ATRIL(1)

✨ ATRIL — the MATE Document Viewer, bestie edition 💖

okay so you're here because you typed man atril and you need the tea on the MATE Desktop Environment's own document viewer. manual section 1, general commands, you know the drill. let's get into it 🦋

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Atril — The MATE Document Viewer. that's her. that's the whole name. iconic. 👑

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🎀 SYNTAX 🎀

atril [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]

yeah. options, then files. simple. slay.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So. Atril is the official Document Viewer of the MATE Desktop Environment, and she is a simple multi-page document viewer. no cap.

She can display and print:

• PostScript (PS)
• Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
• DJVU
• DVI
• epub
• XPS
• Portable Document Format (PDF)

and when the document supports it, she also lets you:

• search for text 🔍
• copy text to the clipboard 📋
• hypertext navigation
• table-of-contents bookmarks 📑

This manual page briefly documents the atril command. (briefly! she's mysterious! main character energy!)

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay bestie, here's the full list, no skipping, every single one 💖

• filename(s)... — specifies the file to open when atril starts. If this is not specified, atril will start with a blank window and you may open a file from the menu or by using the shortcut CTRL+O. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated by spaces. atril also supports handling of remote files. (remote files!! she's flexible like that 🫶)
• -p, --page-label=PAGE — here you can specify a page label, and this page will be selected in the document if it exists. "if it exists" bestie, so don't come for her if it's not there 😭
• -i, --page-index=NUMBER — here you can specify a page number, and this page will be selected in the document if it exists.
• -f, --fullscreen — start atril in fullscreen mode. You must specify a document to start in fullscreen mode. no document, no fullscreen. periodt.
• -s, --presentation — start atril in presentation mode. You must specify a document to start in presentation mode. same rule, same energy.
• -w, --preview — start atril in preview mode. You must specify a document to start in preview mode. yes. also this one. 💀
• --display=DISPLAY — X display to use.
• --version — output version information and exit.
• -?, -h, --help — print standard command line options.
• --help-all — print all command line options. all of them. the whole menu.

This program also accepts the standard GTK options. ✨

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

because sometimes you just need to see it, fr fr

atril --preview ~/Desktop/stuff.ps

Open stuff.ps from the current users desktop, in preview mode. 🖥️

atril -i 2 -s ./document.pdf

Open document.pdf from the current working directory, on page 2 in presentation mode. page 2, presenting, gorgeous. 💅

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🐛 BUGS 🐛

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/issues

go tell them. they wanna know. 🫶

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

This Man Page has been written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

thank you Adam, legend behaviour, we stan 💜

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Atril documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1 key.

Further information may also be available at:

http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie ✨ this page is brought to you by the MATE Desktop Environment, dated 10 May 2023, sitting pretty in section ATRIL(1). now go open a PDF and be the main character you were born to be 💖🎀🌸