diff -Nru evince-0.3.2/shell/ev-window.c evince-0.3.2-js/shell/ev-window.c
--- evince-0.3.2/shell/ev-window.c	2005-06-24 00:17:31.000000000 +0200
+++ evince-0.3.2-js/shell/ev-window.c	2005-07-04 14:49:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -1948,7 +1948,9 @@
 		ev_page_cache_set_current_page (ev_window->priv->page_cache, current_page - 10);
 }
 
-static void
+void ev_window_cmd_view_reload (GtkAction *action, EvWindow *ev_window);
+
+void
 ev_window_cmd_view_reload (GtkAction *action, EvWindow *ev_window)
 {
 	char *uri;
diff -Nru evince-0.3.2/shell/main.c evince-0.3.2-js/shell/main.c
--- evince-0.3.2/shell/main.c	2005-06-08 01:28:54.000000000 +0200
+++ evince-0.3.2-js/shell/main.c	2005-07-04 14:27:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "ev-application.h"
 
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <gtk/gtkmain.h>
 #include <libgnome/gnome-program.h>
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
 	{ NULL, 0, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL }
 };
 
+static EvWindow *reload_window = NULL;
+
 static void
 load_files (const char **files)
 {
@@ -61,7 +64,8 @@
 
 		window = GTK_WIDGET (ev_application_new_window (EV_APP));
 		gtk_widget_show (window);
-		ev_window_open_uri (EV_WINDOW (window), uri);
+                reload_window = EV_WINDOW (window);
+		ev_window_open_uri (reload_window, uri);
 		
 		if (page_label != NULL)
 			ev_window_open_page_label (EV_WINDOW (window), page_label);
@@ -72,6 +76,16 @@
 	g_free (page_label);
 }
 
+void ev_window_cmd_view_reload (GtkAction *action, EvWindow *ev_window);
+
+static void
+reload_sighandler (int ignore)
+{
+        if (reload_window)
+                ev_window_cmd_view_reload (NULL, reload_window);
+}
+
+
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -108,7 +122,9 @@
 
 	load_files (poptGetArgs (context));
 
-	gtk_main ();
+	signal (SIGUSR1, reload_sighandler);
+        
+        gtk_main ();
 
 	gnome_accelerators_sync ();
 	poptFreeContext (context);