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NAME

       deb-gview - GNOME viewer for .deb package files and contents

DESCRIPTION

       deb-gview displays Debian control information, devscript details and
       details of the files that would be installed (names, sizes and
       locations). Files within the package can be viewed within the package
       or externally.

       deb-gview accepts package files on the command line to support the
       'open' command in various file managers, one window for each package.
       Individual views can be closed independently or simultaneously using
       'Quit'.

       Packages do not need to be installed to be viewed. Packages do not need
       to be suitable for installation, e.g. a foreign architecture.

       Package files and .changes files can be viewed from local and remote
       filesystems.

       When loading .changes files, deb-gview will load each referenced
       package in a new window. When opening a .changes file from the
       deb-gview toolbar, the original window is not changed.

       When opening Debian packages files from the deb-gview toolbar, the
       package data will replace the current window data.

   Usage:
       deb-gview [OPTIONS] [file...]

   COMMAND:
       file
           One or more Debian package files (.deb) to preload or a .changes
           file referencing various package files.

           Individual package files or a set of packages referenced in a
           .changes file can be viewed from local and remote filesystems.

   GUI Options:
       See also gtk-options (7).

       --display=DISPLAY
           X display to use

   Help Options:
       -?, --help
           Show help options

FILE PREVIEWS

       deb-gview has migrated to the XDG specification for config files and
       uses a dot-file in your XDG config directory (default:
       ~/.config/deb-gview/preview) to specify which applications should be
       used to preview files from the package. You are free to edit this file,
       deb-gview will not modify it, although the defaults will be replaced if
       the file is deleted.

       Any previous config in ~/.deb-gview/preview will be moved into the new
       file but the ~/.deb-gview directory will be preserved - feel free to
       delete it once any other files are moved to the new location.

       The first matching pattern will be used, so put the most general
       wildcards (like *) at the end of this file.

   GROUPS
       The first group contains two deb-gview default settings. 'terminal'
       determines which application to use for viewers that need a terminal.
       You may want to change this to gnome-terminal or konsole from the
       rather limited xterm default. 'execute_command' specifies the command
       to pass to the terminal application to load an external command within
       the terminal. Most terminal emulators support '-e' for this command.

       Subsequent group names need to be unique but have no other meaning to
       deb-gview.

   KEYS
       pattern: glob-style pattern to match the location of the file in the
       package (not the filesystem).

       viewer: the program to call to view the file content (which must exist
       in your system PATH).

       use_terminal: whether to start the viewer in a terminal, TRUE or FALSE.

       binary_file: whether the viewer requires the content as a binary file,
       TRUE or FALSE. Typically, image previews require a binary file.

       file_suffix: if the viewer needs a specific suffix, specify it here.
       Note that deb-gview does not insist that the suffix of the temporary
       file matches the suffix of the file within the package, it is up to you
       to ensure that the suffix is suitable for the viewer you want to use.
       Leave blank for no suffix.

   DEFAULT VALUES
       The defaults for file previews are:

           # Your choice of terminal application.
           #
           [deb-gview]
           terminal=xterm

           [manual pages]
           pattern=./usr/share/man/man*/*
           viewer=man
           use_terminal=true
           binary_file=false
           file_suffix=

           [HTML]
           pattern=*.html
           viewer=sensible-browser
           use_terminal=false
           binary_file=false
           file_suffix=html

           [PNG]
           pattern=*.png
           viewer=qiv
           use_terminal=false
           binary_file=true
           file_suffix=png

           [text]
           pattern=*
           viewer=gedit
           use_terminal=false
           binary_file=false
           file_suffix=

AUTHOR

       deb-gview was written by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>.

       This manual page was written by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>

REPORTING BUGS

       deb-gview is a native Debian package and bugs should be reported using
       the reportbug tool. Reports can be found on the Debian bug tracking
       system for deb-gview.

        http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=deb-gview[1]

COPYRIGHT

       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.

       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.,
       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

NOTES

        1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=deb-gview
           http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi