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