FBGS(1)

💖 FBGS(1) — PostScript/pdf viewer for the linux framebuffer console 💖

okay bestie, sit down, because this one is so cute and also so useful 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fbgs — the poor man's PostScript/pdf viewer for the linux framebuffer console. no cap, that's literally what it is 💅

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

fbgs [-l|-xl|-xxl|-r n] [-c] [-b] [-p password] [--fp number]
[--lp number] [fbi options] file

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So Fbgs is a simple wrapper script, right? You hand it a PostScript (PS) or Portable Document Format (PDF) file, and it:

1. renders the pages using gs(1) — that's GhostScript, the icon herself — into a temporary directory
2. and then calls fbi(1) to display them. periodt. ✨

That's the whole glow-up. Simple, effective, main character energy.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Fbgs understands all fbi(1) options (they get passed straight through, no questions asked), except these ones — they are not invited to the party 🙈:

• store
• list
• text
• (no)comments
• e
• (no)edit
• (no)backup
• (no)preserve
• (no)readahead
• cachemem
• blend

And additionally, you can specify these cuties 👇

• -h, --help — print usage info. (and yes, this one overwrites the fbi option, she's that girl 💅)
• -b, --bell — emits a beep when the document is ready. little notification sound, very demure 🎀
• -c, --color — renders the pages in color. default is N&B, so if you want the vibes, you gotta ask for them 🌈
• -l — renders the pages with 100 dpi. (default is 75.)
• -xl — renders the pages with 120 dpi.
• -xxl — renders the pages with 150 dpi. extra large, extra slay 💅
• -r n, --resolution n — renders the pages with n dpi. this one overwrites the fbi option, so she wins the argument 🔥
• -fp number, --firstpage number — begins interpreting on the designated page of the document. start where you wanna start, bestie 💖
• -lp number, --lastpage number — stops interpreting after the designated page of the document. know when to leave the party 🦋
• -p password, --password password — use this if your PDF file requires a password. locked doors, but make it accessible 🔐✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• fbi(1)
• gs(1)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Gerd Hoffmann <gerd@kraxel.org> — thank you for your service, legend 🫶

📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright (c) 1999-2012 Gerd Hoffmann <gerd@kraxel.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. (yes bestie, that's the legal all-caps moment, we don't play with it 😭)

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

okay that's the whole page! this was FBGS 2.09, (c) 1999-2012 Gerd Hoffmann — and honestly? iconic. go read a PDF in your framebuffer console, you deserve it 💖✨🎀🦋