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 Por-
table 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-con-
tents 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-desk-
top.org/docs
MATE Desktop Environment 30 January 2014 ATRIL(1)
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