NAME
djview4 - Standalone DjVu viewer
SYNOPSIS
djview4 [options] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
Standalone viewer for DjVu files. Features include navigating
documents, zooming and panning page images, producing and displaying
thumbnails, displaying document outlines, searching documents for
particular words in the hidden text layer, copying hidden text to the
clipboard, saving pages and documents as bundled or indirect multi-page
files, and printing page and documents. The viewer can simultaneously
display several pages using a side-by-side or a continuous layout.
COMMAND LINE ARGUMENT AND OPTIONS
This program can run as a standalone program or as a slave process for
the DjVu browser plugin nsdejavu. When running as a standalone
program, the command line argument argument can be:
* The filename of a valid DjVu document.
* A local DjVu document URL of the form:
file:///path/name.djvu[?djvuopts&keyword=value&...]
The square brackets delimit the optional components of the URL.
Various options can be specified using a syntax similar to that of
CGI arguments. Specifying options in this manner is very useful for
a browser plugin because there are no command line arguments. In
the case of a standalone viewer, all options can be specified as
command line arguments.
* An remote DjVu document URL of the form:
http://host/path/name.djvu[?djvuopts&keyword=value&...]
Browsing remote DjVu documents with the standalone viewer is less
efficient than using the browser plugin. The standalone viewer does
not benefit from the browser caching strategies and proxy settings.
Proxy settings for the standalone viewer can be set independently
with the preferences dialog.
An extensive list of options are recognized. Most options can be
specified as command line argument starting with the customary dash
character (-) or using the syntax of CGI arguments in the document URL.
Some options however are only meaningful as command line arguments.
Other options are only recognized when running the X11 version of the
djview4 program.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
The following options are only meaningful when specified on the command
line.
-help Display a brief help message.
-verbose
Prints informational messages on the console. This option is
very useful because it displays messages about the unrecognized
constructs in the DjVu annotation and hyperlink layers.
-fullscreen, -fs
Start djview4 in full screen mode. Use the key F11 to exit the
full screen mode.
-style=stylename
Specify the graphical user interface style. The recognized
values for stylename depend on the installed version of the Qt
toolkit. Common style names include cde, motif, plastique,
platinum, and windows.
X11 OPTIONS
The following command line options are recognized by the X11 version of
the djview4 program. Unlike most djview4 options, X11 options that
demand an argument do not use the equal character to introduce their
argument.
-display displayname
Specify that the djview4 windows should appear on the X11
display displayname.
-geometry WxH+X+Y
Specify the initial size and position of the first window using
the traditional X11 geometry specification syntax. The
numerical arguments W and H represent the initial window width
and height. The numerical arguments X and Y indicate the window
position relative to the top left corner of the screen.
-name name
Set the application name.
-title title
Set the title of the first window.
-fn fontname, -font fontname
Specify the name of the default font used for buttons and menus.
The font should be specified using a X logical font description
string.
-bg color, -background color
Specify the default background color for graphical user
interface elements. The color should be given as a standard X11
color name.
-fg color, -foreground color
Specify the default foreground color for graphical user
interface elements. The color should be given as a standard X11
color name.
-btn color
Specify the default button color. The color should be given as
a standard X11 color name.
-ncols count
Limit the number of colors allocated on a 8 bit display. The
default color cube contains 216 distinct colors.
-cmap Force the allocation of a private color map on a 8-bit display.
This might increase the color quality but cause flashing when
the viewer window gets activated.
GENERAL OPTIONS
The following options can be specified as command line options or can
be passed by augmenting the document URL using a syntax similar to that
of CGI arguments
http://.../file.djvu?djvuopts&key=value&key=value&...
In order to separate real CGI arguments from these options, the viewer
only recognizes keywords that appear after the word djvuopts. The
keywords key are derived from the option names by removing the initial
dashes.
-page=pagename
Display a specific document page. The viewer first searches a
page whose identifier matches the argument pagename. Otherwise,
if pagename if a number preceded by character + or -, the viewer
performs a displacement relative to the current page.
Otherwise, starting from the current page and wrapping around,
it searches for a page whose title matches the argument
pagename. Otherwise, if pagename is numerical, it is
interpreted as an ordinal page number. Otherwise, and finally,
the viewer searches a page whose name matches pagename.
-pageno=pagenumber
The page searching algorithm for option page can cause
ambiguities when page titles can be interpreted as numbers. The
argument of option pageno is always interpreted as an ordinal
page number. This option is less portable than page because it
is not recognized by earlier versions of the djvu plugin. When
using this option is necessary, it is advisable to use both the
page and pageno options.
-zoom=zoomfactor
Specify the initial zoom factor. Unless the toolbar, pop-up
menu and keyboard are disabled, the user will be able to change
the zoom factor. Legal values for zoomfactor are shown in the
below:
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|number Magnification factor in range 10% to 999%. |
|one2one Select the "one-to-one" mode. |
|width Select the "fit width" mode. |
|page Select the "fit page" mode. |
|stretch Stretch the image to the plugin window size. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
-showposition=px,py
Specify a point in the current page that should be as close as
possible to the center of the window. The horizontal and
vertical positions px,py in the current page are given as
fractions in range 0 to 1. For instance, 0,0 designates the
upper left corner of the page, 0.5,0.5 is the center, and 1,1 is
the lower right corner.
-mode=modespec
Specify the initial display mode. Unless the toolbar and pop-up
menu are disabled, the user will be able to change it. Legal
values for modespec are shown in the below:
+------------------------------------------------------+
|color Display the color image. |
|bw Display the foreground mask only. |
|fore Display the foreground only. |
|back Display the background only. |
|text Overlay the hidden text over the color image. |
+------------------------------------------------------+
-hor_align=keyword, -halign=keyword
Specify the horizontal position of the page in the viewer
window. (This does not specify what part of the page will be
shown, but rather how margins will be laid out around the page
in the plugin window.) Argument keyword must be left, center,
or right.
-ver_align=keyword, -valign=keyword
Specify the vertical position of the page in the viewer window.
(This does not specify what part of the page will be shown, but
rather how margins will be laid out around the page in the
plugin window.) Argument keyword must be top, center, or
bottom.
-cache=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the caching of fully decoded pages of the
document. Caching is on by default. Caching of documents whose
URL does not contain an extension .djvu or .djv is off by
default.
-continuous=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the continuous layout of multipage documents.
-sidebyside=(yes|no), -side_by_side=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the side-by-side layout of multipage
documents.
-coverpage=(yes|no)
Specify whether the cover page must be displayed alone when
multipage documents are shown in side-by-side layout.
-righttoleft=(yes|no)
Specify whether pages should be arranged right-to-left when
multipage documents are shown in side-by-side layout.
-layout=keyword{,keyword}
Specify the layout settings using a single list of comma-
separated keywords. The following keywords are recognized:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|single Disable both the side-by-side and continuous modes |
|double Enable the side-by-side mode. |
|continuous Enable the continuous mode. |
|cover, nocover Specify whether the cover page should be left alone. |
|ltor, rtol Specify the left-to-right or right-to-left layout. |
|gap, nogap Specify whether there is a gap between pages. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
-scrollbars=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the presence of scroll bars when the full
image size exceeds the plugin window size. The default is yes.
-frame=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the display of a thin frame and shadow around
the DjVu images. Frames are enabled by default.
-background=color
Specify the color of the background border displayed around the
document. The color color must be given in hexadecimal RRGGBB or
#RRGGBB format.
-toolbar=keyword{(,|+|-)keyword}
Controls the appearance and the contents of the toolbar. The
argument of option toolbar is composed of a number of keywords
separated by characters comma, plus or minus. The appearance of
the toolbar is controlled by keywords placed before the first
occurrence of a character plus or minus. The following keywords
are recognized in this context:
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|no Disable toolbar. |
|always Displays the toolbar. |
|auto Enable toolbar "autohide" mode (not implemented). |
|top Place toolbar along the top edge. |
|bottom Place toolbar along the bottom edge. |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
The contents of the toolbar is controlled by keywords placed
after the first occurrence of a character plus or minus. Each
keyword adds (after a plus) or removes (after a minus) a
particular toolbar button or group of buttons. The initial
content of the toolbar is determined by the first occurrence of
a character plus or minus. When this is a plus, the toolbar is
initially empty. When this is a minus, the toolbar initially
contains the default selection of buttons.
The following keywords are recognized:
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|modecombo for the display mode selection tool. |
|zoomcombo for the zoom selection tool. |
|zoom for the zoom buttons. |
|select for the selection button. |
|rotate for the image rotation buttons. |
|find for the text search button. |
|new for the new window button. |
|open for the open new document button. |
|save for the save button. |
|print for the print button. |
|layout for the page layout buttons. |
|pagecombo for the page selection tool. |
|firstlast for the first-page and last-page buttons. |
|prevnext for the previous- and next-page buttons. |
|backforw reserved for the back and forward buttons. |
|help for the contextual help button. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
For the sake of backward compatibility, the keywords fore, fore_button,
back, back_button, bw, bw_button, color, and color_button are
interpreted like keyword modecombo; the keyword rescombo is a synonym
of zoomcombo; the keywords pan, zoomsel, and textsel are interpreted
like keyword select; and the keyword doublepage is interpreted like
keyword layout. All other keywords are ignored.
-menubar=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the presence of the menu bar located on top of
the window.
-statusbar=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the presence of the status bar located at the
bottom of the window.
-sidebar=keyword{,keyword}
Control the dockable panels. The argument is a comma separated
list of keywords. A first group of keywords selects which
panels are affected. Omitting these keywords selects all
panels. A second group of keywords then controls the visibility
and the position of the selected panels.
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|thumbnails specify the thumbnail panel. |
|outline,bookmarks specify the outline panel. |
|search,find specify the search panel. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|yes,true show the specified panels (default). |
|no,false hide the specified panels. |
|left dock specified panels on the left side. |
|right dock specified panels on the right side. |
|top dock specified panels on the top side. |
|bottom dock specified panels on the bottom side. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-thumbnails=keyword{,keyword}
Compatibility alias for -sidebar=thumbnails,keyword{,keyword}.
-outline=keyword{,keyword}
Compatibility alias for -sidebar=outline,keyword{,keyword}.
-menu=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the pop-up menu.
-keyboard=(yes|no)
Enable or disable the DjVu plugin keyboard shortcuts. The
default is yes (enabled).
-mouse=(yes|no)
Enable or disable mouse interaction for panning and selecting.
The default is yes (enabled).
-links=(yes|no)
Enable or disable hyper-links in the DjVu image. Hyper-links
are enabled by default.
-highlight=x,y,w,h[,color]
Display a highlighted rectangle at the specified coordinates in
the current page and with the specified color. Coordinates x,
y, w, and h are measured in document image coordinates (not
screen coordinates). The origin is set at the bottom left
corner of the image. The color color must be given in
hexadecimal RRGGBB or #RRGGBB format. Multiple highlighted zone
can be specified and can be interspersed with multiple
-page=pagename options.
-find=text
Highlight occurrences of the given string text. This option
works when the document contains a hidden text layer. It can be
used in conjunction with -sidebar=find to display the text
searching interface.
String text can be terminated by slash (/) followed by letters
specifying search options. The following letters are recognized
+----------------------------------------------------+
|c Case-sensitive search. |
|C Case-insensitive search (default). |
|w Search hits start on word boundaries (default). |
|W Ignore word boundaries. |
|r Regular expression search. |
|R String search (default). |
+----------------------------------------------------+
-rotate=(0|90|180|270)
Rotate the djvu image by the specified angle expressed in
degrees counter-clockwise.
-print=(yes|no)
Enable or disable printing the DjVu document. Printing is
enabled by default.
-save=(yes|no)
Enable or disable saving the DjVu document. Saving is enabled
by default.
-passive
Cause the DjVu image to be displayed in a manner similar to an
ordinary web image. The default zoom factor is changed to page.
The toolbar, the status bar, the scrollbars, the menus, and the
keyboard shortcuts are disabled.
-passivestretch
Cause the DjVu image to be displayed in a manner similar to an
ordinary web image. The default zoom factor is changed to
stretch. The toolbar, the status bar, the scrollbars, the
menus, and the keyboard shortcuts are disabled.
-nomenu, -notoolbar, -noscrollbars
These options were recognized by some versions of the DjVu
viewers and are honored for the sake of backward compatibility.
A warning message is printed when option -verbose is active.
-logo, -textsel, -search
These options were recognized by some versions of the DjVu
viewers but are currently not implemented by djview4. A warning
message is printed when option -verbose is active.
USAGE
Most features can be accessed using the menus, the toolbar, the side
bar or the pop-up menu shown when the right mouse button is depressed
over a DjVu image. Detailled help can be accessed by clicking the
contextual help icon from the toolbar and then clicking on various
section of the djview user interface.
The following table lists some useful key combinations recognized when
the djvu document is active:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Key Action |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|SHIFT+F1 Activate the contextual help. |
|1,2, and 3 Change zoom to to 100%, 200% and 300%. |
|Up, Down, Left, Right Scroll the image in the given direction. |
|Home Display top left corner of the image. |
|End Display bottom right corner of the image. |
|Control+Home Go to the beginning of the multi-page document. |
|Control+End Go to the end of the multi-page document. |
|Space, Return Scroll down or go to next page. |
|Backspace Scroll up or go to previous page. |
|Page Down Go to the next page. |
|Page Up Go to the previous page. |
|+, - Zoom in and out. |
|[, ] Rotate image. |
|W Select the "Fit Width" zooming mode. |
|P Select the "Fit Page" zooming mode. |
|CTRL+F, F3 Search the hidden text layer. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Handy effects can be achieved by holding modifier keys. Although these
keys are configurable from the preference dialog, the following table
lists the default assignments
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|Key Action |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
|CTRL+SHIFT Hold these keys to show the magnification lens. |
|CTRL Hold this key to select an area with the mouse. |
|SHIFT Hold this key to display all hyperlinks. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
CREDITS
This program was written by Léon Bottou <leonb@users.sf.net> and is
distributed under the GNU General Public License. This program
includes code derived from program tiff2pdf, written by Ross Finlayson
and released under a BSD license.
SEE ALSO
djvu(1), ddjvu(1), nsdejavu(1), djview3(1), tiff2pdf(1)