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ATRIL(1) General Commands Manual ATRIL(1)

NAME

Atril - The MATE Document Viewer

SYNTAX

atril [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]

DESCRIPTION

Atril is the official Document Viewer of the MATE Desktop Environment, it 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 atril command.

OPTIONS

filename(s)...
Specifies the file to open when atril starts. If this is not specified, atril 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. atril 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 atril in fullscreen mode. You must specify a document to start in fullscreen mode.
-s, --presentation
Start atril in presentation mode. You must specify a document to start in presentation mode.
-w, --preview
Start atril 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

atril --preview ~/Desktop/stuff.ps
Open stuff.ps from the current users desktop, in preview mode.

atril -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/mate-desktop/atril/issues

AUTHORS

This Man Page has been written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

SEE ALSO

Atril documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1 key.

Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs
30 January 2014 MATE Desktop Environment