xpdf(1)


NAME

   xpdf - Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 3.04)

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.  (This is only useful  with  PDF  files  that  provide
   named destination targets.)

   You can also start xpdf without opening any files:

          xpdf

   Various compressed formats (gz, bz2, xz, and Z) are also supported, for
   example::

          xpdf file.pdf.gz

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, /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc.  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:
          foo.pdf".  [X resource: 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.    [X   resource:
          Xpdf.rgbCubeSize]

   -rv    Set reverse video mode.  This reverses the colors of  everything
          except  images.  It may not always produce great results for PDF
          files which do weird things with color.  This  also  causes  the
          paper    color    to    default    to   black.    [X   resource:
          Xpdf.reverseVideo]

   -papercolor color
          Set the "paper color", i.e., the background of the page display.
          This  will  not work too well with PDF files that do things like
          filling in white behind the text.  [X resource: Xpdf.paperColor]

   -mattecolor color
          Set the matte color, i.e., the color used for background outside
          the   actual   page   area.    (There  is  a  separate  setting,
          Xpdf.fullScreenMatteColor, for full-screen mode.)  [X  resource:
          Xpdf.matteColor]

   -z zoom
          Set  the  initial  zoom  factor.   A  number  specifies  a  zoom
          percentage, where 100  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, or height', to fit the page
          height  to  the  window  height  [config file: initialZoom; or X
          resource: Xpdf.initialZoom]

   -cont  Start in continuous view mode, i.e., with  one  vertical  scroll
          bar for the whole document.  [config file: continuousView]

   -freetype yes | no
          Enable   or   disable   FreeType  (a  TrueType  /  Type  1  font
          rasterizer).    This   defaults   to   "yes".    [config   file:
          enableFreeType]

   -aa yes | no
          Enable  or  disable font anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".
          [config file: antialias]

   -aaVector yes | no
          Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".
          [config file: vectorAntialias]

   -ps PS-file
          Set  the default file name for PostScript output (i.e., the name
          which will appear in the print dialog).  This can also be of the
          form [config file: psFile]

   -paper size
          Set  the  paper size to one of "letter", "legal", "A4", or "A3".
          This can also be set to "match", which will set the  paper  size
          to  match  the  size  specified  in the PDF file.  [config file:
          psPaperSize]

   -paperw size
          Set the paper width, in points.  [config file: psPaperSize]

   -paperh size
          Set the paper height, in points.  [config file: psPaperSize]

   -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.  [config file: psLevel]

   -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  "Latin1"  (which  is  a  built-in encoding).
          [config file: 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 full-screen mode, useful for presentations.

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

   -exec command
          Execute  a  command  (see the COMMANDS section below) in an xpdf
          remote server window (with -remote only).

   -reload
          Reload xpdf remote server window (with -remote only).

   -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).
          [config file: printCommands]

   -q     Don't print any messages or errors.  [config file: errQuiet]

   -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.)

   -m file1 file2 ...
          Open multiple pdf files: file1 file2 ...  etc.  NOTE:  The  list
          of  files is terminated once an argument starting with a dash is
          encountered.  In order to view file names starting with a  dash,
          simply append "./".  -m may be used multiple times.

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

   -display display
          [X resource: Xpdf.display]

   -fg color
          (-foreground is equivalent.)  [X resource: xpdf*Foreground]

   -bg color
          (-background is equivalent.)  [X resource: xpdf*Background]

   -font font
          (-fn is equivalent.)  [X resource: xpdf*fontList]

   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.toolTipEnable
          Enables (if set to true) or disables (if set to false) the tool-
          tips on the toolbar buttons.

   Xpdf.fullScreenMatteColor
          Sets  the  matte  color  to  be  used  in full-screen mode.  The
          default setting is "black".

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.

   Open in new window...
          Create  a  new  window  and  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.

   Continuous view
          Toggles between single page and continuous view modes.

   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.

   Zoom to selection
          Zoom in to the currently selected rectangle.

   Close  Close the current window.  If this is the only open window,  the
          document is closed, but the window is left open (i.e., this menu
          command won't quit xpdf).

   Quit   Quit xpdf.

   Outline
   If the PDF contains an outline (a.k.a., bookmarks), there  will  be  an
   outline  pane on the left side of the window.  The width of the outline
   pane is adjustable with a vertical split bar  via  the  knob  near  its
   bottom end.

   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
   o      Open a new PDF file via a file requester.

   r      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.

   control-L
          Redraw the current page.

   control-W
          Close the current window.

   f or control-F
          Find a text string.

   control-G
          Find next occurrence.

   control-P
          Print.

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

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

   <Space> or <PageDown> or <Next>
          Scroll  down  on the current page; if already at bottom, move to
          next page.

   <Backspace> or <Delete> or <PageUp> or <Previous>
          Scroll up on the current  page;  if  already  at  top,  move  to
          previous page.

   v      Move forward along the history path.

   b      Move backward along the history path.

   <Home> Scroll to top of current page.

   <End>  Scroll to bottom of current page.

   control-<Home>
          Scroll to first page of document.

   control-<End>
          Scroll to last page of document.

   arrows Scroll the current page.

   g      Activate the page number text field ("goto page").

   0      Set the zoom factor to 125%.

   +      Zoom in (increment the zoom factor by 1).

   -      Zoom out (decrement the zoom factor by 1).

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

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

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

   alt-F  Toggle full-screen mode.

   q      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 "netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'"

COMMANDS

   Xpdf's key and mouse bindings are user-configurable, using the bind and
   unbind options in the config file (see xpdfrc(5)).   The  bind  command
   allows  you  to bind a key or mouse button to a sequence of one or more
   commands.

   Available Commands
   The following commands are supported:

   gotoPage(page)
          Go to the specified page.

   gotoPageNoScroll(page)
          Go to the specified  page,  with  the  current  relative  scroll
          position.

   gotoDest(dest)
          Go to a named destination.

   gotoLastPage
          Go to the last page in the PDF file.

   gotoLastPageNoScroll
          Go  to  the last page in the PDF file, with the current relative
          scroll position.

   nextPage
          Go to the next page.

   nextPageNoScroll
          Go to the next page, with the current relative scroll position.

   prevPage
          Go to the previous page.

   prevPageNoScroll
          Go to the  previous  page,  with  the  current  relative  scroll
          position.

   pageUp Scroll up by one screenful.

   pageDown
          Scroll down by one screenful.

   scrollLeft(n)
          Scroll left by n pixels.

   scrollRight(n)
          Scroll right by n pixels.

   scrollUp(n)
          Scroll up by n pixels.

   scrollDown(n)
          Scroll down by n pixels.

   scrollUpPrevPage(n)
          Scroll   up  by  n  pixels,  moving  to  the  previous  page  if
          appropriate.

   scrollDownPrevPage(n)
          Scroll down by n pixels, moving to the next page if appropriate.

   scrollToTopEdge
          Scroll to the top edge of the current page, with  no  horizontal
          movement.

   scrollToBottomEdge
          Scroll  to  the  bottom  edge  of  the  current  page,  with  no
          horizontal movement.

   scrollToLeftEdge
          Scroll to the left edge of the current page,  with  no  vertical
          movement.

   scrollToRightEdge
          Scroll  to  the right edge of the current page, with no vertical
          movement.

   scrollToTopLeft
          Scroll to the top-left corner of the current page.

   scrollToBottomRight
          Scroll to the bottom-right corner of the current page.

   goForward
          Move forward along the history path.

   goBackward
          Move backward along the history path.

   zoomPercent(z)
          Set the zoom factor to z%.

   zoomFitPage
          Set the zoom factor to fit-page.

   zoomFitWidth
          Set the zoom factor to fit-width.

   zoomFitHeight
          Set the zoom factor to fit-height.

   zoomIn Zoom in - go to the next higher zoom factor.

   zoomOut
          Zoom out - go the next lower zoom factor.

   rotateCW
          Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise.

   rotateCCW
          Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.

   setSelection(pg,ulx,uly,lrx,lry)
          Set the selection to the specified coordinates on the  specified
          page.

   continuousMode
          Go to continuous view mode.

   singlePageMode
          Go to single-page view mode.

   toggleContinuousMode
          Toggle between continuous and single page view modes.

   fullScreenMode
          Go to full-screen mode.

   windowMode
          Go to window (non-full-screen) mode.

   toggleFullScreenMode
          Toggle between full-screen and window modes.

   open   Open a PDF file in this window, using the open dialog.

   openInNewWin
          Open a PDF file in a new window, using the open dialog.

   openFile(file)
          Open a specified PDF file in this window.

   openFileInNewWin(file)
          Open a specified PDF file in a new window.

   openFileAtDest(file,dest)
          Open  a  specified  PDF  file  in  this window and go to a named
          destination.

   openFileAtDestInNewWin(file,dest)
          Open a specified PDF file in a new window  and  go  to  a  named
          destination.

   reload Reload the current PDF file.

   redraw Redraw the window.

   raise  Raise the window to the front.

   closeWindow
          Close  the  window.  If this was the last open window, clear the
          window, but don't quit from Xpdf.

   closeWindowOrQuit
          Close the window.  If this was the last open window,  quit  from
          Xpdf.

   run(external-command-string)
          Run  an  external command.  The following escapes are allowed in
          the command string:

              %f => PDF file name (or an empty string if no
                    file is open)
              %b => PDF file base name, i.e., file name minus
                    the extension (or an empty string if no
                    file is open)
              %u => link URL (or an empty string if not over
                    a URL link)
              %p => current page number (or an empty string if
                    no file is open)
              %x => selection upper-left x coordinate
                    (or 0 if there is no selection)
              %y => selection upper-left y coordinate
                    (or 0 if there is no selection)
              %X => selection lower-right x coordinate
                    (or 0 if there is no selection)
              %Y => selection lower-right y coordinate
                    (or 0 if there is no selection)
              %i => page containing the mouse pointer
              %j => x coordinate of the mouse pointer
              %k => y coordinate of the mouse pointer
              %% => %

          The external command string will often contain  spaces,  so  the
          whole command must be quoted in the xpdfrc file:

              bind x "run(ls -l)"

   openOutline
          Open the outline pane.

   closeOutline
          Close the outline pane.

   toggleOutline
          Toggle the outline pane between open and closed.

   scrollOutlineDown(n)
          Scroll the outline down by n increments.

   scrollOutlineUp(n)
          Scroll the outline up by n increments.

   focusToDocWin
          Set the keyboard focus to the main document window.

   focusToPageNum
          Set the keyboard focus to the page number text box.

   find   Open the 'find' dialog.

   findNext
          Finds the next occurrence of the search string (no dialog).

   print  Open the 'print' dialog.

   about  Open the 'about' dialog.

   quit   Quit from xpdf.

   The following commands depend on the current mouse position:

   startSelection
          Start a selection, which will be extended as the mouse moves.

   endSelection
          End a selection.

   startPan
          Start a pan, which will scroll the document as the mouse moves

   endPan End a pan.

   postPopupMenu
          Display the popup menu.

   followLink
          Follow  a  hyperlink  (does  nothing  if the mouse is not over a
          link).

   followLinkInNewWin
          Follow a hyperlink, opening PDF files  in  a  new  window  (does
          nothing  if the mouse is not over a link).  For links to non-PDF
          files, this command is identical to followLink.

   followLinkNoSel
          Same as followLink, but does nothing if  there  is  a  non-empty
          selection.  (This is useful as a mouse button binding.)

   followLinkInNewWinNoSel
          Same  as followLinkInNewWin, but does nothing if there is a non-
          empty selection.  (This is useful as a mouse button binding.)

   Default Bindings
   The default mouse bindings are as follows:

       bind mousePress1    any         startSelection
       bind mouseRelease1  any         endSelection followLinkNoSel
       bind mousePress2    any         startPan
       bind mouseRelease2  any         endPan
       bind mousePress3    any         postPopupMenu
       bind mousePress4    any         scrollUpPrevPage(16)
       bind mousePress5    any         scrollDownNextPage(16)
       bind mousePress6    any         scrollLeft(16)
       bind mousePress7    any         scrollRight(16)

   The default key bindings are as follows:

       bind ctrl-home      any         gotoPage(1)
       bind home           any         scrollToTopLeft
       bind ctrl-end       any         gotoLastPage
       bind end            any         scrollToBottomRight
       bind pgup           any         pageUp
       bind backspace      any         pageUp
       bind delete         any         pageUp
       bind pgdn           any         pageDown
       bind space          any         pageDown
       bind left           any         scrollLeft(16)
       bind right          any         scrollRight(16)
       bind up             any         scrollUp(16)
       bind down           any         scrollDown(16)
       bind o              any         open
       bind O              any         open
       bind r              any         reload
       bind R              any         reload
       bind f              any         find
       bind F              any         find
       bind ctrl-f         any         find
       bind ctrl-g         any         findNext
       bind ctrl-p         any         print
       bind n              scrLockOff  nextPage
       bind N              scrLockOff  nextPage
       bind n              scrLockOn   nextPageNoScroll
       bind N              scrLockOn   nextPageNoScroll
       bind p              scrLockOff  prevPage
       bind P              scrLockOff  prevPage
       bind p              scrLockOn   prevPageNoScroll
       bind P              scrLockOn   prevPageNoScroll
       bind v              any         goForward
       bind b              any         goBackward
       bind g              any         focusToPageNum
       bind 0              any         zoomPercent(125)
       bind +              any         zoomIn
       bind -              any         zoomOut
       bind z              any         zoomFitPage
       bind w              any         zoomFitWidth
       bind h              any         zoomFitHeight
       bind alt-f          any         toggleFullScreenMode
       bind ctrl-l         any         redraw
       bind ctrl-w         any         closeWindowOrQuit
       bind ?              any         about
       bind q              any         quit
       bind Q              any         quit

   Previous versions of xpdf included a "viKeys" X  resource.   It  is  no
   longer available, but the following bindings are equivalent:

       bind h any scrollLeft(16)
       bind l any scrollRight(16)
       bind k any scrollUp(16)
       bind j any scrollDown(16)

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.

EXIT CODES

   The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:

   0      No error.

   1      Error opening a PDF file.

   2      Error opening an output file.

   3      Error related to PDF permissions.

   99     Other error.

AUTHOR

   The xpdf software and documentation are  copyright  1996-2014  Glyph  &
   Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO

   pdftops(1),   pdftotext(1),   pdftohtml(1),   pdfinfo(1),  pdffonts(1),
   pdfdetach(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftopng(1), pdfimages(1), xpdfrc(5)
   http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

                              28 May 2014                          xpdf(1)





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