Cheatzathura Keyboard PDF viewer
Light · Postcard
102 × 152 mm · PDF
Dark · Postcard
102 × 152 mm · PDF
Ink saver · Postcard
102 × 152 mm · PDF
Light · A4 landscape
297 × 210 mm · PDF
Dark · A4 landscape
297 × 210 mm · PDF
Ink saver · A4 landscape
297 × 210 mm · PDF
Light · A3 landscape
420 × 297 mm · PDF
Dark · A3 landscape
420 × 297 mm · PDF
Ink saver · A3 landscape
420 × 297 mm · PDF
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Configuration
# one command per lineset recolor trueset recolor-keephue trueset selection-clipboard clipboardset scroll-step 80set adjust-open widthset guioptions ""set default-bg "#1e1e2e"set font "monospace 11"map <C-j> scroll downmap [fullscreen] <Tab> toggle_indexmap u scroll half-upmap <A-1> goto 1map <C-i> zoom inunmap <C-p>| Option | Effect |
|---|---|
recolor |
Invert to dark colors |
adjust-open |
best-fit or width on open |
selection-clipboard |
clipboard for Ctrl+V pasting |
scroll-step |
Pixels per j / k |
pages-per-row |
Pages side by side |
incremental-search |
Search while typing |
synctex |
SyncTeX support on / off |
statusbar-basename |
Show file name only |
Recipes
# zathurarcset recolor trueset recolor-keephue trueset recolor-lightcolor "#1e1e1e"set recolor-darkcolor "#d4d4d4"zathura out.pdf &typst watch doc.typ out.pdf# R reloads; zathura also auto-reloadsset synctex trueset synctex-editor-command "nvim --server /tmp/nvim.sock --remote-send '<C-\\><C-n>:e %{input}<CR>:%{line}<CR>'"# Ctrl+Click in zathurazathura -P 42 book.pdfzathura -f "term" doc.pdf # search on openzathura a.pdf # then o for another file
