If you make your own override you will get all this global variables.
As you are the second person (http://projects.ez.no/paradoxpdf/...using_googlepath_javascript_problem) who asked for this : i have updated the node/view/pdf.tpl so you can get variables set by content view. It is on the trunk I will make a new release that includes this modification.

{node_view_gui view=full content_node=$node


                        viewmode=$viewmode


                        language_code=$language_code


                        view_parameters=$view_parameters


                        collection_attributes=$collection_attributes


                        validation=$validation


                        persistent_variable=$persistent_variable}

On the next relase many enhancements will be added to make pdf generation and manipulation easier from php code

It's hard to figure out what happens. Anyway, the folowing could be helpful :
you dont have to make any change to the default paradoxpdf override.ini. You can instead override it with template override mechanism.

When you call content/view/pdf/ <node_id> then the system loads the node/view/pdf.tpl and paradox_pdf_layout.tpl (for the layout)

By default, paradoxpdf overrides the node/view/pdf.tpl and loads node/view/full.tpl, just to make it working out of the box.

In most cases you will have to make a custom design for your pdf . So first you override the paradoxpdf_layout.tpl once. For example you can copy the default paradoxpdf_layout.tpl to a new file my_pdf_layout.tpl then in (for example) your siteaccess :override.ini.append.php

[my_custom_pdf_layout]


Source=paradoxpdf_layout.tpl


MatchFile=my_pdf_layout.tpl


Subdir=templates 

Then you override the node/view/pdf.tpl for each content type or specific node :

-For folder exapmple in your design extension create a template : override/templates/pdf/folder.tpl
then make a custom override rule :

add this rule :

[folder_pdf]


Source=node/view/pdf.tpl


MatchFile=pdf/folder.tpl


Subdir=templates 

Match[class_identifier]=folder

As explained in another topic, When make an override you will have all variables.
If you still have a problem just send me your code, i will check it.

do you use layout/set/pdf or node/view/pdf/ ?