XREADER

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 8 February 2016
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NAME

Xreader - A Document Viewer

SYNTAX

xreader [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]

DESCRIPTION

Xreader is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI, XPS and Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

When supported by the document, it also allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation, and table-of-contents bookmarks.
This manual page briefly documents the xreader command.

OPTIONS

filename(s)...: Specifies the file to open when xreader starts. If this is not specified, xreader will start with a blank window and you may open a file from the menu or by using the shortcut CTRL+O. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated by spaces. xreader also supports handling of remote files.
-p, --page-label=PAGE: Here you can specify a page label, this page will be selected in the document if it exists.
-i, --page-index=NUMBER: Here you can specify a page number, this page will be selected in the document if it exists.
-f, --fullscreen: Start xreader in fullscreen mode. You must specify a document to start in fullscreen mode.
-s, --presentation: Start xreader in presentation mode. You must specify a document to start in presentation mode.
-w, --preview: Start xreader in preview mode. You must specify a document to start in preview mode.
--display=DISPLAY: X display to use.
--version: Output version information and exit.
-?, -h, --help: Print standard command line options.
--help-all: Print all command line options.

This program also accepts the standard GTK options.

EXAMPLES

xreader --preview ~/Desktop/stuff.ps

: Open stuff.ps from the current users desktop, in preview mode.

xreader -i 2 -s ./document.pdf

: Open document.pdf from the current working directory, on page 2 in presentation mode.

BUGS

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/linuxmint/xreader/issues