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Set the matte color, i.e., the color used for back-
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ground outside the actual page area. (There is a
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separate setting, xpdf.fullScreenMatteColor, for
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full-screen mode.) [X resource: xpdf.matteColor]
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Set the initial zoom factor. A number specifies a
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zoom percentage, where 100 means 72 dpi.You may
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also specify 'page', to fit the page to the window
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Set the initial zoom factor. A number specifies a
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zoom percentage, where 100 means 72 dpi.You may
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also specify 'page', to fit the page to the window
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size, or 'width', to fit the page width to the win-
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dow width. [config file: initialZoom; or X
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dow width. [config file: initialZoom; or X
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resource: xpdf.initialZoom]
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-cont Start in continuous view mode, i.e., with one ver-
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tical scroll bar for the whole document. [config
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-cont Start in continuous view mode, i.e., with one ver-
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tical scroll bar for the whole document. [config
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-quit Kill xpdf remote server (with -remote only).
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-cmd Print commands as they're executed (useful for
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-cmd Print commands as they're executed (useful for
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debugging). [config file: printCommands]
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-q Don't print any messages or errors. [config file:
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-q Don't print any messages or errors. [config file:
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Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the sys-
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Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the sys-
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tem-wide config file.
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-v Print copyright and version information.
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-h Print usage information. (-help and --help are
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-h Print usage information. (-help and --help are
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Several other standard X options and resources will work
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Several other standard X options and resources will work
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[X resource: xpdf.display]
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(-foreground is equivalent.) [X resource:
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(-foreground is equivalent.) [X resource:
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(-background is equivalent.) [X resource:
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(-background is equivalent.) [X resource:
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(-fn is equivalent.) [X resource: xpdf*fontList]
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The color and font options only affect the user interface
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The color and font options only affect the user interface
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elements, not the PDF display (the 'paper').
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The following X resources do not have command line option
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The following X resources do not have command line option
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Enables the 'h', 'l', 'k' and 'j' keys for left,
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right, up, and down scrolling.
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xpdf.toolTipEnable
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Enables (if set to true) or disables (if set to
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false) the tool-tips on the toolbar buttons.
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xpdf.fullScreenMatteColor
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Sets the matte color to be used in full-screen
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mode. The default setting is "black".
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On-screen controls, at the bottom of the xpdf window
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left/right arrow buttons
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Pressing the right mouse button will post a popup menu
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Pressing the right mouse button will post a popup menu
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with the following commands:
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Open a new PDF file via a file requester.
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Open in new window...
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Create a new window and open a new PDF file via a
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Create a new window and open a new PDF file via a
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Reload Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will
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reload the file automatically (on a page change or
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Reload Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will
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reload the file automatically (on a page change or
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redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.
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Save the current file via a file requester.
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Toggles between single page and continuous view
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Toggles between single page and continuous view
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Rotate counterclockwise
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Rotate the page 90 degrees counterclockwise.
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Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise. The two
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rotate commands are intended primarily for PDF
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files where the rotation isn't correctly specified
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Rotate the page 90 degrees clockwise. The two
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rotate commands are intended primarily for PDF
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files where the rotation isn't correctly specified
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Zoom in to the currently selected rectangle.
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Close Close the current window. If this is the only open
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window, the document is closed, but the window is
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left open (i.e., this menu command won't quit
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window, the document is closed, but the window is
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left open (i.e., this menu command won't quit
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If the PDF contains an outline (a.k.a., bookmarks), there
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will be an outline pane on the left side of the window.
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The width of the outline pane is adjustable with a verti-
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If the PDF contains an outline (a.k.a., bookmarks), there
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will be an outline pane on the left side of the window.
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The width of the outline pane is adjustable with a verti-
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cal split bar via the knob near its bottom end.
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Dragging the mouse with the left button held down will
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highlight an arbitrary rectangle. Any text inside this
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Dragging the mouse with the left button held down will
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highlight an arbitrary rectangle. Any text inside this
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rectangle will be copied to the X selection buffer.
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Clicking on a hyperlink will jump to the link's destina-
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tion. A link to another PDF document will make xpdf load
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that document. A 'launch' link to an executable program
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will display a dialog, and if you click 'ok', execute the
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program. URL links call an external command (see the WEB
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BROWSERS section below).
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Clicking on a hyperlink will jump to the link's
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destination. A link to another PDF document will make
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xpdf load that document. A 'launch' link to an executable
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program will display a dialog, and if you click 'ok', exe-
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cute the program. URL links call an external command (see
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the WEB BROWSERS section below).
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Dragging the mouse with the middle button held down pans
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Dragging the mouse with the middle button held down pans
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o Open a new PDF file via a file requester.
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r Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will
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reload the file automatically (on a page change or
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r Reload the current PDF file. Note that Xpdf will
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reload the file automatically (on a page change or
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redraw) if it has changed since it was last loaded.
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Make sure that xpdf is on your executable search path.
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When you click on a URL link in a PDF file, xpdf will exe-
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cute the command specified by the urlCommand config file
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cute the command specified by the urlCommand config file
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option, replacing an occurrence of '%s' with the URL. For
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example, to call netscape with the URL, add this line to
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example, to call netscape with the URL, add this line to
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your config file:
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urlCommand "netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'"
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Xpdf's key and mouse bindings are user-configurable, using
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the bind and unbind options in the config file (see
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xpdfrc(5)). The bind command allows you to bind a key or
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mouse button to a sequence of one or more commands.
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The following commands are supported:
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Go to the specified page.
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gotoPageNoScroll(page)
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Go to the specified page, with the current relative
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Go to a named destination.
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Go to the last page in the PDF file.
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Go to the last page in the PDF file, with the cur-
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rent relative scroll position.
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Go to the next page, with the current relative
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Go to the previous page.
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Go to the previous page, with the current relative
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pageUp Scroll up by one screenful.
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Scroll down by one screenful.
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Scroll left by n pixels.
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Scroll right by n pixels.
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Scroll up by n pixels.
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Scroll down by n pixels.
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Scroll up by n pixels, moving to the previous page
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scrollDownPrevPage(n)
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Scroll down by n pixels, moving to the next page if
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Scroll to the top edge of the current page, with no
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Scroll to the bottom edge of the current page, with
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no horizontal movement.
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Scroll to the left edge of the current page, with
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no vertical movement.
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Scroll to the right edge of the current page, with
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no vertical movement.
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Scroll to the top-left corner of the current page.
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Scroll to the bottom-right corner of the current
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Move forward along the history path.
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Move backward along the history path.
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Set the zoom factor to z%.
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Set the zoom factor to fit-page.
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Set the zoom factor to fit-width.
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zoomIn Zoom in - go to the next higher zoom factor.
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Zoom out - go the next lower zoom factor.
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Go to continuous view mode.
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Go to single-page view mode.
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Toggle between continuous and single page view
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Go to full-screen mode.
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Go to window (non-full-screen) mode.
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Toggle between full-screen and window modes.
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open Open a PDF file in this window, using the open dia-
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Open a PDF file in a new window, using the open
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Open a specified PDF file in this window.
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openFileInNewWin(file)
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Open a specified PDF file in a new window.
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openFileAtDest(file,dest)
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Open a specified PDF file in this window and go to
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openFileAtDestInNewWin(file,dest)
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Open a specified PDF file in a new window and go to
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reload Reload the current PDF file.
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redraw Redraw the window.
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raise Raise the window to the front.
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run(external-command-string)
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Run an external command. The following escapes are
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allowed in the command string:
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%f => PDF file name (or an empty string if no
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%b => PDF file base name, i.e., file name minus
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the extension (or an empty string if no
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%u => link URL (or an empty string if not over
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%x => selection upper-left x coordinate
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(or 0 if there is no selection)
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%y => selection upper-left y coordinate
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(or 0 if there is no selection)
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%X => selection lower-right x coordinate
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(or 0 if there is no selection)
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%Y => selection lower-right y coordinate
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(or 0 if there is no selection)
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Open the outline pane.
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Close the outline pane.
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Toggle the outline pane between open and closed.
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Scroll the outline down by n increments.
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Scroll the outline up by n increments.
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Set the keyboard focus to the main document window.
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Set the keyboard focus to the page number text box.
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find Open the 'find' dialog.
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Finds the next occurrence of the search string (no
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print Open the 'print' dialog.
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about Open the 'about' dialog.
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The following commands depend on the current mouse posi-
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Start a selection, which will be extended as the
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Start a pan, which will scroll the document as the
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Display the popup menu.
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Follow a hyperlink (does nothing if the mouse is
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Follow a hyperlink, opening PDF files in a new win-
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dow (does nothing if the mouse is not over a link).
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For links to non-PDF files, this command is identi-
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Same as followLink, but does nothing if there is a
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non-empty selection. (This is useful as a mouse
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followLinkInNewWinNoSel
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Same as followLinkInNewWin, but does nothing if
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there is a non-empty selection. (This is useful as
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a mouse button binding.)
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The default mouse bindings are as follows:
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bind mousePress1 any startSelection
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bind mouseRelease1 any endSelection followLinkNoSel
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bind mousePress2 any startPan
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bind mouseRelease2 any endPan
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bind mousePress3 any postPopupMenu
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bind mousePress4 any scrollUpPrevPage(16)
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bind mousePress5 any scrollDownNextPage(16)
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bind mousePress6 any scrollLeft(16)
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bind mousePress7 any scrollRight(16)
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The default key bindings are as follows:
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bind ctrl-home any gotoPage(1)
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bind home any scrollToTopLeft
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bind ctrl-end any gotoLastPage
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bind end any scrollToBottomRight
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bind backspace any pageUp
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bind delete any pageUp
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bind pgdn any pageDown
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bind space any pageDown
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bind left any scrollLeft(16)
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bind right any scrollRight(16)
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bind up any scrollUp(16)
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bind down any scrollDown(16)
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bind ctrl-g any findNext
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bind ctrl-p any print
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bind n scrLockOff nextPage
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bind N scrLockOff nextPage
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bind n scrLockOn nextPageNoScroll
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bind N scrLockOn nextPageNoScroll
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bind p scrLockOff prevPage
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bind P scrLockOff prevPage
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bind p scrLockOn prevPageNoScroll
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bind P scrLockOn prevPageNoScroll
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bind b any goBackward
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bind g any focusToPageNum
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bind 0 any zoomPercent(125)
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bind z any zoomFitPage
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bind w any zoomFitWidth
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bind alt-f any toggleFullScreenMode
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bind ctrl-l any redraw
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bind ctrl-w any closeWindow
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bind h any scrollLeft(16)
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bind l any scrollRight(16)
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bind k any scrollUp(16)
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bind j any scrollDown(16)
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