xpdf - Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 1.00)
xpdf [options] [PDF-file [page | +dest]]
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
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.
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]
-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]
-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. [X resource: xpdf.initialZoom]
-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). [config file: t1libControl]
-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 antialiased
fonts). [config file: freetypeControl]
-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 "letter", "legal", "A4", or "A3".
[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 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 fullscreen
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. [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.font]
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.
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 [Toc] [Back]
Pressing the right mouse button will post a popup menu with the following
commands:
Open... [Toc] [Back]
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... [Toc] [Back]
Save the current file via a file requester.
Rotate counterclockwise [Toc] [Back]
Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Rotate clockwise [Toc] [Back]
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 [Toc] [Back]
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 [Toc] [Back]
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 [Toc] [Back]
Dragging the mouse with the middle button held down pans the window.
Key bindings [Toc] [Back]
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.
f Find a text string.
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.
arrows Scroll the current page.
0 Set the zoom factor to zero (72 dpi).
+ 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).
control-L
Redraw the current page.
q Quit xpdf.
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)'"
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.
No support for Type 3 fonts.
The xpdf software and documentation are copyright 1996-2002 Derek B.
Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com).
pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdffonts(1), pdftopbm(1), pdfim-
ages(1), xpdfrc(5)
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
01 Feb 2002 xpdf(1)
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