The GGv Preferences Dialog

The GGv Preferences Dialog is found by going to the menu item Settings->Preferences. This dialog consists of several notebook pages of preferences.

The Document Settings Page

These preferences relate to the display of the given document.

Default Zoom

This is the zoom that is used when opening documents.

Coordinate units

This is the units used whenever coordinates are displayed.

Fallback page size

This is the size of paper to use if the document file doesn't specify it. This is usually a standard paper size such as A4 or Letter.

Override document size

Check this to use the Fallback page size even if the document specifies it's own page size.

Fallback media orientation

This is how the document will be rotated if the document file doesn't specify it.

Antialiasing

Check this to have antialiased documents. Antialiasing is a technique to smooth fonts on computer screens.

Respect EOF Comments

This is a technical feature, so you can leave it at it's default setting. What it does is force the document to end when it receives an EOF Comment. PostScript documents are supposed to end when they receive an EOF Comment, but some PostScript files are broken, in that they have these scattered throughout the document. Not respecting these comments will help to render such files properly.

Watch file

Check this to automatically reload and redisplay the document it the file changes.

Outline last visible part when scrolling

When you scroll the document, this will cause the part of the document that was visible before scrolling to be outlined. Check to enable this feature.

The Layout Settings Page

The Layout page lets you choose what the GGv application looks like when it starts up.

Show side panel by default

Check this to show the sidebar when GGv starts.

Show menubar by default

Check this to show the menubar when GGv starts.

Show toolbar by default

Check this to show the toolbar when GGv starts.

Save geometry

Check this to make the GGv application start at whatever size it was when it last closed.

Jump to beginning of page when using keyboard

When you scroll past the end of a page using the space and cursor keys, you go to the next page. If this option is checked, the document view will be positioned on the upper-left corner of the document. If it is not checked, the document view will be positioned at the lower-right corner of the document.

The Ghostscript Settings Page

This screen contains advanced options. These options modify how GGv interacts with Ghostscript to display the documents.

Interpreter

This is the command line that is used to start the Ghostscript PostScript interpreter.

Antialiasing

Ghostscript parameters for antialiased rendering.

Scan PDF

This is the full command line to get Ghostscript to interpret PDFs. Use %s is used as the file name of the PDF document.

Gzip

This is the command line to decompress a gzipped file from standard input and send the results to standard output.

Bzip2

This is the command line to decompress a bzipped version 2 file from standard input and send the results to standard output.

The Printing Settings Page

This screen contains options related to printing the files viewed.

Print command

This is the complete command used to print a file, using %s instead of the file name.