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

4     apvlv — PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT viewer with vim-like behaviour
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SYNOPSIS

7     apvlv [options] [file]
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DESCRIPTION

10     apvlv is a PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT 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/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT file
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30     O       Select a directory to display
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32     t       Display file chooser to open a PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT file in a
33             new tab
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35     T       Select a directory to display in a new tab
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37     R       Reload the current file
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39     r       Rotate the document clockwise by 90 degrees
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41     G       Show page number count
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43     gt      Show next tab
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45     gT      Show previous tab
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47     PageDown, C-f
48             Go forward count pages
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50     PageUp, C-b
51             Go backward count pages
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53     C-d     Go forward count half pages
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55     C-u     Go backward count half pages
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57     H       Scroll to page head
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59     M       Scroll to page middle
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61     L       Scroll to page bottom
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63     s       skip some pages count
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65     C-p, Up, k
66             Scroll up count units
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68     C-n, Down, h
69             Scroll down count units
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71     Backspace, Left, h
72             Scroll left count units
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74     Space, Right, l
75             Scroll right count units
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77     / string
78             Search forwards for string
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80     ? string
81             Search backwards for string
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83     f       Toggle between fullscreen and window mode
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85     zi      Zoom in
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87     zo      Zoom out
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89     zw      Zoom to fit window width
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91     zh      Zoom to fit window height
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93     m char  Mark the current position to char, so that it can be recalled by
94             pressing char
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96     ' char  Return to the mark position char
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98     ''      Return to the last position
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100     q       Close the current window
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102     v       Select a area
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104     C-v     Select a rectangle area
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106     y       copy the select area text to clipboard
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108     c       toggle content display
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110     U       underline selected text
111
112     A       annotate selected text
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114     C       comment selected text
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SETTINGS

117     These can be set in ~/.apvlvrc with "set setting [= value]".
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119     fullscreen = yes/no
120             Enable/Disable fullscreen
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122     width = int
123             Default window width
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125     height = int
126             Default window height
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128     fix_width = int
129             fixed width
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131     fix_height = int
132             fixed height
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134     defaultdir = path
135             Default directory for the open dialogue
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137     zoom = mode
138             Set default zoom level
139
140             normal  The application sets the default zoom value
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142             fitwidth
143                     Fit pages to window width
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145             fitheight
146                     Fit pages to window height
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148             float   1.0 for 100%, 2.0 for 200%, etc.
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150     content = yes/no
151             Show content view first
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153     content_follow_mode = mode
154             Set default content follow mode
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156             none    Not follow any content, just by user press Enter.
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158             page    Just follow page of book.
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160             always  Always follow any resources.
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162     continuous = yes/no
163             Show PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT pages continuously or not.
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165     continuouspad = int
166             Padding between pages for continuous = yes
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168     autoscrollpage = yes/no
169             Enable/Disable scrolling the pages when hitting a page tail/head
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171     noinfo = yes/no
172             Disable/Enable the usage of ~/.apvlvinfo
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174     pdfcache = int
175             Set pdf cache size
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177     [no]cache = yes/no
178             Disable/Enable cache
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180     scrollbar = yes/no
181             Set show scrollbar or not
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183     visualmode = yes/no
184             Set use visual mode to select and copy text or not
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186     wrapscan = yes/no
187             Set wrapscan to search text or not
188
189     doubleclick = action
190             Set default double click action
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192             none    Selection nothing
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194             word    Selection a word under the curcor to clipboard
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196             line    Selection a line under the curcor to clipboard
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198             page    Selection a page under the curcor to clipboard
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200     guioptions = m/T/mT
201             Weather display menu, toolbar or mean and toolbar.
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203     autoreload = int
204             If auto reload document after some seconds
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206     inverted = yes/no
207             If use inverted mode for pdf page
208
209     background = color
210             Set background color
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PROMPT

213     Like the COMMANDS, but prefixed with a colon:
214
215     :h[elp]
216             Display the help document
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218     :q[uit]
219             Close the current window
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221     :o[pen] file
222             Open file
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224     :doc file
225             Load file into the current window
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227     :TOtext [file]
228             Translate file (or the current page) to a text file
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230     :pr[int]
231             Print the current document
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233     :tabnew
234             Create a new tab
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236     :sp     Horizontally split the current window
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238     :vsp    Vertically split the current window
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240     :fp, :forwardpage [int]
241             Go forward int pages (1 by default)
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243     :bp, :prewardpage [int]
244             Go backward int pages (1 by default)
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246     :g, :goto int
247             Go to page int
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249     :z[oom] mode
250             Set zoom to mode (see "set zoom" in SETTINGS)
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252     :int    Go to page int
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254     :content
255             toggle content display
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AUTHORS

258     apvlv was written by Alf <naihe2010@126.com>.
259
260     This manual page was originally written by Stefan Ritter <xeno@the‐
261     happy.de> for the Debian project (but may be used by others), and was
262     rewritten more beautifully by Daniel Friesel <foobar@derf.homelinux.org>.
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