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Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince

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On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 02:06 Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 05:12:28PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
>
> > I have used Evince as my PDF viewer and printer program for many
> > years. It still works, but it has been spitting out error messages for
> > a very long time. to wit:
> >
> >     (evince:81435): EvinceView-CRITICAL **: 16:44:57.520: \
> >             ev_pixbuf_cache_set_selection_list: \
> >             assertion 'EV_IS_PIXBUF_CACHE (pixbuf_cache)' failed
> >
> > The help option doesn't shed any light to me, but it does reference
> > the website. However, every time I've tried the site throws an error.
> > That also has been happening for a LONG time.
> >
> > I would like to use another program which is similar but has good
> > documentation. I don't need a heavy duty program like LibreOffice,
> > Just something for viewing and printing.
> >
> > A bonus would be one with documented CLI use with CUPS printers.
> >
> > Thanks for any recommendations.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > -Tom
> >
>
> I use xpdf, which is extremely simple and will allow printing. Don't think
> it has a CLI interface. However, I would imagine that simply feeding a PDF
> to the printer should work for printing. I could be wrong, though.


When I mean CLI i want a means to **reliably** control settings for my CUPS
printer.

When I manually print via Evince It seems to sometimes change important
settings like page scaling and orientation. And, if it wasn't obvious, the
long-time lack of documentation for Evince is a major pain point.

Thanks, Paul.

-Tom

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Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 00:20 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2023-12-05 01:30 +0100
    Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-05 06:50 +0100
    Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-05 08:20 +0100
    Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 12:40 +0100
      Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 18:10 +0100
        Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 18:50 +0100
        Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2023-12-05 23:10 +0100
          Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-06 06:20 +0100
            Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince yxcv@vienna.at - 2023-12-06 10:10 +0100
            Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-06 13:40 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince "Gareth Evans" <donotspam@fastmail.fm> - 2023-12-05 03:30 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 06:30 +0100
    Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 19:10 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-12-05 08:20 +0100
    Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 12:40 +0100
      Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2023-12-05 14:30 +0100
        Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Bert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2023-12-07 05:30 +0100
    Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Charles Kroeger <mbone@gmx.co.uk> - 2023-12-08 14:10 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince yxcv@vienna.at - 2023-12-05 08:30 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Klaus Singvogel <deb-user-ml@singvogel.net> - 2023-12-05 09:30 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince marathon <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 12:20 +0100
  Re: Recommended simple PDF viewer to replace Evince Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 13:10 +0100

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