NAME¶

papers - GNOME document viewer

The Papers Document Viewer application for the GNOME desktop environment

SYNTAX¶

papers [--help] [--page-label=PAGE | --page-index=NUMBER | --named-dest=DEST] [--fullscreen] [--presentation] [--preview] [--find=STRING] [filename(s)...]

DESCRIPTION¶

papers

Papers is a document viewer capable of displaying multiple and single page document formats like PDF and Postscript. For more general information about Papers please visit our website at http://www.gnome.org/projects/papers/

OPTIONS¶

-?, -h, --help

Prints the command line options.

-p, --page-label=PAGE

Open the document on the page with the specified page label (or page number).

-i, --page-index=NUMBER

Open the document on the page with the specified page index (this is the exact page number, not a page label).

-n, --named-dest=DEST

Open the document on the specified named destination.

-f, --fullscreen

Run papers in fullscreen mode.

-s, --presentation

Run papers in presentation mode.

-l, --find=string

You can pass a word or phrase here. If it exists, papers will display the document and the first match.

filename(s)...

Specifies the file to open when Papers starts. If this is not specified, Papers will open a blank window. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated by spaces. Papers also supports handling of remote files. For example, you can pass the location on the web or load a file from a FTP server, like "ftp://adobe.com/sample.pdf".

Print preview options¶

These options are primarily intended for use with the GTK+ print preview function. For more information about these options see http://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkSettings.html#GtkSettings--gtk-print-preview-command

-w, --preview

Run papers as a previewer.

--unlink-temp-file

If papers is run in preview mode, this will unlink the temporary file created by GTK+.

--print-settings %s %f

This sends the full path of the PDF file, f, and the settings of the print dialog, s, to papers.

BUGS¶

If you find a bug, please report it at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/Incubator/papers/issues.