.\" Copyright 1996 Derek B. Noonburg .TH xpdf 1 "23 May 1996" .SH NAME xpdf \- Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X (version 0.5) .SH SYNOPSIS .B xpdf [options] .RI [ PDF-file .RI [ page ]] .SH DESCRIPTION .B 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 UNIX or VMS and the X Window System. .PP To run xpdf, simply type: .PP .RS xpdf file.pdf .RE .PP where .I 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.: .PP .RS xpdf file.pdf 18 .RE .SH OPTIONS X resources are listed in square brackets with the corresponding option. .TP .B \-err Send error messages to /dev/tty instead of stderr (useful if xpdf is started from another application, e.g., netscape which otherwise pops up an annoying little window for every error). .TP .BI \-z " number" Set the initial zoom factor (-5 .. 5). .RB [ xpdf.initialZoom ] .TP .BI \-g " geometry" Set the initial window geometry. .RB ( \-geometry is equivalent.) .RB [ xpdf.geometry ] .TP .BI \-remote " name" Start/contact xpdf remote server with specified name (see the .B "REMOTE SERVER MODE" section below). .TP .B \-raise Raise xpdf remote server window (with -remote only). .TP .B \-quit Kill xpdf remote server (with -remote only). .TP .BI \-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. .TP .B \-cmd Print commands as they're executed (useful for debugging). .TP .B \-h Print usage information. .RB ( \-help is equivalent.) .PP Several other standard X options and resources will work as expected: .TP .BI \-display " display" .RB [ xpdf.display ] .TP .BI \-fg " color" .RB ( \-foreground is equivalent.) .RB [ xpdf.foreground ] .TP .BI \-bg " color" .RB ( \-background is equivalent.) .RB [ xpdf.background ] .TP .BI \-font " font" .RB ( \-fn is equivalent.) .RB [ xpdf.font ] .PP The color and font options only affect the user interface elements, not the PDF display (the \'paper'). .SH CONTROLS .SS On-screen controls, at the bottom of the xpdf window .TP .B "left/right arrow buttons" Move to the previous/next page. .TP .B "\'Page' entry box" Move to a specific page number. Click in the box to activate it, type the page number, then hit return. .TP .B "magnifying glass buttons" Increase and decrease the resolution, i.e., zoom in and zoom out. .TP .B "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. .TP .B "curved arrow buttons" Rotate the page clockwise and counterclockwise. These 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. .TP .B "\'?' button" Bring up the \'about xpdf' window. .TP .B "\'Quit' button" Quit xpdf. .PP .SS Links Clicking on a hyperlink will jump to the link's destination. Currently, only links within PDF documents or to another PDF file are supported. Clicking on a URL link just prints the URL. Clicking on any other type of link (e.g., links to executable programs) prints an error message. .PP .SS Key bindings .TP .B n Move to the next page. .TP .B p Move to the previous page. .TP .BR " or " " or " Scroll down on the current page; if already at bottom, move to next page. .TP .BR " or " " or " " or " Scroll up on the current page; if already at top, move to previous page. .TP .B Scroll to top of current page. .TP .B Scroll to bottom of current page. .TP .B arrows Scroll the current page. .TP .B control-L Redraw the current page. .TP .B q Quit xpdf. .SH "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 .I .mime.types and .I .mailcap in your home directory. In .I .mime.types add the line: .PP .RS application/pdf pdf .RE .PP In .I .mailcap add the lines: .PP .RS # Use xpdf to view PDF files. .RE .RS application/pdf; xpdf -err %s .RE .PP Make sure that xpdf is on your executable search path. .SH "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: .PP .RS xpdf -remote myServer file.pdf .RE .PP If there is currently no xpdf running in server mode with the name \'myServer', a new xpdf window will be opened. If another command: .PP .RS xpdf -remote myServer another.pdf 9 .RE .PP is issued, a new copy of xpdf will not be started. Instead, the first xpdf (the server) will load .I another.pdf and display page nine. If the file name is the same: .PP .RS xpdf -remote myServer another.pdf 4 .RE .PP the xpdf server will simply display the specified page. .PP The -raise option tells the server to raise its window; it can be specified with or without a file name and page number. .PP The -quit option tells the server to close its window and exit. .SH BUGS This is a beta release of xpdf, and there are still a bunch of PDF features which I have yet to implement. .PP At this point, the biggest problem is that embedded fonts are not handled properly. .SH AUTHOR The xpdf software and documentation are copyright 1996 Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@ece.cmu.edu). .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR pdftops (1) .br .B http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dn0o/xpdf/xpdf.html