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NAME
apvlv — PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT viewer with vim-like behaviour
SYNOPSIS
apvlv [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
apvlv is a PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT viewer, which behaves like vim.
OPTIONS
−c file
Load configuration from file instead of the default ˜/.apvlvrc
−h
Show help message and exit
−v
Show version and exit
COMMANDS
The following command keys can be used inside apvlv. Some of them may be prefixed by a number (as in
pressing "13G"), this is indicated by a count in their description. Unless noted otherwise, the default
value for the number is 1.
o Display file chooser to open a PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT file
O Select a directory to display
t Display file chooser to open a PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT file in a new tab
T Select a directory to display in a new tab
R Reload the current file
r Rotate the document clockwise by 90 degrees
G Show page number count
gt Show next tab
gT Show previous tab
PageDown, C-f
Go forward count pages
PageUp, C-b
Go backward count pages
C-d Go forward count half pages
C-u Go backward count half pages
H Scroll to page head
M Scroll to page middle
L Scroll to page bottom
s skip some pages count
C-p, Up, k
Scroll up count units
C-n, Down, h
Scroll down count units
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Backspace, Left, h
Scroll left count units
Space, Right, l
Scroll right count units
/ string
Search forwards for string
? string
Search backwards for string
f Toggle between fullscreen and window mode
zi Zoom in
zo Zoom out
zw Zoom to fit window width
zh Zoom to fit window height
m char Mark the current position to char, so that it can be recalled by pressing char
’ char Return to the mark position char
’’ Return to the last position
q Close the current window
ZZ quit the viewer with ZZ, like Vim
v Select a area
C-v Select a rectangle area
y copy the select area text to clipboard
c toggle content display
U underline selected text
A annotate selected text
C comment selected text
SETTINGS
These can be set in ˜/.apvlvrc with "set setting [= value]".
fullscreen = yes/no
Enable/Disable fullscreen
width = int
Default window width
height = int
Default window height
fix_width = int
fixed width
fix_height = int
fixed height
defaultdir = path
Default directory for the open dialogue
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zoom = mode
Set default zoom level
normal The application sets the default zoom value
fitwidth Fit pages to window width
fitheight Fit pages to window height
float 1.0 for 100%, 2.0 for 200%, etc.
content = yes/no
Show content view first
content_follow_mode = mode
Set default content follow mode
none Not follow any content, just by user press Enter.
page Just follow page of book.
always Always follow any resources.
continuous = yes/no
Show PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT pages continuously or not.
continuouspad = int
Padding between pages for continuous = yes
autoscrollpage = yes/no
Enable/Disable scrolling the pages when hitting a page tail/head
noinfo = yes/no
Disable/Enable the usage of ˜/.apvlvinfo
pdfcache = int
Set pdf cache size
[no]cache = yes/no
Disable/Enable cache
scrollbar = yes/no
Set show scrollbar or not
visualmode = yes/no
Set use visual mode to select and copy text or not
wrapscan = yes/no
Set wrapscan to search text or not
doubleclick = action
Set default double click action
none Selection nothing
word Selection a word under the cursor to clipboard
line Selection a line under the cursor to clipboard
page Selection a page under the cursor to clipboard
guioptions = m/T/mT
Weather display menu, toolbar, or menu and toolbar.
autoreload = int
If auto reload document after some seconds
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inverted = yes/no
If use inverted mode for pdf page
background = color
Set background color
PROMPT
Like the COMMANDS, but prefixed with a colon:
:h[elp] Display the help document
:q[uit] Close the current window
:o[pen] file
Open file
:doc file
Load file into the current window
:TOtext [file]
Translate file (or the current page) to a text file
:pr[int] Print the current document
:tabnew Create a new tab
:sp Horizontally split the current window
:vsp Vertically split the current window
:fp, :forwardpage [int]
Go forward int pages (1 by default)
:bp, :prewardpage [int]
Go backward int pages (1 by default)
:g, :goto int
Go to page int
:z[oom] mode
Set zoom to mode (see "set zoom" in SETTINGS)
:int Go to page int
:content toggle content display
AUTHORS
apvlv was written by Alf <[email protected]>.
This manual page was originally written by Stefan Ritter <[email protected]> for the Debian project (but
may be used by others), and was rewritten more beautifully by Daniel Friesel <[email protected]
linux.org>.
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