• 首要原因
  • 支持全键盘操作（之所以用，就是因为这一个原因）
• 其它原因
  • 简洁
  • 小巧
  • 速度快
• 官方提到的特点（在我用之前都没看过！）
  • Choose your supported file formats
  • Mouse-free navigation
  • SyncTeX support
  • Quickmarks and bookmarks
  • Automatic document reloading
  • Easily customizable!
  • … and many more!

• 手动安装（参考：http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/installation/）
  • 检查依赖：Girara >= 0.1.8 和 GTK+ >= 3
  • 下载：http://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/download/

  • 安装

    $ tar xfv zathura-<version>.tar.gz
    $ cd zathura-<version>
    $ make
    $ make install
    

• 在Ubuntu14.04安装

  sudo apt-get install zathura
  
  

• 其他系统上安装
  • Arch Linux
  • Debian
  • Fedora
  • Gentoo
  • Ubuntu
  • OpenBSD
  • MacPorts

• 源码地址

  git clone git://pwmt.org/zathura.git
  
  

可参看帮助文档： man zathura

ZATHURA(1)                                                                                                                                       ZATHURA(1)

NAME
       zathura - a document viewer

SYNOPOSIS
       zathura [OPTION]...
       zathura [OPTION]... FILE [FILE ...]

DESCRIPTION
       zathura is a highly customizable and functional document
       viewer. It provides a minimalistic and space saving interface
       as well as an easy usage that

       mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.

OPTIONS
       -e [xid], --reparent [xid]
              Reparents to window specified by xid

       -c [path], --config-dir [path]
              Path to the config directory

       -d [path], --data-dir [path]
              Path to the data directory

       -p [path], --plugins-dir [path]
              Path to the directory containing plugins

       -w [password], --password [password]
              The documents password. If multiple documents are opened
              at once, the password will be used for the first one and
              zathura will  ask  for  the

              passwords of the remaining files if needed.

       -P [number], --page [number]
              Open  the document at the given page number. Pages are
              numbered starting with 1, and negative numbers indicate
              page numbers starting from the

              end of the document, -1 being the last page.

       --fork Fork into the background

       -l [level], --debug [level]
              Set log debug level (debug, info, warning, error)

       -s, --synctex
              Enable synctex support

       -x [cmd], --synctex-editor-command [cmd]
              Set the synctex editor command
MOUSE AND KEY BINDINGS
       J, K   Go to the next or previous page

       h, k, j, l
              Scroll to the left, down, up or right direction

       Left, Down, Up, Right
              Scroll to the left, down, up or right direction

       ^t, ^d, ^u, ^y
              Scroll a half page left, down, up or right

       t, ^f, ^b, space, <S-space>, y
              Scroll a full page left, down, up or right

       gg, G, nG
              Goto to the first, the last or to the nth page

       ^o, ^i Move backward and forward through the jump list

       ^j, ^k Bisect forward and backward between the last two jump points

       ^c, Escape
              Abort

       a, s   Adjust window in best-fit or width mode

       /, ?   Search for text

       n, N   Search for the next or previous result

       o, O   Open document

       f      Follow links

       F      Display link target

       :      Enter command

       r      Rotate by 90 degrees

       ^r     Recolor

       R      Reload document

       Tab    Show index and switch to Index mode
       d      Toggle dual page view

       F5     Switch to fullscreen mode

       ^m     Toggle inputbar

       ^n     Toggle statusbar

       +, -, =
              Zoom in, out or to the original size

       zI, zO, z0
              Zoom in, out or to the original size

       n=     Zoom to size n

       mX     Set a quickmark to a letter or number X

       'X     Goto quickmark saved at letter or number X

       q      Quit

   Index mode
       k, j   Move to upper or lower entry

       l      Expand entry

       L      Expand all entries

       h      Collapse entry

       H      Collapse all entries

       space, Return
              Select and open entry

   Mouse bindings
       Scroll Scroll up or down

       ^Scroll
              Zoom in or out

       Hold Button2
              Pan the document

       Button1
              Follow link

COMMANDS
       bmark  Save a bookmark

       bdelete
              Delete a bookmark

       blist  List bookmarks

       close  Close document

       exec   Execute an external command

       info   Show document information

       help   Show help page

       open, o
              Open a document

       offset Set page offset

       print  Print document

       write, write!
              Save document (and force overwriting)

       export Export attachments
CONFIGURATION
       The default appearance and behaviour of zathura can be
       overwritten by modifying the zathurarc file (default path:
       ~/.config/zathura/zathurarc).  For a detailed description
       please consult zathurarc(5).

KNOWN BUGS
       If  GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS  is  enabled  you will experience
       problems with large documents. In this case zathura might crash
       or pages cannot be rendered properly. Disabling
       GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS fixes this issue.

SEE ALSO
       zathurarc(5)

AUTHOR
       pwmt.org