Provided by: zathura_0.5.12-3_amd64 
NAME
zathura - a document viewer
SYNOPSIS
zathura [-e XID] [-c PATH] [-d PATH] [-p PATH] [-w PASSWORD] [-P NUMBER] [--fork] [-l LEVEL] [-s] [-x
CMD] [--synctex-forward INPUT] [--synctex-pid PID] [-find STRING] <files>
DESCRIPTION
zathura displays the given files. If a single hyphen-minus (-) is given as file name, the content will be
read from the standard input. If no files are given, an empty zathura instance launches.
OPTIONS
-e,--reparent=xid
Reparents to window specified by xid
-c,--config-dir=path
Path to the config directory
-d,--data-dir=path
Path to the data directory
-p,--plugins-dir=path
Path to the directory containing plugins
-w,--password=password
The documents password. If multiple documents are opened at once, the password will be used for
the first one and zathura will ask for the passwords of the remaining files if needed.
-P,--page=number
Opens the document at the given page number. Pages are numbered starting with 1, and negative
numbers indicate page numbers starting from the end of the document, -1 being the last page.
-f,--find=string
Opens the document and searches for the given string.
-l,--log-level=level
Set log level (debug, info, warning, error)
-x,--synctex-editor-command=command
Set the synctex editor command. Overrides the synctex-editor-command setting.
--synctex-forward=input
Jump to the given position. The switch expects the same format as specified for synctex's view -i.
If no instance is running for the specified document, a new instance will be launched (only if
--synctex-pid is not specified).
--synctex-pid=pid
Instead of looking for an instance having the correct file opened, try only the instance with the
given PID. Note that if the given PID does not have the correct file open or does not exist, no
new instance will be spanned.
--mode=mode
Start in a non-default mode
--fork Fork into background
--version
Display version string and exit
--help Display help and exit
MOUSE AND KEY BINDINGS
General
J, PgDn
Go to the next page
K, PgUp
Go to the previous page
h, k, j, l
Scroll to the left, down, up or right direction
Left, Down, Up, Right
Scroll to the left, down, up or right direction
^t, ^d, ^u, ^y
Scroll a half page left, down, up or right
t, ^f, ^b, space, <S-space>, y
Scroll a full page left, down, up or right
gg, G, nG
Goto to the first, the last or to the nth page
P Snaps to the current page
H, L Goto top or bottom of the current page
^o, ^i Move backward and forward through the jump list
^j, ^k Bisect forward and backward between the last two jump points
^c, Escape
Abort
a, s Adjust window in best-fit or width mode
/, ? Search for text
n, N Search for the next or previous result
o, O Open document
f Follow links
F Display link target
c Copy link target into the clipboard
: Enter command
r Rotate by 90 degrees
^r Recolor (grayscale and invert colors)
R Reload document
Tab Show index and switch to Index mode
d Toggle dual page view
D Cycle opening column in dual page view
F5 Switch to presentation mode
F11 Switch to fullscreen mode
^m Toggle inputbar
^n Toggle statusbar
+, -, =
Zoom in, out or to the original size
zI, zO, z0
Zoom in, out or to the original size
n= Zoom to size n
mX Set a quickmark to a letter or number X
'X Goto quickmark saved at letter or number X
q Quit
Fullscreen mode
J, K Go to the next or previous page
space, <S-space>, <BackSpace>
Scroll a full page down or up
gg, G, nG
Goto to the first, the last or to the nth page
^c, Escape
Abort
F11 Switch to normal mode
+, -, =
Zoom in, out or to the original size
zI, zO, z0
Zoom in, out or to the original size
n= Zoom to size n
q Quit
Presentation mode
space, <S-space>, <BackSpace>
Scroll a full page down or up
^c, Escape
Abort
F5 Switch to normal mode
q Quit
Index mode
k, j Move to upper or lower entry
l Expand entry
L Expand all entries
h Collapse entry
H Collapse all entries
space, Return
Select and open entry
Mouse bindings
Scroll Scroll up or down
^Scroll
Zoom in or out
Drag Button2 (middle button drag)
Pan the document
Button1 (left click)
Follow link
Drag Button1
Select text
Drag S-Button1
Highlight region
Button3 (right click)
Open popup menu to copy/save image (activates for images recognized by export command)
COMMANDS
bmark Save a bookmark.
bdelete
Delete a bookmark.
blist List bookmarks.
bjump Jump to given bookmark.
jumplist
Show recent jumps in jumplist (by default last 5). Optional argument specifies number of entries
to show. Negative value "-N" shows all except the first "N" entries.
mark Set a quickmark.
delmarks
Delete a quickmark. Abbreviation: delm.
close Close document.
quit Quit zathura. Abbreviation: q.
exec Execute an external command. $FILE expands to the current document path, $PAGE to the current page
number, and $DBUS to the bus name of the D-Bus interface. Alias: ! (space is still needed after).
info Show document information.
open Open a document. Abbreviation: o.
offset Set page offset.
print Print document.
write(!)
Save document (and force overwriting). Alias: save(!).
export Export attachments. First argument specifies the attachment identifier (use completion with Tab),
second argument gives the target filename (relative to current working directory).
dump Write values, descriptions, etc. of all current settings to a file.
source Source a configuration file. It is possible to change the config directory by passing an argument.
hlsearch
Highlight current search results.
nohlsearch
Remove highlights of current search results. Abbreviation: nohl.
version
Show version information.
CONFIGURATION
The default appearance and behaviour of zathura can be overwritten by modifying the zathurarc file
(default path: ~/.config/zathura/zathurarc). For a detailed description please consult zathurarc(5).
SYNCTEX SUPPORT
Both synctex forward and backwards synchronization are supported by zathura, To enable synctex forward
synchronization, please look at the --synctex-forward and --synctex-editor options. zathura will also
emit a signal via the D-Bus interface. To support synctex backwards synchronization, zathura provides a
D-Bus interface that can be called by the editor. For convince zathura also knows how to parse the output
of the synctex view command. It is enough to pass the arguments to synctex view's -i option to zathura
via --synctex-forward and zathura will pass the information to the correct instance.
For gvim forward and backwards synchronization support can be set up as follows: First add the following
to the vim configuration:
function! Synctex()
execute "silent !zathura --synctex-forward " . line('.') . ":" . col('.') . ":" . bufname('%') . " " . g:syncpdf
redraw!
endfunction
map <C-enter> :call Synctex()<cr>
Then launch zathura with
zathura -x "gvim --servername vim -c \"let g:syncpdf='$1'\" --remote +%{line} %{input}" $file
Some editors support zathura as viewer out of the box:
• LaTeXTools for SublimeText (https://latextools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/available-viewers/#zathura)
• LaTeX for Atom (https://atom.io/packages/latex)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
ZATHURA_PLUGINS_PATH
Path to the directory containing plugins. This directory is only considered if no other directory
was specified using --plugins-dir.
SANDBOX
The zathura-sandbox binary runs zathura with a seccomp and/or landlock based sandbox enabled. Some
features are disabled when using sandbox mode:
• saving/writing files
• use of input methods like ibus
• printing
• bookmarks and history
• dbus integration
• synctex support
The sandbox mode is still experimental with some libc implementations. The current supported and tested
libc implementations is glibc.
KNOWN BUGS
If GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS is enabled you will experience problems with large documents. In this case zathura
might crash or pages cannot be rendered properly. Disabling GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS fixes this issue. The same
issue may appear, if overlay-scrollbar is enabled in GTK_MODULES.
SEE ALSO
zathurarc(5)
AUTHOR
pwmt.org
COPYRIGHT
2009-2018, pwmt.org
0.5.12 2025-07-03 ZATHURA(1)