[lug] ghostview quirks

David dajo at frii.com
Tue Aug 7 16:56:43 MDT 2001


> I don't know if this is a quirk of gv (ghostview), or of the postscript
> documents I'm trying to read. I suspect it is part of the documents.
> What happens is that I can page down (forward), but there is no ability
> to backup. If I am on page 5, and have a table or text that is split
> between page 5 and 6, and want to page forward to 6, then back to 5, I
> must completely reload the document to see page 5 again...it is a
> one-way street. Does anyone happen to know if this is really a problem
> with the document, or a problem with gv? If it is part of the document,
> I'm tempted to look up where it misses the page back ability, and
> manually edit this in...I can't afford to print 300 pages, and sure
> don't want to reload the document each time I desire to look back a page
> or 2.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

I can use space and backspace to go forward and backward one page at a
time.  It is very easy.

dajo




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