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xfig-pdf-viewer

XFIG-PDF-VIEWER(1)						Debian Users Manual						XFIG-PDF-VIEWER(1)

NAME

       xfig-pdf-viewer - view a PDF document using a PDF browser under X11

SYNOPSIS

       xfig-pdf-viewer file.pdf

DESCRIPTION

       xfig-pdf-viewer is a little shell script, which tries to find out which PDF viewers you have installed on your system and then starts them.
       xfig-pdf-viewer tries the following PDF viewers with descending priority:

       -  xpdf(1)

       -  kpdf(1)

       -  evince(1)

       -  acroread(1)

       -  gpdf(1)

       -  gv(1)

       -  gnome-gv(1)

       -  kghostview(1)

       -  ghostview(1)

       If the environment variable PDFVIEWER is set, this is used with highest priority.

ENVIRONMENT

       PDFVIEWER
	      you can define your favorite browser with this variable, it overrides the priority of the above mentioned viewers.

AUTHOR

       Roland Rosenfeld <roland@spinnaker.de>

SEE ALSO

       xpdf(1), kpdf(1), evince(1), acroread(1), gpdf(1), gv(1), gnome-gv(1), kghostview(1), ghostview(1)

Debian Project							     JULY 2006							XFIG-PDF-VIEWER(1)