1apvlv(1)                  BSD General Commands Manual                 apvlv(1)
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NAME

4     apvlv — PDF viewer with vim-like behaviour
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SYNOPSIS

7     apvlv [options] [file]
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DESCRIPTION

10     apvlv is a PDF viewer, which behaves like vim.
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OPTIONS

13     -c file
14        Load configuration from file instead of the default ~/.apvlvrc
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16     -h
17        Show help message and exit
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19     -v
20        Show version and exit
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COMMANDS

23     The following command keys can be used inside apvlv.  Some of them may be
24     prefixed by a number (as in pressing "13G"), this is indicated by a count
25     in their description.  Unless noted otherwise, the default value for the
26     number is 1.
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28     o       Display file chooser to open a PDF file
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30     O       Select a directory to display
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32     R       Reload the current file
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34     r       Rotate the document clockwise by 90 degrees
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36     G       Show page number count
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38     gt      Show next tab
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40     gT      Show previous tab
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42     PageDown, C-f
43             Go forward count pages
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45     PageUp, C-b
46             Go backward count pages
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48     C-d     Go forward count half pages
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50     C-u     Go backward count half pages
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52     H       Scroll to page head
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54     M       Scroll to page middle
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56     L       Scroll to page bottom
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58     C-p, Up, k
59             Scroll up count units
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61     C-n, Down, h
62             Scroll down count units
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64     Backspace, Left, h
65             Scroll left count units
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67     Space, Right, l
68             Scroll right count units
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70     / string
71             Search forwards for string
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73     ? string
74             Search backwards for string
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76     f       Toggle between fullscreen and window mode
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78     zi      Zoom in
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80     zo      Zoom out
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82     zw      Zoom to fit window width
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84     zh      Zoom to fit window height
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86     m char  Mark the current position to char, so that it can be recalled by
87             pressing char
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89     ' char  Return to the mark position char
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91     ''      Return to the last position
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93     q       Close the current window
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95     v       Select a area
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97     C-v     Select a rectange area
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99     y       copy the select area text to clipboard
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SETTINGS

102     These can be set in ~/.apvlvrc with "set setting [= value]".
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104     fullscreen = yes/no
105             Enable/Disable fullscreen
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107     width = int
108             Default window width
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110     height = int
111             Default window height
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113     defaultdir = path
114             Default directory for the open dialogue
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116     zoom = mode
117             Set default zoom level
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119             normal  The application sets the default zoom value
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121             fitwidth
122                     Fit pages to window width
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124             fitheight
125                     Fit pages to window height
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127             float   1.0 for 100%, 2.0 for 200%, etc.
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129     content = yes/no
130             Show content view first
131
132     continuous = yes/no
133             Show PDF pages continuously or not.
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135     continuouspad = int
136             Padding betwen pages for continuous = yes
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138     autoscrollpage = yes/no
139             Enable/Disable scrolling the pages when hitting a page tail/head
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141     noinfo = yes/no
142             Disable/Enable the usage of ~/.apvlvinfo
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144     pdfcache = int
145             Set pdf cache size
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147     [no]cache
148             Disable/Enable cache
149
150     scrollbar = yes/no
151             Set show scrollbar or not
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153     visualmode = yes/no
154             Set use visual mode to select and copy text or not
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156     wrapscan =yes/no
157             Set wrapscan to search text or not
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159     doubleclick = action
160             Set default double click action
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162             none    Selection nothing
163
164             word    Selection a word under the curcor to clipboard
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166             line    Selection a line under the curcor to clipboard
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168             page    Selection a page under the curcor to clipboard
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170     guioptions = m/T/mT
171             Weather display menu, toolbar or mean and toolbar.
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173     autoreload = int
174             If auto reload document after some seconds
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PROMPT

177     Like the COMMANDS, but prefixed with a colon:
178
179     :h[elp]
180             Display the help document
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182     :h[elp] info
183             Display the help document (section "introduction")
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185     :h[elp] command
186             Display the help document (section "command")
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188     :h[elp] setting
189             Display the help document (section "setting")
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191     :h[elp] prompt
192             Display the help document (section "prompt")
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194     :q[uit]
195             Close the current window
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197     :o[pen] file
198             Open file
199
200     :doc file
201             Load file into the current window
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203     :TOtext [file]
204             Translate file (or the current page) to a text file
205
206     :pr[int]
207             Print the current document
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209     :tabnew
210             Create a new tab
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212     :sp     Horizontally split the current window
213
214     :vsp    Vertically split the current window
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216     :fp, :forwardpage [int]
217             Go forward int pages (1 by default)
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219     :bp, :prewardpage [int]
220             Go backward int pages (1 by default)
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222     :g, :goto int
223             Go to page int
224
225     :z[oom] mode
226             Set zoom to mode (see "set zoom" in SETTINGS)
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228     :int    Go to page int
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AUTHORS

231     apvlv was written by Alf <naihe2010@gmail.com>.
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233     This manual page was originally written by Stefan Ritter <xeno@the‐
234     happy.de> for the Debian project (but may be used by others), and was
235     rewritten more beautifully by Daniel Friesel <foobar@derf.homelinux.org>.
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