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pango-view - Pango text viewer

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  HELP OPTIONS  CAIRO BACKEND OPTIONS  APPLICATION OPTIONS 

NAME

pango-view − Pango text viewer

SYNOPSIS

pango−view [OPTIONS...] FILE

DESCRIPTION

pango−view formats a text using Pango, with options to exercise most of Pango's layout features.

HELP OPTIONS

−h, −−help

Show help options.

−−help−all

Show all help options.

−−help−cairo

Show help for options understood by the cairo backend.

−−version

Print the command's version and exit.

CAIRO BACKEND OPTIONS

−−annotate=FLAGS

Annotate the output. Comma−separated list of gravity, progression, baselines, layout, line, run, cluster, char, glyph, caret, slope

APPLICATION OPTIONS

−−no−auto−dir

No layout direction according to contents.

−−backend=cairo/xft/ft2

Pango backend to use for rendering (default: cairo).

−−background=red/#rrggbb/#rrggbbaa/transparent

Set the background color.

−q, −−no−display

Do not display (just write to file or whatever).

−−dpi=number

Set the resolution.

−−align=left/center/right

Set text alignment.

−−ellipsize=start/middle/end

Set ellipsization mode.

−−font=description

Set the font description.

−−foreground=red/#rrggbb/#rrggbbaa

Set the text color.

−−gravity=south/east/north/west/auto

Set base gravity: glyph rotation.

−−gravity−hint=natural/strong/line

Set gravity hint.

−−header

Display the options in the output.

−−height=+points/−numlines

Set height in points (positive) or number of lines (negative) for ellipsizing.

−−hinting=none/auto/slight/medium/full

Set hinting style.

−−antialias=none/gray/subpixel

Set antialiasing.

−−hint−metrics=on/off

Set hint metrics.

−−subpixel−positions

Set subpixel positioning.

−−subpixel−order=rgb/bgr/vrgb/vbgr

Set subpixel order.

−−indent=points

Set paragraph indentation (in points).

−−spacing=points

Set line spacing (in points).

−−line−spacing=factor

Set spread factor for line height.

−−justify

Stretch paragraph lines to be justified.

−−justify−last−line

Justify the last line of the paragraph.

−−language=en_US/etc

Set language to use for font selection.

−−margin=CSS−style numbers in pixels

Set the margin on the output in pixels.

−−markup

Interpret text as Pango markup.

−o, −−output=file

Save rendered image to output file.

−−pixels

Use pixel units instead of points (sets dpi to 72).

−−pango−units

Use Pango units instead of points.

−−rtl

Set base direction to right−to−left.

−−rotate=degrees

Set angle at which to rotate results,

−n, −−runs=integer

Run Pango layout engine this many times.

−−single−par

Enable single−paragraph mode.

−t, −−text=string

Text to display (instead of a file).

−−waterfall

Create a waterfall display.

−w, −−width=points

Width in points to which to wrap lines or ellipsize.

−−wrap=word/char/word−char

Text wrapping mode (needs a width to be set).

−−serialized=FILE

Create layout from a serialized file,

−−serialize−to=FILE

Serialize result to a file.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se