GV(1)

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.