---
name: "lrfviewer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "calibre"
version: "9.14.0-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lrfviewer"
---

# lrfviewer(1)

lrfviewer Read the LRF e-book book.lrf Whenever you pass arguments to lrfviewer that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

## NAME

lrfviewer - lrfviewer

```
lrfviewer [options] book.lrf
```

Read the LRF e-book book.lrf

Whenever you pass arguments to **lrfviewer** that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

## \[OPTIONS\]

- **--disable-hyphenation**

  Disable hyphenation. Should significantly speed up rendering.

- **--help, -h**

  show this help message and exit

- **--profile**

  Profile the LRF renderer

- **--verbose**

  Print more information about the rendering process

- **--version**

  show program**'**s version number and exit

- **--visual-debug**

  Turn on visual aids to debugging the rendering engine

- **--white-background**

  By default the background is off white as I find this easier on the eyes. Use this option to make the background pure white.

## Author

Kovid Goyal

## Copyright

Kovid Goyal