xpdfrc(5)                                                            xpdfrc(5)



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 /usr/local/etc/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.

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  Uni-
              code.   This  is used to handle PDF fonts that have valid encod-
              ings 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 char-
              acter:

                   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  Uni-
              code 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-sub-
              string.  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 reg-
              istry-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  dis-
              playNamedCIDFont*  commands.  There are no default CID font map-
              pings.

       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  displayNamed-
              CIDFont* 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 dis-
              play)  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 inte-
              gers are the coordinates of the lower-left and upper-right  cor-
              ners of the imageable region, specified in points (with the ori-
              gin 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 scal-
              ing 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 com-
              mand).

       psFont16 registry-ordering wMode PS-font-name encoding
              When a 16-bit font using the registry-ordering character collec-
              tion  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  gener-
              ated PostScript.  This defaults to "yes".

       psEmbedCIDTrueTypeFonts yes | no
              If set to "no", prevents embedding of CID TrueType fonts in gen-
              erated 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.

       psFontPassthrough yes | no
              If set to "yes", pass fonts through  to  the  PostScript  output
              without  substitution.  Fonts which are embedded in the PDF file
              will be embedded in the PS file.  Fonts which are  not  embedded
              in  the PDF file will not be embedded in the PS file, i.e., they
              are expected to be available on the printer.  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  Post-
              Script 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".

       psUncompressPreloadedImages yes | no
              If  set  to  "yes", all preloaded images in PS files will uncom-
              pressed.  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".

       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".

       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 overrid-
              den with the "-enc" switch on the  command  line.)   The  encod-
              ing-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
              Sets the initial zoom factor.  A number specifies  a  zoom  per-
              centage,  where  100 means 72 dpi.  You may also specify 'page',
              to fit the page to the window size, or 'width', to fit the  page
              width to the window width.

       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.  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  generat-
              ing  a  monochrome  (1-bit)  bitmap.  The three options are dis-
              persed-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  reso-
              lutions of 300 dpi and higher, and "dispersed" is used for reso-
              lutions 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 clus-
              tered-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 val-
              ues  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.

       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  out-
              put.  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,  fol-
              lowed  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".

       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  establish-
              ing  new  ones  (e.g.,  if  the default key binding is given for
              "any" context, and you want to create new key bindings for  mul-
              tiple contexts).

       printCommands yes | no
              If  set  to  "yes", drawing commands are printed as they're exe-
              cuted (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
       enableT1lib     yes
       enableFreeType  yes
       launchCommand   viewer-script
       urlCommand      "netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'"


FILES
       /usr/local/etc/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),  pdfim-
       ages(1)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/



                               27 February 2007                      xpdfrc(5)
