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NAME
page - view FAX, image, graphic, PostScript, PDF, and
typesetter output files
SYNOPSIS
page [ -iRw ] [ -p ppi ] [ -j addr ] [ file... ]
DESCRIPTION
Page is a general purpose document viewer. It can be used
to display the individual pages of a PostScript, PDF, or
troff(1) device independent output file. Troff output is
simply converted to PostScript in order to be viewed. It
can also be used to view any number of graphics files (such
as a FAX page, a Plan 9 image(6) file, an Inferno bitmap
file, or other common format). Page displays these in
sequence. In the absence of named files, page reads one
from standard input.
By default, page runs in the window in which it is started
and leaves the window unchanged. The -R option causes page
to grow the window if necessary to display the page being
viewed. The -w option causes page to create a new window
for itself. The newly created window will grow as under the
-R option.
The -p option sets the resolution for PostScript and PDF
files, in pixels per inch. The default is 100 ppi.
When viewing images with page, it listens to the image
plumbing channel (see plumber(4)) for more images to dis-
play. The -i option causes page to not load any graphics
files nor to read from standard input but rather to listen
for ones to load from the plumbing channel.
The -j option with a page address addr jumps to the speci-
fied page on startup.
Pressing and holding button 1 permits panning about the
page.
Button 2 raises a menu of operations on the current image or
the entire set. The image transformations are non-
destructive and are valid only for the currently displayed
image. They are lost as soon as another image is displayed.
The button 2 menu operations are:
Orig size
Restores the image to the original. All modifica-
tions are lost.
Zoom controls magnification.
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Fit Resizes the image so that it fits in the current
window.
Rotate 90
Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise
Upside down
Toggles whether images are displayed upside-down.
Next Displays the next page.
Prev Displays the previous page.
Snarf Writes the current page address to the snarf buffer.
Zerox Displays the current image in a new page window.
Useful for selecting important pages from large doc-
uments.
Write Asks for a filename and writes the current image as
Plan 9 bitmap.
Ext Shows the current image using external jpg(1) pro-
gram in a separate window. This is mostly useful for
animated gifs.
Button 3 raises a menu of the pages to be selected for view-
ing in any order.
Typing a q or control-D exits the program.
To go to a specific page, one can type its number followed
by enter. Typing left arrow or backspace displays the pre-
vious page. Typing right arrow, space, or enter displays
the next page. The up and down arrow pan up and down one
half screen height, changing pages when panning off the top
or bottom of the page.
Page calls gs(1) to draw each page of PostScript and PDF
files. It also calls a variety of conversion programs, such
as those described in jpg(1), to convert the various raster
graphics formats into Inferno bitmap files. Pages are con-
verted ``on the fly,'' as needed.
EXAMPLES
page /sys/src/cmd/gs/examples/tiger.eps
Display a color PostScript file.
page /usr/inferno/icons/*.bit
Browse the Inferno bitmap library.
page -j /sys/doc/troff.ps!7 /sys/doc/troff.ps
Jump to page 7 in the troff manual.
man -t page | page -w
Preview this manual in a new window.
SEE ALSO
gs(1), jpg(1), troff(1)
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SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/page.c
BUGS
The interface to the plumber is experimental.
HISTORY
Page first appeared in Plan 9 from Bell Labs. It was rewrit-
ten from scratch for 9front (September, 2011).
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