fbgs - Poor man's PostScript/pdf viewer for the linux framebuffer console.
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Copyright
Copyright (c) 1999-2012 Gerd Hoffmann <gerd@kraxel.org>
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FBGS 2.09 (c) 1999-2012 Gerd Hoffmann FBGS(1)
Description
Fbgs is a simple wrapper script which takes a PostScript (PS) or PortableDocumentFormat (PDF) file as
input, renders the pages using gs(1) - GhostScript - into a temporary directory and finally calls fbi(1)
to display them.
Name
fbgs - Poor man's PostScript/pdf viewer for the linux framebuffer console.
Options
Fbgs understands all fbi(1) options (they are passed through), except: store, list, text, (no)comments,
e, (no)edit, (no)backup, (no)preserve, (no)readahead, cachemem, blend.
Additionally you can specify:
-h,--help
Print usage info (overwrites fbi option).
-b,--bell
Emit a beep when the document is ready.
-c,--color
To render the pages in color (default is N&B).
-l To get the pages rendered with 100 dpi (default is 75).
-xl To get the pages rendered with 120 dpi.
-xxl To get the pages rendered with 150 dpi.
-rn,--resolutionn
To get the pages rendered with n dpi (overwrites fbi option).
-fpnumber,--firstpagenumber
Begins interpreting on the designated page of the document.
-lpnumber,--lastpagenumber
Stops interpreting after the designated page of the document.
-ppassword,--passwordpassword
You can use this option if your PDF file requires a password.
See Also
fbi(1), gs(1)
Synopsis
fbgs [-l|-xl|-xxl|-rn] [-c] [-b] [-ppassword] [--fpnumber] [--lpnumber] [fbioptions] file
