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fbpdf (PDF viewer for the Linux framebuffer)
-fbpdf is a framebuffer pdf/djvu file viewer. It can use either mupdf or
-poppler libraries for rendering pdf files and it uses djvulibre library
-for rendering djvu files.
+fbpdf is a framebuffer pdf/djvu file viewer. It can use either mupdf
+or poppler libraries for rendering pdf files and it uses the djvulibre
+library for rendering djvu files.
-By default, the fbpdf2 (poppler support) executable is built, along with
-fbdjvu. If you want mupdf support, install mupdf-legacy before running
-this build and it will be auto-detected. The executable that uses mupdf
-will be called fbpdf.
+Optional dependency: mupdf.
+
+By default, the fbpdf2 (poppler support) executable is built, along
+with fbdjvu. If you want mupdf support, install mupdf before running
+this build and it will be auto-detected. The executable that uses
+mupdf will be called fbpdf. mupdf's rendering is usually faster
+and better-looking than poppler's. If you have mupdf installed,
+but want to build fbpdf without it, export MUPDF=no in the script's
+environment.
This build includes a patch that makes the keyboard controls behave more
like other PDF readers. Mainly, it lets you page through the entire