apvlv

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NAME

apvlv - PDF/DJVU/EPUB/HTML/TXT viewer with vim-like behaviour

SYNOPSIS

[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
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
v: Select a area
C-v: Select a rectangle area
y: copy the select area text to clipboard

SETTINGS

These can be set in ~/.apvlvrc with Qq set Ar setting Op = Ar value .

fullscreen = yes/no

Enable/Disable fullscreen

width = int

Default window width

height = int

Default window height

defaultdir = path

Default directory for the open dialogue

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

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

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 curcor to clipboard
line: Selection a line under the curcor to clipboard
page: Selection a page under the curcor to clipboard

guioptions = m/T/mT

Weather display menu, toolbar or mean and toolbar.

autoreload = int

If auto reload document after some seconds

inverted = yes/no: If use inverted mode for pdf page

PROMPT

Like the COMMANDS, but prefixed with a colon:

:h[elp]: Display the help document
:h[elp] info: Display the help document (section "introduction")
:h[elp] command: Display the help document (section "command")
:h[elp] setting: Display the help document (section "setting")
:h[elp] prompt: Display the help document (section "prompt")
: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

AUTHORS

apvlv was written by Alf <naihe2010@126.com>.

This manual page was originally written by Stefan Ritter <xeno@thehappy.de> for the Debian project (but may be used by others), and was rewritten more beautifully by Daniel Friesel <foobar@derf.homelinux.org>.