Bug in trying to display LaTeX files?

[Elmar Eder]

When trying to display a LaTeX file with a2ps under debian linux, I get 
the following error message:




address@hidden:~$ a2ps -Pdisplay x.tex
[x.tex (tex, delegated to texi2dvi): 1 page on 1 sheet]
gv: invalid option -- a
Usage: gv [OPTION]... [FILE]
PostScript and PDF viewer.
  --monochrome               display document using only black and white
  --grayscale                display document without colors
  --color                    display document as usual
  --safer                    start ghostscript in safe mode
  --nosafer                  do not start ghostscript in safe mode
  --quiet                    start ghostscript with the -dQUIET option
  --noquiet                  do not start ghostscript with the -dQUIET 
option
  --arguments=ARGS           start ghostscript with additional options 
as specified
                             by the string ARGS
  --page=LABEL               display the page with label LABEL first
  --center                   the page should be centered automatically
  --nocenter                 the page should not be centered automatically
  --media=MEDIA              selects the paper size to be used
  --orientation=ORIENTATION  sets the orientation of the page
  --scale=N                  selects the scale N
  --scalebase=N              selects the scale base N
  --swap                     interchange the meaning of the 
orientations landscape
                             and seascape
  --noswap                   do not interchange the meaning of the 
orientation
                             landscape and seascape
  --antialias                use antialiasing
  --noantialias              do not use antialiasing
  --dsc                      dsc comments are respected
  --nodsc                    dsc comments are not respected
  --eof                      ignore the postscript EOF comment while 
scanning
                             documents
  --noeof                    do not ignore the postscript EOF comment while
                             scanning documents
  --pixmap                   use backing pixmap
  --nopixmap                 do not use backing pixmap
  --watch                    watch the document file for changes
  --nowatch                  do not watch the document file for changes
  --help                     print a help message and exit
  --usage                    print a usage message and exit
  --resize                   fit the size of the window to the size of 
the page
  --noresize                 do not fit the size of the window to the 
size of the page
  -geometry [<width>][x<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>]
  --ad=FILE                  read and use additional resources from FILE
  --style=FILE               read and use additional resources from 
FILE. Theseresources
                             have lower priority than those provided on 
the context of --ad
  --spartan                  shortcut for --style=gv_spartan.dat
  --version                  show gv version and exit

[Total: 2 pages on 1 sheet] sent to the printer `display'
address@hidden:~$





Here is the version of a2ps I am using:


address@hidden:~$ a2ps --version
GNU a2ps 4.13
Written by Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana.

Copyright (c) 1988-1993 Miguel Santana
Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Akim Demaille, Miguel Santana
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
address@hidden:~$



and here is the contents of the file x.tex:


\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
x
\end{document}