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Evince is a document viewer for popular file formats such as PDF, XPS, Postscript, etc.

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How can I open multiple instances of the same document in Evince?

Evince opens new documents in the existing window. I'd like to see many pages of a PDF file at the same time. For example, say I'm reading a paper in one instance of Evince on page 3 and I want another instance of Evince to be on the page with…
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Where does evince store its per-document state (position, etc)?

I'm using evince to view my documents under Linux. One thing bothers me, however. It seems to magically remember the position and settings of the window for every document. I searched all over (the hidden directories in my home folder, system files,…
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Converting a PDF to one with multiple pages per sheet through the command line

Let us say I want slides.pdf to contain 4 slides per page. I can open a slides.pdf document under evince (the default Ubuntu document viewer) evince slides.pdf-->Print-->Page Setup--> Pages per Side --> 4 (or some other number) Then, I can indicate…
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How to set default browser for PDF reader Evince on Linux?

I find this command sudo update-alternatives –config x-www-browser I choose Chrome. It works for xpdf, but Evince still starts Firefox after click. I feel Linux is not standard. I use Linux Mint 8 (Helena) LXDE.
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Emacs Auctex: How do I open the pdf in evince at the current cursor position

I use emacs auctex to write latex files. Since the text is pretty long, and I tend to change things in different places, I would like emacs to open the pdf so that the position in the text is shown that the cursor is at in the source file. I have…
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Zooming size of pdf files and bookmarks

When reading pdf files using either adobe reader or evince, the zooming size always change back to default whenever the bookmarks are clicked. I was wondering if it is possible that the zooming size is set once for all during the same viewing…
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Can I make a PDF file display like a book by default, without user input?

I have a PDF file. The pages display vertically, one after another, one at a time. I would like the PDF to display 2 pages at a time, one page next to the other horizontally, like laying out a book flat. Users can do this with a menu option in the…
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Why am I unable install Evince to a specific location on Windows 7?

The installable binary that Evince provides does not provide me with the option to select a location I would like it to be installed to. Instead I came across a suggestion at https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evince-list/2012-April/msg00022.html which…
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How can I undo Evince highlighting for PDF files?

After highlighting some texts in Evince ("Annotate the Document"->"Add highlight annotation"), how can I undo the highlighting?
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Silence Evince's warnings in Ubuntu

I'm getting loads of Evince warnings when running it from the terminal. E.g. (evince:4599): GVFS-WARNING **: can't init metadata tree /home/nivaca/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home: open: Permission denied (evince:4599): GVFS-WARNING **: can't init…
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How to prevent missing hyphens when printing PDF from evince?

I encounter the same problem as explained in this blog, when I print a pdf from evince hyphens are not printed. when I print a pdf from Okular, hyphens are printed. For example the hyphen that appears at the end of the first line in this text: Both…
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SublimeText LaTeXTools: Build doesn't render a PDF

I'm using the LaTeXTools plugin for SublimeText 2, and when running the build, the build system compiles the TeX and invokes Evince, but a PDF file is never rendered and thus, Evince complains, "No such file or directory". I looked through the…
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Evince default window position

I have an Arch Linux desktop machine with 2 monitors and 4 workspaces. On the last workspace I usually have Firefox loaded on the left monitor to access Zimbra mail. While on the right monitor I have a VirtualBox running Windows. Whenever I open a…
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PDFs open in GIMP on Linux system

I installed evince on my Arch Linux system as a PDF reader, and everything was fine for a while. And then I installed GIMP. Since then, PDF files have been opening in GIMP. I've tried reinstalling evince, I've tried editing…
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How to prevent evince from contacting other instances?

Okay, this issue is kinda difficult to understand without context: When we run Evince, it checks if there is any other instance running. If there is one, the evince command exits immediately, right after passing the parameter to the running…
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