[lug] ghostview quirks

[D. Stimits]

David wrote:
> 
> > 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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I did some investigating, it turns out that the documents which won't go
backwards, and which won't show a page number, don't have the actual
page number code. So without modifying the files by manually writing in
the page numbers, they won't go backwards (nor can I print just one
page).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com