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NAME

       xpdfrc - configuration file for Xpdf tools (version 3.02)

DESCRIPTION

       All  of the Xpdf tools read a single configuration file.  If you have a
       .xpdfrc file in your home directory, it will  be  read.   Otherwise,  a
       system-wide  configuration  file will be read from /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc, if
       it exists.  (This is its default location; depending on build  options,
       it  may be placed elsewhere.)  On Win32 systems, the xpdfrc file should
       be placed in the same directory as the executables.

       The xpdfrc file consists of a series of configuration options, one  per
       line.   Blank  lines  and  lines  starting  with  a  ´#’ (comments) are
       ignored.

       The following sections list all of the  configuration  options,  sorted
       into functional groups.  There is an examples section at the end.

       Note  that  all  settings  are  case-sensitive;  in particular, boolean
       options are "yes" and "no" (rather than "Yes" or "No").

INCLUDE FILES

       include config-file
              Includes the specified config  file.   The  effect  of  this  is
              equivalent  to  inserting  the  contents of config-file directly
              into the parent config file in place  of  the  include  command.
              Config files can be nested arbitrarily deeply.

CHARACTER MAPPING

       nameToUnicode map-file
              Specifies  a  file  with  the  mapping  from  character names to
              Unicode.  This is used to  handle  PDF  fonts  that  have  valid
              encodings  but no ToUnicode entry.  Each line of a nameToUnicode
              file looks like this:

                   hex-string name

              The hex-string is the Unicode (UCS-2) character index, and  name
              is  the  corresponding  character  name.  Multiple nameToUnicode
              files can be used; if a character name is given more than  once,
              the  code in the last specified file is used.  There is a built-
              in default nameToUnicode table  with  all  of  Adobe’s  standard
              character names.

       cidToUnicode registry-ordering map-file
              Specifies the file with the mapping from character collection to
              Unicode.  Each  line  of  a  cidToUnicode  file  represents  one
              character:

                   hex-string

              The  hex-string is the Unicode (UCS-2) index for that character.
              The first line maps CID 0, the second line  CID  1,  etc.   File
              size  is  determined  by size of the character collection.  Only
              one file is allowed per character collection; the last specified
              file is used.  There are no built-in cidToUnicode mappings.

       unicodeToUnicode font-name-substring map-file
              This  is  used  to  work  around  PDF fonts which have incorrect
              Unicode information.  It specifies a file which  maps  from  the
              given  (incorrect)  Unicode  indexes  to  the correct ones.  The
              mapping  will  be  used  for  any  font  whose   name   contains
              font-name-substring.   Each  line  of  a  unicodeToUnicode  file
              represents one Unicode character:

                  in-hex out-hex1 out-hex2 ...

              The in-hex field is an input (incorrect) Unicode index, and  the
              rest  of  the  fields  are  one or more output (correct) Unicode
              indexes.  Each occurrence of in-hex will  be  converted  to  the
              specified output sequence.

       unicodeMap encoding-name map-file
              Specifies  the  file with mapping from Unicode to encoding-name.
              These encodings are used for X display  fonts  and  text  output
              (see  below).  Each line of a unicodeMap file represents a range
              of one or more Unicode characters which maps linearly to a range
              in the output encoding:

                   in-start-hex in-end-hex out-start-hex

              Entries for single characters can be abbreviated to:

                   in-hex out-hex

              The  in-start-hex  and  in-end-hex  fields (or the single in-hex
              field) specify the Unicode range.  The out-start-hex  field  (or
              the  out-hex  field)  specifies the start of the output encoding
              range.  The length of  the  out-start-hex  (or  out-hex)  string
              determines the length of the output characters (e.g., UTF-8 uses
              different numbers of bytes to represent characters in  different
              ranges).   Entries  must  be  given in increasing Unicode order.
              Only one file is allowed per encoding; the last  specified  file
              is  used.   The Latin1, ASCII7, Symbol, ZapfDingbats, UTF-8, and
              UCS-2 encodings are predefined.

       cMapDir registry-ordering dir
              Specifies  a  search  directory,  dir,   for   CMaps   for   the
              registry-ordering  character  collection.  There can be multiple
              directories for a particular collection.  There are  no  default
              CMap directories.

       toUnicodeDir dir
              Specifies  a  search directory, dir, for ToUnicode CMaps.  There
              can be multiple ToUnicode directories.   There  are  no  default
              ToUnicode directories.

DISPLAY FONTS

       displayFontT1 PDF-font-name T1-file
              Maps  a  PDF  font, PDF-font-name, to a Type 1 font for display.
              The Type 1 font file, T1-file, should be a standard .pfa or .pfb
              file.

       displayFontTT PDF-font-name TT-file
              Maps  a PDF font, PDF-font-name, to a TrueType font for display.
              The TrueType font file, TT-file, should be a standard .ttf file.

       displayNamedCIDFontT1 PDF-font-name T1-file
              Maps  a  specific PDF CID (16-bit) font, PDF-font-name, to a CID
              font (16-bit  PostScript  font),  for  display.   There  are  no
              default CID font mappings.

       displayCIDFontT1 registry-ordering T1-file
              Maps  the  registry-ordering  character collection to a CID font
              (16-bit PostScript font), for display.  This mapping is used  if
              the  font  name  doesn’t  match  any  of the fonts declared with
              displayNamedCIDFont* commands.  There are no  default  CID  font
              mappings.

       displayNamedCIDFontTT PDF-font-name TT-file
              Maps  a  specific  PDF  CID  (16-bit)  font, PDF-font-name, to a
              (16-bit) TrueType font, for display.  There are no  default  CID
              font mappings.

       displayCIDFontTT registry-ordering TT-file
              Maps  the  registry-ordering  character collection to a (16-bit)
              TrueType font, for display.  This mapping is used  if  the  font
              name   doesn’t   match   any   of   the   fonts   declared  with
              displayNamedCIDFont* commands.  There are no  default  CID  font
              mappings.

       fontDir dir
              Specifies a search directory for external font files.  There can
              be multiple fontDir directories.  If a PDF file uses a font  but
              doesn’t  embed  it,  these  directories  will  be searched for a
              matching font file.  These fonts are  used  by  both  xpdf  (for
              display)   and   pdftops   (for   embedding   in  the  generated
              PostScript).  Type 1 fonts must have a suffix of ".pfa", ".pfb",
              ".ps",  or  no suffix at all.  TrueType fonts must have a ".ttf"
              suffix.  Other files  in  these  directories  will  be  ignored.
              There are no default fontDir directories.

POSTSCRIPT CONTROL

       psPaperSize width(pts) height(pts)
              Sets the paper size for PostScript output.  The width and height
              parameters give the paper size in PostScript points (1  point  =
              1/72 inch).

       psPaperSize letter | legal | A4 | A3 | match
              Sets  the  paper  size for PostScript output to a standard size.
              The default paper size is set when xpdf and pdftops  are  built,
              typically to "letter" or "A4".  This can also be set to "match",
              which will set the paper size to match the size specified in the
              PDF file.

       psImageableArea llx lly urx ury
              Sets  the  imageable  area  for  PostScript  output.   The  four
              integers are the coordinates of the lower-left  and  upper-right
              corners  of  the imageable region, specified in points (with the
              origin being the lower-left corner of the paper).  This defaults
              to  the  full  paper size; the psPaperSize option will reset the
              imageable area coordinates.

       psCrop yes | no
              If set to "yes", PostScript output is  cropped  to  the  CropBox
              specified  in the PDF file; otherwise no cropping is done.  This
              defaults to "yes".

       psExpandSmaller yes | no
              If set to "yes", PDF pages smaller than the PostScript imageable
              area  are  expanded  to  fill the imageable area.  Otherwise, no
              scalling is done on smaller pages.  This defaults to "no".

       psShrinkLarger yes | no
              If set to yes, PDF pages larger than  the  PostScript  imageable
              area  are  shrunk  to  fit  the  imageable  area.  Otherwise, no
              scaling is done on larger pages.  This defaults to "yes".

       psCenter yes | no
              If set to yes, PDF pages smaller than the  PostScript  imageable
              area  (after  any  scaling)  are centered in the imageable area.
              Otherwise, they are aligned at  the  lower-left  corner  of  the
              imageable area.  This defaults to "yes".

       psDuplex yes | no
              If  set to "yes", the generated PostScript will set the "Duplex"
              pagedevice entry.  This tells duplex-capable printers to  enable
              duplexing.  This defaults to "no".

       psLevel level1 | level1sep | level2 | level2sep | level3 | level3Sep
              Sets  the  PostScript  level  to  generate.   This  defaults  to
              "level2".

       psFont PDF-font-name PS-font-name
              When the PDF-font-name font is used in a PDF file,  it  will  be
              translated to the PostScript font PS-font-name, which is assumed
              to be resident in the  printer.   Typically,  PDF-font-name  and
              PS-font-name  are  the same.  By default, only the Base-14 fonts
              are assumed to be resident.

       psNamedFont16 PDF-font-name wMode PS-font-name encoding
              When the 16-bit font PDF-font-name is used in a  PDF  file  with
              the  wMode  writing  mode  and is not embedded, the PS-font-name
              font is substituted for it.  The writing mode must be either ´H’
              for  horizontal  or  ´V’ for vertical.  The PS-font-name font is
              assumed to be resident in the printer and to use  the  specified
              encoding  (which  must  have  been  defined  with the unicodeMap
              command).

       psFont16 registry-ordering wMode PS-font-name encoding
              When  a  16-bit  font  using  the  registry-ordering   character
              collection  and  wMode writing mode is not embedded and does not
              match any of the fonts declared in psNamedFont16  commands,  the
              PS-font-name  font is substituted for it.  The writing mode must
              be  either  ´H’  for  horizontal  or  ´V’  for  vertical.    The
              PS-font-name  font  is assumed to be resident in the printer and
              to use the specified writing mode and encoding (which must  have
              been defined with the unicodeMap command).

       psEmbedType1Fonts yes | no
              If  set to "no", prevents embedding of Type 1 fonts in generated
              PostScript.  This defaults to "yes".

       psEmbedTrueTypeFonts yes | no
              If  set  to  "no",  prevents  embedding  of  TrueType  fonts  in
              generated PostScript.  This defaults to "yes".

       psEmbedCIDTrueTypeFonts yes | no
              If  set  to  "no",  prevents  embedding of CID TrueType fonts in
              generated PostScript.  For Level 3 PostScript, this generates  a
              CID  font,  for  lower  levels  it generates a non-CID composite
              font.

       psEmbedCIDPostScriptFonts yes | no
              If set to "no", prevents embedding of CID  PostScript  fonts  in
              generated  PostScript.  For Level 3 PostScript, this generates a
              CID font, for lower levels  it  generates  a  non-CID  composite
              font.

       psPreload yes | no
              If  set  to "yes", PDF forms are converted to PS procedures, and
              image  data  is  preloaded.   This  uses  more  memory  in   the
              PostScript  interpreter,  but generates significantly smaller PS
              files in situations where, e.g., the  same  image  is  drawn  on
              every page of a long document.  This defaults to "no".

       psOPI yes | no
              If  set  to  "yes",  generates  PostScript  OPI comments for all
              images and forms which have OPI  information.   This  option  is
              only available if the Xpdf tools were compiled with OPI support.
              This defaults to "no".

       psASCIIHex yes | no
              If set to "yes", the ASCIIHexEncode filter will be used  instead
              of ASCII85Encode for binary data.  This defaults to "no".

       psFile file-or-command
              Sets  the  default  PostScript  file  or print command for xpdf.
              Commands start with a ´|’ character; anything else  is  a  file.
              If  the  file name or command contains spaces it must be quoted.
              This defaults to unset, which tells xpdf to generate a  name  of
              the form <file>.ps for a PDF file <file>.pdf.

       fontDir dir
              See the description above, in the DISPLAY FONTS section.

TEXT CONTROL

       textEncoding encoding-name
              Sets  the  encoding  to  use  for  text  output.   (This  can be
              overridden with the "-enc" switch on  the  command  line.)   The
              encoding-name  must  be defined with the unicodeMap command (see
              above).  This defaults to "Latin1".

       textEOL unix | dos | mac
              Sets the end-of-line convention to use  for  text  output.   The
              options are:

                  unix = LF
                  dos  = CR+LF
                  mac  = CR

              (This  can  be  overridden with the "-eol" switch on the command
              line.)  The default value is based on  the  OS  where  xpdf  and
              pdftotext were built.

       textPageBreaks yes | no
              If  set  to "yes", text extraction will insert page breaks (form
              feed characters) between pages.  This defaults to "yes".

       textKeepTinyChars yes | no
              If set to "yes", text extraction will keep all  characters.   If
              set  to  "no", text extraction will discard tiny (smaller than 3
              point) characters after  the  first  50000  per  page,  avoiding
              extremely slow run times for PDF files that use special fonts to
              do shading or cross-hatching.  This defaults to "no".

MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS

       initialZoom percentage | page | width | height
              Sets the  initial  zoom  factor.   A  number  specifies  a  zoom
              percentage,  where  100  means  72  dpi.   You  may also specify
              ´page’, to fit the page to the window size, ´width’, to fit  the
              page  width  to  the  window width, or ´height’, to fit the page
              height to the window height.

       continuousView yes | no
              If set to "yes", xpdf will start in continuous view mode,  i.e.,
              with  one  vertical  screoll  bar  for the whole document.  This
              defaults to "no".

       enableT1lib yes | no
              Enables or disables use of t1lib (a  Type  1  font  rasterizer).
              This  is  only  relevant if the Xpdf tools were built with t1lib
              support.   ("enableT1lib"  replaces   the   old   "t1libControl"
              option.)  This option defaults to "yes".

       enableFreeType yes | no
              Enables  or  disables  use of FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font
              rasterizer).  This is only relevant if the Xpdf tools were built
              with  FreeType  support.   ("enableFreeType"  replaces  the  old
              "freetypeControl" option.)  This option defaults to "yes".

       antialias yes | no
              Enables or disables font anti-aliasing in  the  PDF  rasterizer.
              This option affects all font rasterizers.  ("antialias" replaces
              the anti-aliasing control provided by the old "t1libControl" and
              "freetypeControl" options.)  This default to "yes".

       vectorAntialias yes | no
              Enables  or disables anti-aliasing of vector graphics in the PDF
              rasterizer.  This defaults to "yes".

       strokeAdjust yes | no
              Enables or disables stroke adjustment.  This defaults to  "yes".

       screenType dispersed | clustered | stochasticClustered
              Sets   the  halftone  screen  type,  which  will  be  used  when
              generating a monochrome (1-bit) bitmap.  The three  options  are
              dispersed-dot  dithering,  clustered-dot dithering (with a round
              dot and 45-degree screen angle),  and  stochastic  clustered-dot
              dithering.    By  default,  "stochasticClustered"  is  used  for
              resolutions of 300 dpi and higher, and "dispersed" is  used  for
              resolutions lower then 300 dpi.

       screenSize integer
              Sets  the size of the (square) halftone screen threshold matrix.
              By default, this  is  4  for  dispersed-dot  dithering,  10  for
              clustered-dot  dithering,  and  100 for stochastic clustered-dot
              dithering.

       screenDotRadius integer
              Sets the halftone screen dot radius.  This  is  only  used  when
              screenType  is set to stochasticClustered, and it defaults to 2.
              In clustered-dot mode, the dot radius  is  half  of  the  screen
              size.  Dispersed-dot dithering doesn’t have a dot radius.

       screenGamma float
              Sets  the  halftone  screen  gamma  correction parameter.  Gamma
              values greater than 1 make the  output  brighter;  gamma  values
              less than 1 make it darker.  The default value is 1.

       screenBlackThreshold float
              When  halftoning,  all values below this threshold are forced to
              solid black.  This parameter is a floating point value between 0
              (black) and 1 (white).  The default value is 0.

       screenWhiteThreshold float
              When  halftoning,  all values above this threshold are forced to
              solid white.  This parameter is a floating point value between 0
              (black) and 1 (white).  The default value is 1.

       urlCommand command
              Sets  the  command  executed  when you click on a URL link.  The
              string "%s" will be replaced with the  URL.   (See  the  example
              below.)  This has no default value.

       movieCommand command
              Sets  the command executed when you click on a movie annotation.
              The string "%s" will be replaced with the movie file name.  This
              has no default value.

       mapNumericCharNames yes | no
              If  set  to  "yes",  the  Xpdf tools will attempt to map various
              numeric character names sometimes used in font subsets.  In some
              cases  this leads to usable text, and in other cases it leads to
              gibberish -- there is no way for Xpdf to tell.  This defaults to
              "yes".

       mapUnknownCharNames yes | no
              If  set  to  "yes",  and mapNumericCharNames is set to "no", the
              Xpdf tools will apply a  simple  pass-through  mapping  (Unicode
              index  =  character  code) for all unrecognized glyph names.  In
              some cases, this leads to usable text, and  in  other  cases  it
              leads  to  gibberish  -- there is no way for Xpdf to tell.  This
              defaults to "no".

       bind modifiers-key context command ...
              Add a key or mouse button binding.  Modifiers  can  be  zero  or
              more of:

                  shift-
                  ctrl-

                  alt-
              Key can be a regular ASCII character, or any one of:

                  space
                  tab
                  return
                  enter
                  backspace
                  insert
                  delete
                  home
                  end
                  pgup
                  pgdn
                  left / right / up / down        (arrow keys)
                  f1 .. f35                       (function keys)
                  mousePress1 .. mousePress7      (mouse buttons)
                  mouseRelease1 .. mouseRelease7  (mouse buttons)

              Context is either "any" or a comma-separated combination of:

                  fullScreen / window       (full screen mode on/off)
                  continuous / singlePage   (continuous mode on/off)
                  overLink / offLink        (mouse over link or not)
                  scrLockOn / scrLockOff    (scroll lock on/off)

              The  context  string  can  include  only one of each pair in the
              above list.

              Command is an Xpdf command (see  the  COMMANDS  section  of  the
              xpdf(1)  man page for details).  Multiple commands are separated
              by whitespace.

              The bind command replaces any existing binding, but only  if  it
              was defined for the exact same modifiers, key, and context.  All
              tokens (modifiers, key, context, commands) are case-sensitive.

              Example key bindings:

                  # bind ctrl-a in any context to the nextPage
                  # command
                  bind ctrl-a any nextPage

                  # bind uppercase B, when in continuous mode
                  # with scroll lock on, to the reload command
                  # followed by the prevPage command
                  bind B continuous,scrLockOn reload prevPage

              See the xpdf(1) man page for more examples.

       unbind modifiers-key context
              Removes a key binding established with the bind  command.   This
              is   most   useful   to   remove  default  key  bindings  before
              establishing new ones (e.g., if the default key binding is given
              for  "any"  context, and you want to create new key bindings for
              multiple contexts).

       printCommands yes | no
              If set  to  "yes",  drawing  commands  are  printed  as  they’re
              executed (useful for debugging).  This defaults to "no".

       errQuiet yes | no
              If  set to "yes", this suppresses all error and warning messages
              from all of the Xpdf tools.  This defaults to "no".

EXAMPLES

       The following is a sample xpdfrc file.

       # from the Thai support package
       nameToUnicode /usr/local/share/xpdf/Thai.nameToUnicode

       # from the Japanese support package
       cidToUnicode Adobe-Japan1 /usr/local/share/xpdf/Adobe-Japan1.cidToUnicode
       unicodeMap   JISX0208     /usr/local/share/xpdf/JISX0208.unicodeMap
       cMapDir      Adobe-Japan1 /usr/local/share/xpdf/cmap/Adobe-Japan1

       # use the Base-14 Type 1 fonts from ghostscript
       displayFontT1 Times-Roman           /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Times-Italic          /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Times-Bold            /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Times-BoldItalic      /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Helvetica             /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Helvetica-Oblique     /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Helvetica-Bold        /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Helvetica-BoldOblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Courier               /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Courier-Oblique       /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Courier-Bold          /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Courier-BoldOblique   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb
       displayFontT1 Symbol                /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/s050000l.pfb
       displayFontT1 ZapfDingbats          /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/d050000l.pfb

       # use the Bakoma Type 1 fonts
       # (this assumes they happen to be installed in /usr/local/fonts/bakoma)
       fontDir /usr/local/fonts/bakoma

       # set some PostScript options
       psPaperSize          letter
       psDuplex             no
       psLevel              level2
       psEmbedType1Fonts    yes
       psEmbedTrueTypeFonts yes
       psFile               "| lpr -Pprinter5"

       # assume that the PostScript printer has the Univers and
       # Univers-Bold fonts
       psFont Univers      Univers
       psFont Univers-Bold Univers-Bold

       # set the text output options
       textEncoding UTF-8
       textEOL      unix

       # misc options
       t1libControl    low
       freetypeControl low
       urlCommand      "netscape -remote ’openURL(%s)’"

FILES

       /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc
              This is the default location for the  system-wide  configuration
              file.  Depending on build options, it may be placed elsewhere.

       $HOME/.xpdfrc
              This is the user’s configuration file.  If it exists, it will be
              read in place of the system-wide file.

AUTHOR

       The Xpdf software and documentation are  copyright  1996-2007  Glyph  &
       Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO

       xpdf(1),    pdftops(1),    pdftotext(1),    pdfinfo(1),    pdftoppm(1),
       pdfimages(1)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

                               27 February 2007                      xpdfrc(5)