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evince - GNOME document viewer
SYNOPSIS
evince [--fullscreen] [--page-label=label] [--presentation] [--preview] [-gnome-std-options] [filename...]
DESCRIPTION
evince is a document viewer capable of displaying multiple and single page document formats like PDF and Postscript.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--fullscreen Run evince in fullscreen mode.
--page-label=label Specify the page label or page number. This page will be selected in the document if it exists.
--presentation Run evince in presentation mode.
--preview Run evince as a previewer.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
filename The name of the file to be viewed.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching evince:
example% evince
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/evince
Executable for evince
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/evince
Evince Programmer's Reference Manual
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-pdf-viewer |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/
NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.
SunOS 5.11 13 Nov 2007 evince(1)
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evince - GNOME document viewer
The Evince Document Viewer application for the GNOME desktop environment
SYNTAX
evince [--help] [--page-label=PAGE | --page-index=NUMBER | --named-dest=DEST] [--fullscreen] [--presentation] [--preview] [--find=STRING]
[filename(s)...]
DESCRIPTION
evince
Evince is a document viewer capable of displaying multiple and single page document formats like PDF and Postscript. For more general
information about Evince please visit our website at http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/
OPTIONS
-?, -h, --help
Prints the command line options.
-p, --page-label=PAGE
Open the document on the page with the specified page label (or page number).
-i, --page-index=NUMBER
Open the document on the page with the specified page index (this is the exact page number, not a page label).
-n, --named-dest=DEST
Open the document on the specified named destination.
-f, --fullscreen
Run evince in fullscreen mode.
-s, --presentation
Run evince in presentation mode.
-l, --find=string
You can pass a word or phrase here. If it exists, evince will display the document and the first match.
filename(s)...
Specifies the file to open when Evince starts. If this is not specified, Evince will open a blank window. Multiple files can be
loaded if they are separated by spaces. Evince also supports handling of remote files. For example, you can pass the location on
the web or load a file from a FTP server, like "ftp://adobe.com/sample.pdf".
Print preview options
These options are primarily intended for use with the GTK+ print preview function. For more information about these options see
http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkSettings.html#GtkSettings--gtk-print-preview-command
-w, --preview
Run evince as a previewer.
--unlink-temp-file
If evince is run in preview mode, this will unlink the temporary file created by GTK+.
--print-settings %s %f
This sends the full path of the PDF file, f, and the settings of the print dialog, s, to evince.
BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=evince.
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