Ubuntu Manpage: xpdfrc - configuration file for Xpdf tools (version 3.04)

NAME

       xpdfrc - configuration file for Xpdf tools (version 3.04)

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.

       Arguments may be quoted, using  "double-quote"  characters,  e.g.,  for  file  names  that
       contain spaces.

       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 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.

GENERAL FONT CONFIGURATION

       fontFile PDF-font-name font-file
              Maps a PDF font, PDF-font-name, to a font for display or  PostScript  output.   The
              font  file,  font-file, can be any type allowed in a PDF file.  This command can be
              used for 8-bit or 16-bit (CID) fonts.

       fontDir dir
              Specifies a search directory  for  font  files.   There  can  be  multiple  fontDir
              commands;  all  of  the  specified directories will be searched in order.  The font
              files can be Type 1 (.pfa or .pfb) or TrueType (.ttf or .ttc); other files  in  the
              directory  will  be ignored.  The font file name (not including the extension) must
              exactly match the PDF font name.  This search is performed if the font name doesn't
              match  any  of  the fonts declared with the fontFile command.  There are no default
              fontDir directories.

       fontFileCC registry-ordering font-file
              Maps the registry-ordering character collection to a font for display or PostScript
              output.   This  mapping  is  used  if  the font name doesn't match any of the fonts
              declared  with  the  fontFile,  fontDir,  psResidentFont16,   or   psResidentFontCC
              commands.

POSTSCRIPT FONT CONFIGURATION

psFontPassthrough yes | no
If set to "yes", pass 8-bit font names through to the PostScript output without
substitution. Fonts which are not embedded in the PDF file are expected to be
available on the printer. This defaults to "no".

psResidentFont PDF-font-name PS-font-name
When the 8-bit font PDF-font-name is used (without embedding) 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.

psResidentFont16 PDF-font-name wMode PS-font-name encoding
When the 16-bit (CID) font PDF-font-name with writing mode wMode is used (without
embedding) in a PDF file, it will be translated to the PostScript font
PS-font-name, which is assumbed to be resident in the printer. The writing mode
must be either ´H' for horizontal or ´V' for vertical. The resident font is
assumed to use the specified encoding (which must have been defined with the
unicodeMap command).

psResidentFontCC registry-ordering wMode PS-font-name encoding
When a 16-bit (CID) font using the registry-ordering character collection and wMode
writing mode is used (without embedding) in a PDF file, the PostScript font,
PS-font-name, is substituted for it. The substituted font is assumbed to be
resident in the printer. The writing mode must be either ´H' for horizontal or ´V'
for vertical. The resident font is assumed to use the specified 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. This defaults to "yes".

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. This defaults to "yes".

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".

psUseCropBoxAsPage yes | no
If set to "yes", PostScript output treats the CropBox as the page size. By
default, this is "no", and the MediaBox is used as the page size.

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".

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".

psLZW yes | no
If set to "yes", the LZWEncode filter will be used for lossless compression in
PostScript output; if set to "no", the RunLengthEncode filter will be used instead.
LZW generates better compression (smaller PS files), but may not be supported by
some printers. This defaults to "yes".

psUncompressPreloadedImages yes | no
If set to "yes", all preloaded images in PS files will uncompressed. If set to
"no", the original compressed images will be used when possible. The "yes" setting
is useful to work around certain buggy PostScript interpreters. This defaults to
"no".

psMinLineWidth float
Set the minimum line width, in points, for PostScript output. The default value is
0 (no minimum).

psRasterResolution float
Set the resolution (in dpi) for rasterized pages in PostScript output. (Pdftops
will rasterize pages which use transparency.) This defaults to 300.

psRasterMono yes | no
If set to "yes", rasterized pages in PS files will be monochrome (8-bit gray)
instead of color. This defaults to "no".

psRasterSliceSize pixels
When rasterizing pages, pdftops splits the page into horizontal "slices", to limit
memory usage. This option sets the maximum slice size, in pixels. This defaults
to 20000000 (20 million).

psAlwaysRasterize yes | no
If set to "yes", all PostScript output will be rasterized. 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 "yes".

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".

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".

disableFreeTypeHinting yes | no
If this is set to "yes", FreeType hinting will be forced off. This option defaults
to "no".

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".

antialiasPrinting yes | no
If this is "yes", bitmaps sent to the printer will be antialiased (according to the
"antialias" and "vectorAntialias" settings). If this is "no", printed bitmaps will
not be antialiased. This defaults to "no".

strokeAdjust yes | no
Enables or disables stroke adjustment. Stroke adjustment moves horizontal and
vertical lines by up to half a pixel to make them look "cleaner" when vector anti-
aliasing is enabled. 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.

minLineWidth float
Set the minimum line width, in device pixels. This affects the rasterizer only,
not the PostScript converter (except when it uses rasterization to handle
transparency). The default value is 0 (no minimum).

drawAnnotations yes | no
If set to "no", annotations will not be drawn or printed. The default value is
"yes".

overprintPreview yes | no
If set to "yes", generate overprint preview output, honoring the OP/op/OPM settings
in the PDF file. Ignored for non-CMYK output. The default value is "no".

launchCommand command
Sets the command executed when you click on a "launch"-type link. The intent is
for the command to be a program/script which determines the file type and runs the
appropriate viewer. The command line will consist of the file to be launched,
followed by any parameters specified with the link. Do not use "%s" in "command".
By default, this is unset, and Xpdf will simply try to execute the file (after
prompting the user).

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. (For CID fonts, setting mapNumericCharNames to "no" is unnecessary.)
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".

mapExtTrueTypeFontsViaUnicode yes | no
When rasterizing text using an external TrueType font, there are two options for
handling character codes. If mapExtTrueTypeFontsViaUnicode is set to "yes", Xpdf
will use the font encoding/ToUnicode info to map character codes to Unicode, and
then use the font's Unicode cmap to map Unicode to GIDs. If
mapExtTrueTypeFontsViaUnicode is set to "no", Xpdf will assume the character codes
are GIDs (i.e., use an identity mapping). This defaults to "yes".

enableXFA yes | no
If set to "yes", an XFA form (if present) will be rendered in place of an AcroForm.
If "no", an XFA form will never be rendered. This defaults to "yes".

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
       fontFile Times-Roman           /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021003l.pfb
       fontFile Times-Italic          /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021023l.pfb
       fontFile Times-Bold            /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021004l.pfb
       fontFile Times-BoldItalic      /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n021024l.pfb
       fontFile Helvetica             /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019003l.pfb
       fontFile Helvetica-Oblique     /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019023l.pfb
       fontFile Helvetica-Bold        /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019004l.pfb
       fontFile Helvetica-BoldOblique /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n019024l.pfb
       fontFile Courier               /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb
       fontFile Courier-Oblique       /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022023l.pfb
       fontFile Courier-Bold          /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022004l.pfb
       fontFile Courier-BoldOblique   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022024l.pfb
       fontFile Symbol                /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/s050000l.pfb
       fontFile 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
       psResidentFont Univers      Univers
       psResidentFont Univers-Bold Univers-Bold

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

       # misc options
       enableFreeType  yes
       launchCommand   viewer-script
       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 1996-2014 Glyph & Cog, LLC.