On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 02:06 Paul M Foster <pa...@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
