---
name: "gnome-gv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-gv"
version: "1:2.8.2-3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnome-gv"
---

# gnome-gv(1)

the GNOME PostScript previewer

## NAME

gnome-gv - the GNOME PostScript previewer

## SYNOPSIS

**gnome-gv** \[*OPTION*\]... \[*FILE*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**gnome-gv** (aka **GGv**) is the Gnome PostScript viewer program.  The name comes from GhostView, a non-gnome GNU PostScript viewer application on which **GGv** is based.

**GGv** is a frontend for Ghostscript, an interpreter of PostScript that is able to properly render PostScript documents in a display or a printer. **GGv** serves as a layer that isolates the user from the cumbersome options and interface of Ghostscript, and, at the same time, gives extra features such as panning and persistent user settings.

The main features of **GGv** are its antialiasing (use the preferences dialog to turn it on and reload the document - your eyes will pop out of their sockets so be careful) and nice user interface, allowing e.g. dragging of PostScript files into **GGv**, moving the PostScript display by dragging the mouse in the pager window or the main window. **GGv** can display more than one document at the same time. Also, the transparent support for compressed PostScript is are handy.

## USAGE

One or more *FILE*s may be specified on the command-line.  **gnome-gv** will create a separate window for each document.  The file given should be in Postscript format.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`--'). A summary of the options supported by **gnome-gv** is included below.

### GNOME options

- **--disable-sound**

  Disable sound server usage

- **--enable-sound**

  Enable sound server usage

- **--espeaker=***HOSTNAME:PORT*

  Host:port on which the sound server to use is running

- **--version**

  Print version number and exit.

### Help options

- **\\-?, \\-\\-help**

  Show this help message

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message

### GTK options

**--gdk-debug=***FLAGS* Gdk debugging flags to set

- **--gdk-no-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gdk debugging flags to unset

- **--display= DISPLAY**

  X display to use

- **--sync**

  Make X calls synchronous

- **--no-xshm**

  Don't use X shared memory extension

- **--name=***NAME*

  Program name as used by the window manager

- **--class=***CLASS*

  Program class as used by the window manager

- **--gxid\_host=***HOST*

  - **--gxid\_port=***PORT*

  - **--xim-preedit=***STYLE*

  - **--xim-status=***STYLE*

  - **--gtk-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gtk+ debugging flags to set

- **--gtk-no-debug=***FLAGS*

  Gtk+ debugging flags to unset

- **--g-fatal-warnings**

  Make all warnings fatal

- **--gtk-module=***MODULE*

  Load an additional Gtk module

### GNOME GUI options

- **--disable-crash-dialog**

  ### Session management options

- **--sm-client-id=***ID*

  Specify session management ID

- **--sm-config-prefix=***PREFIX*

  Specify prefix of saved configuration

- **--sm-disable**

  Disable connection to session manager

### gnome-gv options

- **--geometry=***GEOMETRY*

  Specifies the geometry for the main window

- **--spartan**

  Do not use sidebar and toolbar (deprecated)

- **--nosidebar**

  Do not use sidebar

- **--nomenubar**

  Do not use a menu bar

- **--notoolbar**

  Do not use a tool bar

- **--fullscreen**

  Use the whole screen for the main window

## BUGS

If you are unable to load a PostScript file, check the beginning of the file (uncompressed if necessary).  The file might not be a PostScript one or it may have been created on a system that uses a different character for line ending than Unix (e.g. a Mac). The simplest solution for the latter is to make a small perl script that converts the file into the correct format.

## SEE ALSO

**[gv(1)](/gv/1.md)**

*http://www.gnome.org*

## AUTHOR

Jaka Mocnik \<jaka.mocnik@kiss.uni-lj.si\>\
 Daniel M. Germán \<dmg@csg.uwaterloo.ca\>

This man-page was written by Jan Schaumann \<jschauma@netmeister.org\> as part of "The Missing Man Pages Project".  Please see *http://www.netmeister.org/misc/m2p2/index.html* for details.