--- name: "gxditview" section: "1x" platform: "linux" package: "groff" version: "1.18.1.1-7" release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/gxditview/1x" --- # gxditview(1x) display gtroff output files ## NAME gxditview - display gtroff output files ## SYNOPSIS **gxditview** \[**-***toolkitoption* ...\] \[**-***option* ...\] \[*filename*\] ## DESCRIPTION The *gxditview* program displays gtroff output on an X display. It uses the standard X11 fonts, so it does not require access to the server machine for font loading. If *filename* is **-**, *gxditview* will read the standard input. The left mouse button brings up a menu with the following entries: - **Next Page** Display the next page. - **Previous Page** Display the previous page. - **Select Page** Select a particular numbered page specified by a dialog box. - **Print** Print the gtroff output using a command specified by a dialog box. The default command initially displayed is controlled by the **printCommand** application resource, and by the **-printCommand** option. - **Open** Open for display a new file specified by a dialog box. The file should contain gtroff output. If the filename starts with **\|** it will be taken to be a command to read from. - **Quit** Exit from *gxditview*. The **n**, Space and Return keys are bound to the **Next Page** action. The **p**, BackSpace and Delete keys are bound to the **Previous Page** action. The **q** key is bound to the **Quit** action. The **r** key is bound to the **Rerasterize** action which rereads the current file, and redisplays the current page; if the current file is a command, the command will be reexecuted. The **paperlength** and **paperwidth** commands in the DESC file specify the length and width in machine units of the virtual page displayed by *gxditview*. ## OPTIONS *Gxditview* accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below: - **-help** This option indicates that a brief summary of the allowed options should be printed. - **-page** This option specifies the page number of the document to be displayed. - **-backingStore** *backing-store-type* Redisplay of the gtroff output window can take upto a second or so, this option causes the server to save the window contents so that when it is scrolled around the viewport, the window is painted from contents saved in backing store. *backing-store-type* can be one of **Always**, **WhenMapped** or **NotUseful**. - **-printCommand** *command* The default command displayed in the dialog box for the **Print** menu entry will be *command*. - **-resolution** *res* The gtroff output file will be displayed at a resolution of *res* dpi, unless the DESC file contains the **X11** command, in which case the device resolution will be used. This corresponds the *Dvi* widget's **resolution** resource. The default is 75. - **-filename** *string* The default filename displayed in the dialog box for the **Open** menu entry will be *string*. This can be either a filename, or a command starting with **\|**. The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with *gxditview*: - **-bg** *color* This option specifies the color to use for the background of the window. The default is *white*. - **-bd** *color* This option specifies the color to use for the border of the window. The default is *black*. - **-bw** *number* This option specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the window. - **-fg** *color* This option specifies the color to use for displaying text. The default is *black*. - **-fn** *font* This option specifies the font to be used for displaying widget text. The default is *fixed*. - **-rv** This option indicates that reverse video should be simulated by swapping the foreground and background colors. - **-geometry** *geometry* This option specifies the preferred size and position of the window. - **-display** *host***:***display* This option specifies the X server to contact. - **-xrm** *resourcestring* This option specifies a resource string to be used. ## X DEFAULTS This program uses the *Dvi* widget in the X Toolkit. It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as: - **width** (class **Width**) Specifies the width of the window. - **height** (class **Height**) Specifies the height of the window. - **foreground** (class **Foreground**) Specifies the default foreground color. - **font** (class **Font**) Specifies the font to be used for error messages. - **fontMap** (class **FontMap**) Specifies the mapping from groff font names to X font names. This must be a string containing a sequence of lines. Each line contains two whitespace separated fields: first the groff font name, and secondly the X font name. The default is ``` "\ TR -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ TI -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ TB -adobe-times-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ TBI -adobe-times-bold-i-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ CR -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ CI -adobe-courier-medium-o-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ CB -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ CBI -adobe-courier-bold-o-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ HR -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ HI -adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ HB -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ HBI -adobe-helvetica-bold-o-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ NR -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ NI -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-i-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ NB -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ NBI -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\n\ S -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-adobe-fontspecific\n\ SS -adobe-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-adobe-fontspecific\n\ " ``` ## SEE ALSO *X*(1), [*xrdb*(1)](/xrdb/1.md), *gtroff*(1), [*groff*(1)](/groff/1.md) ## ORIGIN This program is derived from xditview; portions of xditview originated in xtroff which was derived from suntroff. ## COPYRIGHT Copyright 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\ See *X*(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions. ## AUTHORS Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)\ Richard L. Hyde (Purdue)\ David Slattengren (Berkeley)\ Malcolm Slaney (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)\ Mark Moraes (University of Toronto)\ James Clark