---
name: "kviewshell"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kviewshell"
version: "4:3.5.9-3+lenny3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kviewshell"
---

# kviewshell(1)

Generic framework for viewer applications

## NAME

kviewshell - Generic framework for viewer applications

## SYNOPSIS

**kviewshell** \[*Qt-options*\] \[*KDE-options*\] *part file(s)*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **kviewshell** KDE Application. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

Generic framework for viewer applications.

This program is part of the official KDE graphics module.

### Generic options:

- **--help**

  Show help about options

- **--help-qt**

  Show Qt specific options

- **--help-kde**

  Show KDE specific options

- **--help-all**

  Show all options

- **--author**

  Show author information

- **-v**, **--version**

  Show version information

- **--license**

  Show license information

- **--**

  End of options

### Arguments:

- part

  The part to use

## OPTIONS

- **--unique**

  Check if the file is loaded in another kviewshell. If it is, bring up the other kviewshell. Otherwise, load the file.

- **--paper**

  Sets paper size (not implemented at the moment, only for compatibility with lyx)

- file(s)

  Files to load

## AUTHOR

KViewShell was written by Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel \<mhk@caldera.de\>, David Sweet \<dsweet@kde.org\>, Mark Donohoe, Markku Hihnala, David Faure, Daniel Duley, Espen Sand, and Stefan Kebekus \<kebekus@kde.org\>.\
 Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.\
 This manual page was prepared by Karolina Lindqvist \<pgd-karolinali@algonet.se\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).