---
name: "spawg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spawg"
version: "1.3.2-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spawg"
---

# spawg(1)

a simple previewer

## NAME

spawg - a simple previewer

## SYNOPSIS

**spawg** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*FILE\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*spawg* is a simple viewer for DVI files generated  by TeX typesetting systems. It uses *DVIlib* as an intenal DVI bytecode interpreter and *VFlib* as an intenal font module.

## OPTIONS

*spawg* accepts the following options. (For more detail, invoke *spawg* with --help option.)

- **--help**

  Print a list of command line options.

- **-v VFLIBCAP**

  Set a vflibcap file for font module *VFlib*.

- **-a4, -a5, -b4, -b5, -letter, -us, ....**

  Select paper size.

- **-l**

  Select landscape mode.

- **-p N**

  Initial page number to display.

- **-fg COLOR**

  Set foreground color.

- **-bg COLOR**

  Set background color.

## SEE ALSO

**vflib**(1), **dvilib**(1)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright ©  2007 Hirotsugu Kakugawa