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Ghostview X Resources
As with most applications that use X, Ghostview has a set of X resources it can use. The X resources are not the same as those used by Ghostscript. Table 24.3 lists the X resources recognized by Ghostview.
| Resource Name | Class of Resource | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| showTitle - displays the title | Labels | true |
| showDate - displays the date | Labels | true |
| showLocator - displays the locator | Labels | true |
| autoCenter - centers the page in the | AutoCenter | true |
| viewport whenever the page size changes | ||
| horizontalMargin - how many pixels | Margin | 20 |
| should be reserved for horizontal | ||
| window decorations | ||
| verticalMargin - how many pixels | Margin | 44 |
| should be reserved for vertical | ||
| window decorations | ||
| minimumMagstep - the smallest magstep to display | Magstep | -5 |
| maximumMagstep - the largest magstep to | Magstep | 5 |
| display | ||
| magstep - the default magstep | Magstep | 0 |
| orientation - the default orientation | Orientation | Portrait |
| page - the initial page to display | Page | |
| pageMedia - the default page media | PageMedia | Letter |
| forceOrientation -forces the orientation | Force | false |
| forcePageMedia - forces the page media | Force | false |
| swapLandscape - swaps the meaning of | SwapLand | false |
| Landscaple and Seascape | scape | |
| printCommand - the command used for | PrintCommand | |
| printing | ||
| printerVariable - the name of the | Printer | PRINTER |
| printer environment variable | Variable | |
| busyCursor - the cursor shown when | Cursor | |
| drawing to the window | ||
| cursor - the cursor shown when idle | Cursor | cross hair |
| safer - whether to run in safer mode | Safer | true |
In this chapter we’ve looked at the Ghostview and Ghostscript utilities, two very handy related programs for working with PostScript-format files. It is useful to be able to browse through a file quickly using Ghostview instead of having to print it, so Ghostview has become one of the most-used utilities on many UNIX systems (including Linux). From here, take a look at a number of chapters that are related.
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