MUPDF-GL(1)
πΈ NAME πΈ
okay so bestie, this is the manual page for mupdf-gl β and no cap, she's iconic. The mupdf-gl viewer can show PDF, XPS, CBZ, EPUB, & FB2 documents as well as typical image formats including SVG. π
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π COMMAND LINE OPTIONS π
Here's the vibe, fr fr:
mupdf-gl [options] document [page]
The options are, and I'm lowkey obsessed:
-ppassword β The password needed to open a password protected PDF file. π-cprofile.cc β Load an ICC profile to use for display (default is sRGB). π¨-rresolution β Set the initial zoom level, specified as DPI. The default value is 72. π-Wwidth β Set the page width in points for EPUB layout. π-Hheight β Set the page height in points for EPUB layout. π-Ssize β Set the default font size in points for EPUB layout. π-Ustylesheet β Specify a CSS file containing user styles to load for EPUB layout. π-Xβ Ignore publisher styles for EPUB layout. π«-Jβ Disable Javascript in PDF forms. π-Alevel β Set anti-aliasing level or pixel rendering rule. The levels are giving:0: off.2: 4 levels.4: 16 levels.8: 256 levels.9: using centre of pixel rule.10: using any part of a pixel rule.
-Iβ Start in inverted color mode. π-Bhex-color β Set black tint color (default 303030). π€-Chex-color β Set white tint color (default FFFFF0). π€-Yfactor β Set UI scaling factor (default calculated from screen DPI). β¨
And then there's [page] β the initial page number to show. π
π¦ EXAMPLES π¦
To open the viewer with a file browser, just start it:
mupdf-gl
To open a specific file, in inverted color mode, on page 10:
mupdf-gl -I mupdf_explored.pdf 10
π MOUSE BINDINGS π
The middle mouse button (scroll wheel button) pans the document view. π±οΈ
The right mouse button selects a region and copies the marked text to the clipboard. π
β¨ KEY BINDINGS β¨
okay bestie, this is the part where it gets interactive π
some of these keys are extra and will take a number typed in before them to tweak the command. like, if you wanna zoom to 150 dpi, you literally just type 150z and it slays. periodt.
F1β display help. your lil cheat sheet, no cap.iβ show document information.oβ show document outline.Lβ highlight links.Fβ highlight form fields.aβ show annotation editor.rβ reload document.Sβ save document (only for PDF, bestie π).qβ quit viewer. bye boo π
<β decrease E-book font size.>β increase E-book font size.Iβ toggle inverted color mode.Cβ toggle tinted color mode.Eβ toggle ICC color management.eβ toggle spot color emulation.Aβ toggle anti-aliasing.
fβ toggle fullscreen.wβ shrinkwrap window to fit page.Wβ fit page width to window.Hβ fit page height to window.Zβ fit page size to window.[number] zβ set zoom resolution in DPI.+β zoom in.-β zoom out.[β rotate counter-clockwise.]β rotate clockwise.β¬ β‘β¬β¬οΈorh,j,k,lβ pan page in small increments.
bβ smart move one screenful backward.[space]β smart move one screenful forward.[comma]or[page up]β go one page backward.[period]or[page down]β go one page forward.[number] gβ go to page number.Gβ go to last page.
mβ save current page to navigation history.tβ go back in navigation history.Tβ go forward in navigation history.[number] mβ save current page in numbered bookmark.[number] tβ go to numbered bookmark.
/β start searching forward.?β start searching backward.nβ continue searching forward.Nβ continue searching backward.
and that's the whole mupdf-gl(1) manual bestie π the footer is literally just mupdf-gl() β no version, no date, just vibes β but we ate and left no crumbs πβ¨π¦
π¦ where this page comes from
- ubuntu resolute: mupdf 1.27.0+ds1-3ubuntu2 Β· AGPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: mupdf 1.27.0+ds1-3ubuntu3 Β· AGPL-3.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms