page
	      N		   Unmark the current page

	      === Orientation:

	      7		   Orientation portrait
	      8		   Orientation landscape
	      9		   Orientation upside-down
	      0		   Orientation seascape

	      === Magnification:

	      sc-6	   Select the scale entry -6 relative to the scale 1.0
	      sc-5	   Select the scale entry -5 relative to the scale 1.0
	      sc-4	   Select the scale entry -4 relative to the scale 1.0
	      sc-3	   Select the scale entry -3 relative to the scale 1.0
	      sc-2	   Select the scale entry -2 relative to the scale 1.0
	      sc-1	   Select the scale entry -1 relative to the scale 1.0
	      ^		   Select the scale 1.0 (for german keyboard layout)
	      `		   Select the scale 1.0
	      1		   Select the scale entry 1 relative to the scale 1.0
	      2		   Select the scale entry 2 relative to the scale 1.0
	      3		   Select the scale entry 3 relative to the scale 1.0
	      4		   Select the scale entry 4 relative to the scale 1.0
	      5		   Select the scale entry 5 relative to the scale 1.0
	      6		   Select the scale entry 6 relative to the scale 1.0
	      +		   Select the next scale entry
	      =		   Select the next scale entry
	      -		   Select the previous scale entry

	      === Navigating:

	      Arrow	   Scroll in the direction of the arrow
	      s-Up	   Scroll columns up   or jump -1 pages
	      s-Down	   Scroll columns down or jump	1 pages
	      s-Left	   Scroll rows left    or jump -1 pages
	      s-Right	   Scroll rows right   or jump	1 pages
	      c-Up	   Jump -1 pages (to top/left corner)
	      c-Down	   Jump	 1 pages (to top/left corner)
	      c-Left	   Jump -5 pages (to top/left corner)
	      c-Right	   Jump	 5 pages (to top/left corner)

	      D,X,Z,Y,C	   Identical to arrow up,down,left,left,right
	      V		   Center the page
	      sc-Space	   Scroll columns up   or jump -1 pages
	      Space	   Scroll columns down or jump	1 pages

	      BackSpace	   Scroll columns up   or jump -1 pages
	      Insert	   Jump	 -5 pages
	      Delete	   Jump	  5 pages
	      Home	   Go to the first page
	      End	   Go to the last page
	      Prior	   Jump	 -1 pages
	      Next	   Jump	  1 pages

	      Keypad 0-9   Highlight a page number
	      Keypad -	   Highlight previous page number
	      Keypad +	   Highlight next page number
	      Keypad Enter Jump to the highlighted page

	      c-Enter	   Jump	 -1 pages
	      s-Enter	   Jump	 -1 pages
	      Enter	   Jump	  1 pages
	      B		   Jump	 -1 pages
	      F		   Jump	  1 pages

Comments about the user interface
       Scales The  "Scale" menu which allows to view the document at different
	      sizes is divided into two parts. The first part shows a list  of
	      available	 scale	bases,	the  second part, separated by a line,
	      lists the relative scales which are applied with respect to  the
	      selected scale base.

	      By  default  two	scales bases are available, the "Natural size"
	      and the "Pixel based" base.  When	 choosing  the	"Pixel	based"
	      scale  base  a relative scale of 1.0 causes one postscript point
	      to correspond to one pixel on the screen.

	      When viewing a document at a relative scale  of  1.0  using  the
	      "Natural	size" base the page should appear in its real size, as
	      if printed on paper.  For the "Natural size" base to work	 prop‐
	      erly  gv	has to know the correct size of the root window. Auto‐
	      matic detection of this size unfortunately only provides approx‐
	      imate  results,  therefore  it  is best if it is provided by the
	      user. To do so the resource

		 GV.screenSize:	 <width> x <height>

	      should be added to the "SCREEN_RESOURCES" property of the screen
	      the  document is viewed on, with <width> and <height> describing
	      the width and height of the root window in units of millimeters.
	      For instance by using the command

		 echo "GV.screenSize: 396 x 291" | xrdb -override -screen

	      a	 width	of  346 mm and a height of 291 mm will be used for the
	      "Natural size" scale base.  Alternatively the resource

		 GV.screenSize_<machine>_<disp>_<scr>:	<width> x <height>

	      may be added to a resource  file	read  by  gv.  Here  <machine>
	      ,<disp>  and  ANGLED)  describe the display on which gv displays
	      the  document.   For  instance,  if  the	display	 is   set   to
	      "tic.tac.toe.wo:0.1" the resource should be specified as

		 GV.screenSize_tic_0_1: 396 x 291

	      Note  that  this method doesn't work on VMS.  As a last alterna‐
	      tive the resource

		 GV.screenSize:	 <width> x <height>

	      may be added to one of the resource files. However, for  obvious
	      reasons this method should be used only on single user machines.

       Scrolling
	      It is probably a de facto standard for user interfaces that win‐
	      dows are supposed to be scrolled by means of scrollbars attached
	      to their sides.  However, for various reasons the use of scroll‐
	      bars has been minimized in gv.

	      Instead, in all windows with obscured  data,  scrolling  may  be
	      performed	 by pressing button1, moving the mouse, then releasing
	      button1 directly in the  window.	This  includes	the  displayed
	      page, zoom popups, the table of contents and the file and direc‐
	      tory lists displayed in the file selection popup.

       Displaying new versions of a document
	      During document creation it is usually desirable to always  dis‐
	      play the newest version of the document in work.

	      Instead  of  explicitly  loading it via the file selection popup
	      the most recent version can be displayed by pressing the "Redis‐
	      play"  button  in	 the  main  window  (VMS  users should use the
	      "Update File" entry in the "File" menu).	Choosing  the  "Redis‐
	      play"  entry  in	the  menu  that pops up when clicking with the
	      third mouse button anywhere on the displayed page certainly  has
	      the same effect.

	      More  comfortable	 is  the  "Watch  File"	 feature  which may be
	      switched on by selecting the corresponding entry in the  "State"
	      menu.  If	 activated  gv	will check every now and then if a new
	      version of the displayed file exists. If so it will be displayed
	      automatically.   By default the file is checked about once every
	      second.

	      Finally it may also be left to the document creating program  to
	      trigger  gv  to  update its display. To do so the program should
	      send the SIGHUP signal to gv.  For instance  at  the  end	 of  a
	      shell script generating a postscript file from latex sources the
	      line

		 kill -SIGHUP <gv_pid>

	      may be added (here <gv_pid> is the process id of gv).  Executing
	      the  script  and	thereby creating a new version of the document
	      will then also cause the result to be displayed instantaneously.
	      Please  note that this feature is available only on X11 R6 based
	      systems.

Availability
       The source code of the most recent version of gv may be	obtained  from
       the following sources:

       World Wide Web:
	      http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/

       Anonymous ftp:
	      ftp://thep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gv/

Authors
       Johannes Plass		  plass@thep.physik.uni-mainz.de
				  Department of Physics
				  Johannes Gutenberg University
				  Mainz, Germany

       gv is derived from GhostView 1.5, created by
		 Tim Theisen	  Systems Programmer
       Internet: tim@cs.wisc.edu  Department of Computer Sciences
	   UUCP: uwvax!tim	  University of Wisconsin-Madison
	  Phone: (608)262-0438	  1210 West Dayton Street
	    FAX: (608)262-9777	  Madison, WI	53706

Suggestions and bug reports
       Please  send  suggestions  or  bug  reports  to	plass@thep.physik.uni-
       mainz.de.

									 gv(1)
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