MGV(1) MGV(1)
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NAME
mgv - Motif interface for ghostscript, version 3.1.5.
SYNOPSIS
mgv [--help] [--version] [-?] [-H] [-[no]aliaseps] [-[no]antialias] [-
[no]autoheight] [-[no]autowidth] [-[no]center] [-[no]confirmexit] [-
[no]copystdin] [-[no]editres] [-[no]flatten] [-[no]install] [-
[no]killkids] [-[no]labels] [-[no]log] [-[no]magicscroll] [-
[no]menubar] [-[no]pagelist] [-[no]pgnums] [-[no]quiet] [-[no]safer]
[-[no]smartsizing] [-[no]smooth] [-[no]splash] [-[no]status] [-
[no]toolbar] [-[no]tooltips] [-arguments args] [-browser htmlbrowser]
[-bunzip cmd] [-bzip cmd] [-color] [-coloricon] [-colorsplash] [-
colortoolbar] [-compress cmd] [-decompress cmd] [-depth n] [-dpi n] [-
grayscale] [-greyscale] [-gslocale locale] [-gunzip cmd] [-help] [-
helptype type] [-installicon] [-interpreter interp] [-landscape] [-
longhelp] [-magicresistance n] [-magstep m] [-media media] [-
monochrome] [-monoicon] [-monosplash] [-monotoolbar] [-nocoloricon] [-
noicon] [-paper media] [-portrait] [-prefix pfx] [-printcommand cmd]
[-resetboth] [-resethor] [-resetnone] [-resetver] [-resolution n] [-
reticulefg color] [-reticulewidth n] [-scrollpercent percentage] [-
seascape] [-smoothness n] [-splashxbm filename] [-splashxpm filename]
[-temp dir] [-upsidedown] [-version] [-visual visualClass] [-visualid
visualID] [-wmheight height] [-wmwidth width] [-xdpi n] [-ypdi n] [-
zoomfg color] [-zoomwidth n] [toolkit options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
This man page is intended as a quick reference for the command line
switches; the real documentation is available as mgv.html in
/opt/mgv/share/mgv/3.1.5/help/help. PostScript versions of the manual
may also be available in /opt/mgv/share/mgv/3.1.5/help/help.
OPTIONS
-aliaseps, -noaliaseps
Anti-aliasing graphic images will often make the images look
worse and increase the rendering time significantly; hence, these
switches are offered to give you finer control over when anti-
aliasing is used. These switches set the antialiasEPS
application resource.
-antialias, -noantialias
Enable or disable anti-aliasing within Ghostscript; by default,
anti-aliasing is enabled. If anti-aliasing is enable, then the
x11alpha device is used and Ghostscript will be run with the
-dNOPLATFONTS switch; if anti-aliasing is disabled, then the x11
device will be used. This switch sets the antialias resource for
Ghostview widgets.
-arguments args
Specify additional arguments for Ghostscript; this switch sets
the arguments resource.
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-autoheight, -noautoheight
Attempt to make the main window tall enough to accommodate a
whole page. This switch sets the autoHeight resource.
-autowidth, -noautowidth
Attempt to make the main window wide enough to accommodate a
whole page. This switch sets the autoWidth resource.
-browser htmlbrowser
Specify the HTML browser to use for the on-line help; this switch
sets the helpBrowser resource.
-bzip cmd, -bunzip cmd
Specify the command to compress or decompress bzip2ed files; the
commands should read from the standard input and write to the
standard output. These switches set the bzip and bunzip
resources.
-center, -nocenter
Enable or disable automatic page centering. This switch sets the
center resource.
-color, -grayscale, -greyscale, -monochrome
Force color/grayscale/monochrome display; these switches do not
have anything to do with the visual, depth, or colormap that mgv
uses, you will want to use the -visual, -visualid, -depth, and
-privatecm switches for that. These switches set the palette
resource.
-coloricon, -monoicon, -nocoloricon
Use or don't use a color icon (if available). These switches set
the wlUseColorIcon resource.
-colortoolbar, -monotoolbar
Use color or monochrome icons in the tool bar. These switches
set the useColorIcons resource.
-compress cmd, -decompress cmd
Specify the command to compress or decompress compressed files;
the commands should read from the standard input and write to the
standard output. These switches set the compress and decompress
resources.
-confirmexit, -noconfirmexit
Require or don't require user confirmation when attempting to
exit the application with more than one top level viewing window.
These switches set the confirmExit resource.
-copystdin, -nocopystdin
Copy or don't copy files from the standard input to a temporary
file. These switches set the copyStdin resource.
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-depth n
Specify a non-default color depth. This switch sets the wlDepth
resource.
-dpi n, -resolution n
Specify the overall resolution; these switches set the Resolution
resource.
-editres, -noeditres
Install or don't install support for editres. This switch sets
the wlUseEditRes resource.
-flatten, -noflatten
Flatten or don't flatten the tool bar buttons. These switches
set the flattenButtons resource.
-gslocale locale
Force the GHOSTVIEW window property to be written according to
locale. This switch sets the gsLocale resource.
-gunzip cmd
Specify the command to compress or decompress gzipped files; the
commands should read from the standard input and write to the
standard output. These switches set the gzip and gunzip
resources.
-help, --help, -H, -?
Display a short summary of the available command line switches.
-helptype type
Specify the help type for on-line help. This switch sets the
helpType resource to type.
-install, -noinstall, -privatecm, -noprivatecm
Install or don't install a private colormap. Non-default visual
and/or depth settings may cause this switch to be ignored. This
switch sets the wlUsePrivateColormap resource.
-installicon, -noicon
Install or don't install an icon when the application starts up.
These switches set the wlInstallIcon resource.
-interpreter interp
Use interp as the PostScript interpreter. This switch is useful
if you want to use an interpreter that is not in your PATH or is
not the first gs is your PATH. This switch sets the interpreter
resource.
-killkids, -nokillkids
Kill or don't kill child processes when mgv exits; this switch
sets the killChildrenAtExit resource.
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-labels, -nolabels
Show or don't show the page labels in the page list; this switch
sets the showLabels resource.
-log, -nolog
Show or hide the Ghostscript log on start-up; this switch sets
the hideLog resource.
-longhelp
Display a summary, with explanations, of the available command
line switches.
-magicresistance n
Specify the number of attempts to scroll beyond the page
boundaries before magical scrolling takes effect; this switch
sets the magicResistance resource.
-magicscroll, -nomagicscroll
Allow or disallow magical scrolling; this switch sets the
magicScrolling resource.
-magstep m
Set the initial magstep to m; this switch sets the magstep
resource.
-media media, -paper media
Specify the default page media; this switch sets the
defaultPageMedia resource.
-menubar, -nomenubar
Show or hide the menu bar at start up; this switch sets the
hideMenuBar resource.
-monosplash, -colorsplash
Use the monochrome or the color splash screen. These switches
set the wlUseMonoSplash resource.
-pagelist, -nopagelist
Show or hide the page list at start up; this switch sets the
hidePageList resource.
-pgnums, -nopgnums
Show or don't show the page numbers in the page list; this
resource sets the showPageNumbers resource.
-portrait, -landscape, -seascape, -upsidedown
Specify the initial page orientation.
-prefix pfx
Specify the location of the files for the on-line help; this
switch sets the helpPrefix resource.
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-printcommand cmd
Use cmd as the default printer command; this switch sets the
printCommand resource.
-quiet, -noquiet
Use or don't use -dQUIET with Ghostscript; this switch sets the
quiet resource. The -dQUIET switch tells Ghostscript to
suppresses the normal startup messages.
-resetboth
Reset both the horizontal and vertical scrollbars when you move
to a new page. This switch sets the resetScrollBars resource to
both.
-resethor
Reset the horizontal scrollbar when you move to a new page. This
switch sets the resetScrollBars resource to horizontal.
-resetnone
Don't reset either scrollbar when you move to a new page. This
switch sets the resetScrollBars resource to none.
-resetver
Reset the vertical scrollbar when you move to a new page. This
switch sets the resetScrollBars resource to vertical.
-safer, -nosafer
Use or don't use -dSAFER with Ghostscript; this switch sets the
safer resource. When run with the -dSAFER switch, Ghostscript
disables the deletefile and renamefile operators and can only
open files with read-only access.
-scrollpercent percentage
Scroll the screen by percentage of the window size when scrolling
with the keyboard. This switch sets the scrollPercentage
resource.
-smartsizing, -nosmartsizing
Enable or disable smart sizing. This switch sets the smartSizing
resource.
-smooth, -nosmooth
Enable or disable smooth scrolling. This switch sets the
smoothScrolling resource.
-smoothness n
Specify how smooth smooth scrolling should be. This switch sets
the smoothness resource to n.
-splash, -nosplash
Show or don't show the splash screen.
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-splashxbm filename
Specify the splash screen XBM file. This switch sets the
wlSplashBitmap resource.
-splashxpm filename
Specify the splash screen XPM file. This switch sets the
wlSplashPixmap resource.
-status, -nostatus
Show or hide the status line at start up; this switch sets the
hideStatusLine resource.
-temp dir
Specify the temporary directory; this switch sets the tempDir
resource.
-toolbar, -notoolbar
Show or hide the tool bar at start up; this switch sets the
hideToolBar resource.
-tooltips, -notooltips
Show or don't show tool tips for the tool bar buttons. These
switches set the showToolTips resource.
-version, --version
Display lots of version and build information about mgv. The
displayed information is the same as that in the Build Options
Dialog.
-visual visualClass
Specify a non-default visual. This switch sets the wlVisualClass
resource.
-visualid visualID
Specify a non-default visual by visual id (see xdpyinfo for a
list of visual ids). This switch sets the wlVisualID resource.
-wmwidth width, -wmheight height
Set the total width or height of the window manager decorations.
These switches set the wmWidth and wmHeight resources.
-xdpi n, -ypdi n
Specify the horizontal and vertical resolutions; these switches
set the xdpi and ydpi resources.
-zoomfg color, -reticulefg color
Specify the zoom reticule color; these switches set the
reticuleForeground resource.
-zoomwidth n, -reticulewidth n
Specify the zoom reticule width; these switches set the
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reticuleLineWidth resource.
file The PostScript file to display.
SEE ALSO
gs(1).
BUGS
Bug reports should be sent to Eric A. Howe (mu@trends.net).
AUTHOR(S)
Eric A. Howe (mu@trends.net) and Matthew D. Francey. Eric A. Howe
(mu@trends.net) is the maintainer. Based on Ghostview 1.5 by Tim
Theisen (tim@cs.wisc.edu) with some ideas from Ghostview-VMS 2.3 by
Johannes Plass (plass@dipmza.physik.uni-mainz.de).
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