GXDITVIEW
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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.
SEE ALSO
X(1),
xrdb(1),
gtroff(1),
groff(1)
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)
Malcom Slaney (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)
Mark Moraes (University of Toronto)
James Clark
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- X DEFAULTS
-
- SEE ALSO
-
- ORIGIN
-
- COPYRIGHT
-
- AUTHORS
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