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 xpdf(1)                                                             xpdf(1)
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 NAME
      xpdf - Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 3.03)

 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

 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:
           foo.pdf".  [X resource: xpdf.title]

      -cmap
           Install a private colormap.  This is ignored on TrueColor



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           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.  [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]

      -t1lib yes | no
           Enable or disable t1lib (a Type 1 font rasterizer).  This
           defaults to "yes".  [config file: enableT1lib]

      -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]



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      -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 '|command' to pipe the PostScript through a command.
           [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).



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      -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.)

      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




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    On-screen controls, at the bottom of
      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.



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      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.



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      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
           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").





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      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).

      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



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           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.





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      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.

      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
           Set the selection to the specified coordinates on the specified



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           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.




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      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
               %% => %


      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.





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      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



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          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 alt-f          any         toggleFullScreenMode
          bind ctrl-l         any         redraw
          bind ctrl-w         any         closeWindow
          bind ?              any         about



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          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 1996-2011 Glyph &



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      Cog, LLC.

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
















































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