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       xpdf  -  Portable  Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X
       (version 0.93)

       xpdf [options] [PDF-file [page]]

       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 start xpdf without opening any files:

              xpdf

2 OPTIONS

       X  resources are listed in square brackets with the corre-
       sponding option.

       -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.  [xpdf.initialZoom]

       -g geometry
              Set the initial  window  geometry.   (-geometry  is
              equivalent.)  [xpdf.geometry]

       -title title
              Set  the  window title.  By default, the title will
              be "xpdf: foo.pdf".  [xpdf.title]

       -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).

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

       -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.  [xpdf.paperColor]

       -eucjp When copying text, convert Japanese text to EUC-JP.
              This  is  currently  the only option for converting
              Japanese text -- the only effect is  to  switch  to
              7-bit  ASCII for non-Japanese text, in order to fit
              into the EUC-JP encoding.   (This  option  is  only
              available  if  pdftotext was compiled with Japanese
              support.)  [xpdf.eucjp]

       -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).  [xpdf.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 anti-aliased fonts).
              [xpdf.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.  [xpdf.psFile]

       -paperw size
              Set the paper  width,  in  points.   [xpdf.psPaper-
              Width]

       -paperh size
              Set  the  paper  height, in points.  [xpdf.psPaper-
              Height]

       -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.  [xpdf.psLevel1]

       -opw password
              Specify the owner password for the PDF file.   Pro-
              viding  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 presen-
              tations.   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.)

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

       -q     Don't print any messages or errors.

       -v     Print copyright and version information.

       -h     Print usage information.  (-help is equivalent.)

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

       -display display
              [xpdf.display]

       -fg color
              (-foreground is equivalent.)  [xpdf.foreground]

       -bg color
              (-background is equivalent.)  [xpdf.background]

       -font font
              (-fn is equivalent.)  [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.urlCommand
              Set the command executed when you click  on  a  URL
              link.   See  the  WEB  BROWSERS  section  below for
              details.

       xpdf.japaneseFont
              Sets the X font name pattern to  use  for  Japanese
              text.  The default is:

              -*-fixed-medium-r-nor-
              mal-*-%s-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0

       xpdf.chineseGBFont
              Sets the X font name pattern to use for Chinese  GB
              (simplified) text.  The default is:

              -*-fangsong                        ti-medium-r-nor-
              mal-*-%s-*-*-*-*-*-gb2312.1980-0

       xpdf.chineseCNSFont
              Sets the X font name pattern to use for Chinese CNS
              (traditional) text.  The default is:

              -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-%s-*-*-*-*-*-big5-0

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

       The following resources set the file names of the  Type  1
       fonts to use for the Base 14 fonts:

              xpdf.t1TimesRoman

              xpdf.t1TimesItalic
              xpdf.t1TimesBold
              xpdf.t1TimesBoldItalic
              xpdf.t1Helvetica
              xpdf.t1HelveticaOblique
              xpdf.t1HelveticaBold
              xpdf.t1HelveticaBoldOblique
              xpdf.t1Courier
              xpdf.t1CourierOblique
              xpdf.t1CourierBold
              xpdf.t1CourierBoldOblique
              xpdf.t1Symbol
              xpdf.t1ZapfDingbats

       If  t1lib  is  enabled,  these  Type  1 fonts will be used
       instead of X server fonts.

2 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  destina-
       tion.   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.

       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 bot-
              tom, 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.

       <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.

2 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 exe-
       cute  the  command  specified   by   the   xpdf.urlCommand
       resource,  replacing  an  occurrence of '%s' with the URL.
       For example, to call  netscape  with  the  URL,  use  this
       resource setting:

              xpdf.urlCommand: netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'

2 REMOTE_SERVER_MODE

       Xpdf  can be started in remote server mode by specifying a
       server name (in addition to the file name  and  page  num-
       ber).  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 num-
       ber.

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

2 CONFIGURATION_FILE

       Xpdf will read a file called .xpdfrc from your home direc-
       tory (if it exists).  This file can contain two  types  of
       entries.

       fontpath directory
              Look for Type 1 fonts in directory.  Xpdf uses this
              only to get the font encoding.   For  display,  the
              font must also be mapped with a fontmap entry.

       fontmap PDF-font X-font
              Map  PDF-font  (as  referenced in a PDF file) to X-
              font, which should be a standard X font  descriptor
              with '%s' in the pixel size position.

       For example, use:

              fontmap        TimesCE-Roman       -*-times-medium-
              r-*-*-%s-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2

       to map the  Central  European  (Latin-2)  version  of  the
       Times-Roman  font.  This assumes that you've installed the
       appropriate X fonts (see mkfontdir(1)).  Xpdf knows  about
       the ISO8859-2 encoding, so you don't need a fontpath entry
       for these fonts.  To use the Bakoma Type 1 fonts, do this:

              fontpath /home/derekn/fonts/bakoma
              fontmap      cmb10      -bakoma-cmb10-medium-r-nor-
              mal--%s-*-*-*-p-*-adobe-fontspecific
              fontmap    cmbsy10    -bakoma-cmbsy10-medium-r-nor-
              mal--%s-*-*-*-p-*-adobe-fontspecific
              etc...

       This  assumes  that the Type 1 font files are available in
       the directory /home/derekn/fonts/bakoma.

2 BUGS

       No support for Type 3 fonts.

2 AUTHOR

       The   xpdf   software   and  documentation  are  copyright
       1996-2001 Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com).

2 SEE_ALSO

       pdftops(1),  pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftopbm(1), pdfim-
       ages(1)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

