NAME
    xpdf - Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 2.01)

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 /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 com-
    mands 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  visu-
    als. [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 con-
    serve color table entries. This is ignored with private col-
    ormaps 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.reverseV-
    ideo]

    -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.  [config file: initialZoom; or 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 ras-
    terizer) to use. Options are 'none' (don't use FreeType at
    all), 'plain' (use non-anti-aliased fonts), 'low' or 'high' (use
    anti-aliased fonts; these two are identical). [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 com-
    mand. [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).  [con-
    fig 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  full-
    screen modes on the fly.)

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

    -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.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 follow-
    ing 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.

    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.

    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.

 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 previ-
    ous 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 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).

    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 com-
    mand 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)'"

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 spec-
    ified 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 1996-2002 Glyph &
    Cog, LLC.

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