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NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION CONFIGURATION FILE OPTIONS CONTROLS WEB BROWSERS REMOTE SERVER MODE BUGS AUTHOR SEE ALSO

NAME

xpdf - Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 1.00)

SYNOPSIS

xpdf [options [[PDF-file [[page |

dest]]

DESCRIPTION

Xpdf is a viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. (These are also sometimes also called Acrobat' files, from the name of Adobe's PDF software.) Xpdf runs under the X Window System on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2.

To run xpdf, simply type:

xpdf file.pdf

where file.pdf is your PDF file. The file name can be followed by a number specifying the page which should be displayed first, e.g.:

xpdf file.pdf 18

You can also give a named destination, prefixed with +' in place of the page number.

You can also start xpdf without opening any files:

xpdf

CONFIGURATION FILE

Xpdf reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to find the user's private config file, /.xpdfrc. If that doesn't exist, it looks for a system-wide config file, typically /usr/local/etc/xpdfrc (but this location can be changed when xpdf is built). See the xpdfrc(5) man page for details.

OPTIONS

Many of the following options can be set with configuration file commands or X resources. These are listed in square brackets with the description of the corresponding command line option.

-g geometry

Set the initial window geometry. (-geometry is equivalent.) [X resource: __xpdf.geometry__

-title title

Set the window title. By default, the title will be xpdf.title__]

-cmap

Install a private colormap. This is ignored on !TrueColor visuals. [X resource: __xpdf.installCmap__

-rgb number

Set the size of largest RGB cube xpdf will try to allocate. The default is 5 (for a 5x5x5 cube); set to a smaller number to conserve color table entries. This is ignored with private colormaps and on !TrueColor visuals. [unrenderable node]

-papercolor color

Set the xpdf.paperColor__]

-z zoom

Set the initial zoom factor. A number (-5 .. 5) specifies a zoom factor, where 0 means 72 dpi. You may also specify page', to fit the page to the window size, or width', to fit the page width to the window width. [unrenderable node]

-t1lib font-type

Set the type of font rendering for t1lib (the Type 1 rasterizer) to use. Options are none' (don't use t1lib at all), plain' (use non-anti-aliased fonts), low' or high' (use low-level or high-level anti-aliased fonts). [unrenderable node]

-freetype font-type

Set the type of font rendering for !FreeType (the !TrueType rasterizer) to use. Options are none' (don't use !FreeType at all), plain' (use non-anti-aliased fonts), or aa' (use anti-aliased fonts). [unrenderable node]

-ps PS-file

Set the default file name for !PostScript output. This can also be of the form |command' to pipe the !PostScript through a command. [config file: __psFile__

-paper size

Set the paper size to one of psPaperSize__]

-paperw size

Set the paper width, in points. [unrenderable node]

-paperh size

Set the paper height, in points. [unrenderable node]

-level1

Generate Level 1 !PostScript. The resulting !PostScript files will be significantly larger (if they contain images), but will print on Level 1 printers. This also converts all images to black and white. [unrenderable node]

-enc encoding-name

Sets the encoding to use for text output. The encoding-name must be defined with the unicodeMap command (see xpdfrc(5)). This defaults to textEncoding]

-eol unix | dos | mac

Sets the end-of-line convention to use for text output. [config file: __textEOL__

-opw password

Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions.

-upw password

Specify the user password for the PDF file.

-fullscreen

Open xpdf in a full-screen mode, useful for presentations. You may also want to specify '-bg black' (or similar) with this. (There is currently no way to switch between window and full-screen modes on the fly.)

-remote name

Start/contact xpdf remote server with specified name (see the REMOTE SERVER MODE section below).

-raise

Raise xpdf remote server window (with -remote only).

-quit

Kill xpdf remote server (with -remote only).

-cmd

Print commands as they're executed (useful for debugging).

-q

Don't print any messages or errors. [unrenderable node]

-cfg config-file

Read config-file in place of /.xpdfrc or the system-wide config file.

-v

Print copyright and version information.

-h

Print usage information. (-help and --help are equivalent.)

Several other standard X options and resources will work as expected:

-display display

[X resource: __xpdf.display__

-fg color

(-foreground is equivalent.) [unrenderable node]

-bg color

(-background is equivalent.) [unrenderable node]

-font font

(-fn is equivalent.) [unrenderable node]

The color and font options only affect the user interface elements, not the PDF display (the paper').

The following X resources do not have command line option equivalents:

xpdf.viKeys

Enables the h', l', k' and j' keys for left, right, up, and down scrolling.

CONTROLS

On-screen controls, at the bottom of the xpdf window

left/right arrow buttons

Move to the previous/next page.

double left/right arrow buttons

Move backward or forward by ten pages.

dashed left/right arrow buttons

Move backward or forward along the history path.

Page' entry box

Move to a specific page number. Click in the box to activate it, type the page number, then hit return.

zoom popup menu

Change the zoom factor (see the description of the -z option above).

binoculars button

Find a text string.

print button

Bring up a dialog for generating a !PostScript file. The dialog has options to set the pages to be printed and the

PostScript file name. The file name can be -' for stdout or

|command' to pipe the !PostScript through a command, e.g., |lpr'.

?' button

Bring up the about xpdf' window.

link info

The space between the ?' and Quit' buttons is used to show the URL or external file name when the mouse is over a link.

Quit' button

Quit xpdf.

Menu

Pressing the right mouse button will post a popup menu with the following commands:

Open...

Open a new PDF file via a file requester.

Reload

Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.

Save as...

Save the current file via a file requester.

Rotate counterclockwise

Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Rotate clockwise

Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise. The two rotate commands are intended primarily for PDF files where the rotation isn't correctly specified in the file, but they're also useful if your X server doesn't support font rotation.

Quit

Quit xpdf.

Text selection

Dragging the mouse with the left button held down will highlight an arbitrary rectangle. Any text inside this rectangle will be copied to the X selection buffer.

Links

Clicking on a hyperlink will jump to the link's destination. A link to another PDF document will make xpdf load that document. A launch' link to an executable program will display a dialog, and if you click ok', execute the program. URL links call an external command (see the WEB BROWSERS section below).

Panning

Dragging the mouse with the middle button held down pans the window.

Key bindings

Open a new PDF file via a file requester.

Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will reload the file automatically (on a page change or redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.

Find a text string.

Move to the next page. Scrolls to the top of the page, unless scroll lock is turned on.

Move to the previous page. Scrolls to the top of the page, unless scroll lock is turned on.

or or

Scroll down on the current page; if already at bottom, move to next page.

or or or

Scroll up on the current page; if already at top, move to previous page.

Move forward along the history path.

Move backward along the history path.

Scroll to top of current page.

Scroll to bottom of current page.

arrows

Scroll the current page.

Set the zoom factor to zero (72 dpi).

Zoom in (increment the zoom factor by 1).

Zoom out (decrement the zoom factor by 1).

Set the zoom factor to 'page' (fit page to window).

Set the zoom factor to 'width' (fit page width to window).

control-L

Redraw the current page.

Quit xpdf.

WEB BROWSERS

If you want to run xpdf automatically from netscape or mosaic (and probably other browsers) when you click on a link to a PDF file, you need to edit (or create) the files .mime.types and .mailcap in your home directory. In .mime.types add the line:

application/pdf pdf

In .mailcap add the lines:

Use xpdf to view PDF files.

application/pdf; xpdf -q %s

Make sure that xpdf is on your executable search path.

When you click on a URL link in a PDF file, xpdf will execute the command specified by the urlCommand config file option, replacing an occurrence of %s' with the URL. For example, to call netscape with the URL, add this line to your config file:

urlCommand

REMOTE SERVER MODE

Xpdf can be started in remote server mode by specifying a server name (in addition to the file name and page number). For example:

xpdf -remote myServer file.pdf

If there is currently no xpdf running in server mode with the name myServer', a new xpdf window will be opened. If another command:

xpdf -remote myServer another.pdf 9

is issued, a new copy of xpdf will not be started. Instead, the first xpdf (the server) will load another.pdf and display page nine. If the file name is the same:

xpdf -remote myServer another.pdf 4

the xpdf server will simply display the specified page.

The -raise option tells the server to raise its window; it can be specified with or without a file name and page number.

The -quit option tells the server to close its window and exit.

BUGS

No support for Type 3 fonts.