Keybindings¶

The following commands are accepted:

bind <key> <action> [<arg>]

Bind a key to an action, passing a specified argument for actions that require one

unbind <key>

Unbind the given key

unbind_all

Clear all the key bindings

mouse <button> <action>

Bind a mouse button to an action

unmouse <button>

Unbind a mouse button

unmouse_all

Clear all the mouse bindings

Key names can be obtained with the help of the xev(1) utility. Note that names are case sensitive. Key combinations with modifiers can be specified in the form <mod>+<key>, where <mod> is one of S (for shift), C (for control) and A/M (for Alt/Meta).

A shorthand for specifying key combinations constituting shift and an alphabetic character is to simply give the uppercase version of the alphabetic character. For example, S+r and R are equivalent.

A list of all possible actions can be obtained via the -L command line option of pdfpc(1). Use the -B command line option to list the action bindings defined.

Options¶

Some permanent changes can be configured via the config file. The syntax is:

option <option_name> <option_value>

The following option_name's are recognized:

black-on-end

Add an additional black slide at the end of the presentation (bool, Default is false).

cache-clean-period

Period (in units of s) to check for expired cached content (int, Default is 60).

cache-expiration

Time (in units of s) to keep (pre)rendered slides in the cache (int, Default is 600). Set to a negative value to keep cached slides permanently.

cache-max-rtime

Maximal time (in units of ms) it takes to render a slide for its cache to be protected from expiration (int, Default is 1000).

cache-min-rtime

Minimal time (in units of ms) it takes to render a slide for it to be cached (int, Default is 10).

cache-max-usize

Maximal size (in units of kB) of a slide image to store it uncompressed in the cache (int, Default is 256).

current-height

Percentage of the height of the "main" presenter area to be used for the current slide (int, Default is 80).

current-size

Percentage of the width of the presenter screen to be used for the current slide (int, Default is 60).

cursor-timeout

Mouse inactivity timeout (in units of s) after which the cursor gets hidden (int, Default is 2).

disable-input-autodetection

Do not automatically detect type (pen or eraser) of tablet input devices (bool, Default is false).

disable-input-pressure

Ignore pressure sensitivity of tablet input devices (pen or eraser) even when it is supported by the hardware (bool, Default is false).

disable-scrolling

Disable scrolling events on the presenter window (bool, Default is false).

disable-tooltips

Disable tooltips for the toolbox (bool, Default is false).

enable-auto-srt-load

Try loading video subtitle files automatically. For each video media, pdfpc will append ".srt" to the media URI and attempt to load a subtitle file (in the SRT format) from that location (bool, Default is false).

final-slide

Show the final slide of an overlay group instead of the next slide. If the user reaches the last slide of the overlay group the next slide will be shown again.

move-on-mapped

Dual-monitor full-screen window placement is a tricky business. Some window managers (e.g., FVWM) ignore the placement if made before the window is shown. This option enables a workaround (bool, Default is false).

next-height

Percentage of the height of the "main" presenter area to be used for the next slide (int, Default is 70).

next-slide-first-overlay

If the next slide is an overlay group, show the first slide of that group in the next slide view instead of the last slide of that group (bool, Default is false).

overview-min-size

Minimum width for the overview miniatures, in pixels (int, Default is 150).

pointer-color

Set the pointer color. Can be a literal color name or a #rrggbb representation (default is red).

pointer-opacity

Set the pointer opacity in percent (int, default is 50).

pointer-size

Set the initial pointer size, in pixels (int, default is 10).

prerender-delay

Delay (in seconds) to launch the pre-rendering process after a slide change (int, default is 4).

prerender-slides

Number of slides ahead of the current one to pre-render (int, default is 2). Set to 0 to disable the pre-rendering; set to a negative number to pre-render all at once.

presentation-interactive

Let the presentation window react to user actions, similar to the presenter (bool, default is false). Note that if the presentation window is the only pdfpc GUI (i.e., if run with -sS), it will be interactive irrespective of this flag.

presentation-screen

Screen to be used for the presentation (output name, see e.g. "xrandr --listmonitors").

presenter-screen

Screen to be used for the presenter (output name).

rest-https

Run the REST server in the TLS mode (bool, Default is false).

rest-port

Port of the REST server (int, Default is 8088).

rest-passwd

Password to authenticate against the REST server (string, if not set, a randomly generated one is used).

rest-static-root

Root path to serve static HTML content. If begins with "/", it is interpreted as the absolute path; otherwise, relative to /usr/share/pdfpc (string, Default is "www").

spotlight-opacity

Set opacity of the area outside of the spotlight, in percent (int, default is 50).

spotlight-size

Set the initial spotlight size, in pixels (int, default is 100).

status-height

Percentage of the height of the presenter screen left for the status area (timer, progress, icons), leaving (100 - status_height)% for the "main" area (int, Default is 10).

switch-screens

Switch the presentation and the presenter screen (bool, Default is false).

time-of-day

Display the current time instead of the timer

timer-pace-color

Enable color hints of the timer, continuously indicating whether the presentation is progressing according to the expected pace (bool, Default is true). See the timer operation description in pdfpc(1).

toolbox

Show the toolbox on startup (bool, Default is false).

toolbox-direction

Set the toolbox direction. LtoR, RtoL, TtoB, or BtoT for the left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, or botton-to-top, respectively (Default is LtoR).

toolbox-minimized

Set the initial toolbox state minimized (bool, Default is false).

transition-fps

Frames-per-second for slide transitions (int, Default is 25). Set to 0 to disable all transitions.

windowed-mode

Set the initial windowed mode: none, presenter, presentation, or both (Default is presenter).