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| author | Anil Madhavapeddy <avsm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-06-22 04:01:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Anil Madhavapeddy <avsm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2004-06-22 04:01:52 +0000 |
| commit | 07f9a9d13ea0b7f12cf124c7c25c9b01c96c9369 (patch) | |
| tree | 63b3492941bfdd52a92247669895596bbb90b758 /gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | |
| parent | 48e173e619472dce9fa16a21cb6fb6ac6a9e3d24 (diff) | |
update to lynx 2.8.5rel.1
tested todd@,naddy@. millert@ deraadt@ ok
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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | 503 |
1 files changed, 285 insertions, 218 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 64d84119a70..4f3fdd0de4e 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <html> <head> -<title>Lynx Users Guide v2.8.4</title> +<title>Lynx Users Guide v2.8.5</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> -<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.8.4</h1> +<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.8.5</h1> Lynx is a fully-featured <em>World Wide Web</em> (<em>WWW</em>) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., @@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ within a single LAN. <li><A HREF="#Bookmarks" NAME="ToC-Bookmarks">Lynx bookmarks</A> <li><A HREF="#Jumps" NAME="ToC-Jumps">Jump command</A> <li><A HREF="#DirEd" NAME="ToC-DirEd">Directory Editing</A> -<li><A HREF="#ColorMouse" NAME="ToC-ColorMouse">Using Color & the Mouse</A> +<li><A HREF="#ColorMouse" NAME="ToC-ColorMouse">Using Color & the Mouse</A> <li><A HREF="#MiscKeys" NAME="ToC-MiscKeys">Scrolling and Other useful commands</A> <li><a href="#Forms" NAME="ToC-Forms">Lynx and HTML Forms</a> | <a href="#Images" NAME="ToC-Images">Lynx and HTML Images</a> @@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ Here are some sample URLs. <dl> <dt>HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) - <dd><code>http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html</code> + <dd><code>http://www.subir.com/lynx.html</code> <dt>Gopher <dd><code>gopher://gopher.micro.umn.edu/11/</code> @@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ The form-based menu shown below is an HTML file generated at runtime, in which the user fills in choices as in any ordinary HTML form. <pre> - Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.4rel.1) + Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.5dev.15) Accept Changes - Reset Changes Left Arrow cancels changes <A HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A> @@ -501,8 +502,12 @@ HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A> General Preferences User mode : [Advanced....] Editor : __________________________________________ - Searching type : [Case insensitive] + Type of Search : [Case insensitive] + + Security and Privacy Cookies (!) : [ask user..] + Invalid-Cookie Prompting (!) : [prompt normally___] + SSL Prompting (!) : [prompt normally___] Keyboard Input Keypad mode : [Links are numbered................] @@ -512,6 +517,7 @@ HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A> Keyboard layout : [YAWERTY Cyrillic, for DEC LK201 kbd] Display and Character Sets + Use locale-based character set(!): [OFF] Display character set : [Cyrillic (ISO-8859-5)..........] Assumed document character set(!): [iso-8859-1......] Raw 8-bit (!) : [OFF] @@ -520,6 +526,8 @@ HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A> Document Appearance Show color : [ON....] Show cursor : [OFF] + Underline links (!) : [OFF] + Show scrollbar : [OFF] Popups for select fields : [ON.] HTML error recovery (!) : [strict (SortaSGML mode)] Show images (!) : [as labels] @@ -534,6 +542,8 @@ HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A> Listing and Accessing Files FTP sort criteria : [By Name] Local directory sort criteria : [Mixed style......] + Local directory sort order : [By name..........] + Show transfer rate : [Show KiB/sec, ETA] Show dot files : [ON.] Execution links : [FOR LOCAL FILES ONLY] @@ -553,7 +563,7 @@ and is accessed by setting FORMS_OPTIONS to TRUE in <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>. <pre> - Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.4rel.1) + Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.5rel.1) (E)ditor : emacs (D)ISPLAY variable : aixtest.cc.ukans.edu:0.0 @@ -605,31 +615,17 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a <em>Options Menu</em>: <dl> - <dt>Editor - <dd>The editor to be invoked when editing browsable files, when - sending mail or comments, when preparing a news article for - posting, and for external TEXTAREA editing. The full pathname - of the editor command should be specified when possible. - - <dt>DISPLAY variable - <dd>This option is only relevant to X Window users. The DISPLAY - (Unix) or DECW$DISPLAY (VMS) variable is picked up automatically - from the environment if it has been previously set. - - <dt>Multi-bookmarks - <dd>Lynx supports a default bookmark file, and up to 26 total - bookmark files (see below). When multi-bookmarks is OFF, - the default bookmark file is used for the '<em>v</em>'iew - bookmarks and '<em>a</em>'dd bookmark link commands. If - multi-bookmark support is available in your account, the - setting can be changed to STANDARD or ADVANCED. In STANDARD - mode, a menu of available bookmarks always is invoked when - you seek to view a bookmark file or add a link, and you select - the bookmark file by its letter token (see - <em>Bookmark file</em>, below) in that menu. In ADVANCED mode, - you instead are prompted for the letter of the desired bookmark - file, but can enter '<em>=</em>' to invoke the STANDARD selection - menu, or <em>RETURN</em> for the default bookmark file. + <dt>Assumed document character set + <dd>This option changes the handling of documents which do not + explicitly specify a charset. Normally Lynx assumes that 8-bit + characters in those documents are encoded according to iso-8859-1 + (the official default for the HTTP protocol). Unfortunately, + many non-English web pages "forget" to include proper charset info; + this option helps you to browse those broken pages if you know + by some means what the charset is. When the value + given here or by an -assume_charset command line flag is in effect, + Lynx will treat documents as if they were encoded accordingly. + This option active when 'Raw 8-bit or CJK Mode' is OFF. <dt>Bookmark file <dd>When multi-bookmarks is OFF, this is the filename and location @@ -656,12 +652,139 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a [.BM]lynx_bookmarks.html). For Win32, see [???]. + <dt>DISPLAY variable + <dd>This option is only relevant to X Window users. The DISPLAY + (Unix) or DECW$DISPLAY (VMS) variable is picked up automatically + from the environment if it has been previously set. + + <dt>Display Character set + <dd>This option allows you to set up the default character set for + your specific terminal. The display character set provides a + mapping from the character encodings of viewed documents and + from HTML entities into viewable characters. It should be set + according to your terminal's character set so that characters + other than 7-bit ASCII can be displayed correctly, using + approximations if necessary. You must have the selected + character set installed on your terminal. (Since Lynx now + supports a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note + that cpXXX codepages used within IBM PC computers, and + windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows apps.) + + <dt>Editor + <dd>The editor to be invoked when editing browsable files, when + sending mail or comments, when preparing a news article for + posting, and for external TEXTAREA editing. The full pathname + of the editor command should be specified when possible. + + <dt>Emacs keys + <dd>If set to ON then the CTRL-P, CTRL-N, CTRL-F, and CTRL-B keys + will be mapped to up-arrow, down-arrow, right-arrow, and + left-arrow, respectively. Otherwise, they remain mapped to + their configured bindings (normally UP_TWO lines, DOWN_TWO + lines, NEXT_PAGE, and PREV_PAGE, respectively). + + <p>Note: this has no direct effect on the line-editor's key bindings. + <dt>FTP sort criteria <dd>This option allows you to specify how files will be sorted within FTP listings. The current options include "<code>By Filename</code>", "<code>By Size</code>", "<code>By Type</code>", and "<code>By Date</code>". + <dt>Keypad as arrows, numbered links, numbered fields, or numbered links and form fields + <dd>This option gives the choice among navigating with the arrow + keys, or having every link numbered so that the links may be + selected or made current by numbers as well as using the arrow + keys, or having every link as well as every form field numbered + so that they can be selected or sought by numbers. See the<br> + <a href="keystrokes/follow_help.html" + >Follow link (or page) number:</a> and<br> + <a + href="keystrokes/follow_help.html#select-option" + >Select option (or page) number:</a><br> + help for more information. + + <dt>Line edit style + <dd>This option allows you to set alternative key bindings for the + built-in line editor, if alternative line-edit bindings have + been compiled in. Otherwise, Lynx uses the <a + href="keystrokes/edit_help.html">Default Binding</a>. + + <dt>List directory style + <dd>Applies to Directory Editing. Files and directories can be + presented in the following ways: + <dl> + <dt>Mixed style + <dd>Files and directories are listed together in alphabetical + order. + <dt>Directories first + <dd>Files and directories are separated into two alphabetical + lists. Directories are listed first. + <dt>Files first + <dd>Files and directories are separated into two alphabetical + lists. Files are listed first. + <p> + The Options Form also allows you to sort by the file attributes, + using the <em>Local directory sort order</em>: + <dl> + <dt>By name + <dd>by filename (the default) + <dt>By size + <dd>by file size, in descending order + <dt>By date + <dd>by file modification time, in descending order + <dt>By mode + <dd>by file protection + <dt>By type + <dd>by filename suffix, e.g., the text beginning with '.' + <dt>By user + <dd>by file owner's user-id + <dt>By group + <dd>by file owner's group-id + </dl> + </dl> + + <dt>Local execution scripts or links + <dd>Local execution is activated when Lynx is first set up. + If it has not been activated you will not see this option + in the <em>Options Menu</em>. + <dd>When a local execution script is encountered Lynx checks the + users options to see whether the script can be executed. Users + have the following options: + <dl> + <dt> Always off + <dd>Local execution scripts will never be executed + <dt>For Local files only + <dd>Local execution scripts will only be executed if the + script to be executed resides on the local machine, + and is referenced by a URL that begins with + <em>file://localhost</em> + <dt>Always on + <dd>All local execution scripts will be executed + </dl> + + <dd>If the users options permit the script to be executed Lynx will + spawn a shell and run the script. If the script cannot be + executed Lynx will show the script within the Lynx window and + inform the user that the script is not allowed to be executed + and will ask the user to check his/her options. + [<A HREF="#ToC-InteractiveOptions">ToC</A>] + + <dt>Multi-bookmarks + <dd>Lynx supports a default bookmark file, and up to 26 total + bookmark files (see below). When multi-bookmarks is OFF, + the default bookmark file is used for the '<em>v</em>'iew + bookmarks and '<em>a</em>'dd bookmark link commands. If + multi-bookmark support is available in your account, the + setting can be changed to STANDARD or ADVANCED. In STANDARD + mode, a menu of available bookmarks always is invoked when + you seek to view a bookmark file or add a link, and you select + the bookmark file by its letter token (see + <em>Bookmark file</em>, below) in that menu. In ADVANCED mode, + you instead are prompted for the letter of the desired bookmark + file, but can enter '<em>=</em>' to invoke the STANDARD selection + menu, or <em>RETURN</em> for the default bookmark file. + <dt>Personal mail address <dd>This mail address will be used to help you send files to yourself and will be included as the From: address in any mail @@ -672,12 +795,15 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a (the compilation default is not to send the header), or via the <em>-from</em> command line toggle. - <dt>Searching type - <dd>Searching type has two possible values: CASE INSENSITIVE - (default) and CASE SENSITIVE. The searching type effects - inter-document searches only, and determines whether searches - for words within documents will be done in a case-sensitive or - case-insensitive manner. + <dt>Popups for select fields + <dd>Lynx normally uses a popup window for the OPTIONs in form + SELECT fields when the field does not have the MULTIPLE + attribute specified, and thus only one OPTION can be selected. + The use of popup windows can be disabled by changing this setting + to OFF, in which case the OPTIONs will be rendered as a list of + radio buttons. Note that if the SELECT field does have the + MULTIPLE attribute specified, the OPTIONs always are rendered + as a list of checkboxes. <dt>Preferred Document Language <dd>The language you prefer if multi-language files are available @@ -700,19 +826,6 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a HTTP protocol, for servers which understand it, for example: iso-8859-5, utf-8;q=0.8 - <dt>Display Character set - <dd>This option allows you to set up the default character set for - your specific terminal. The display character set provides a - mapping from the character encodings of viewed documents and - from HTML entities into viewable characters. It should be set - according to your terminal's character set so that characters - other than 7-bit ASCII can be displayed correctly, using - approximations if necessary. You must have the selected - character set installed on your terminal. (Since Lynx now - supports a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note - that cpXXX codepages used within IBM PC computers, and - windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows apps.) - <dt>Raw 8-bit or CJK Mode <dd>Whether 8-bit characters are assumed to correspond with the display character set and therefore are processed without @@ -731,18 +844,6 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a command, normally mapped to '<em>@</em>', and at startup via the <em>-raw</em> switch. - <dt>Assumed document character set - <dd>This option changes the handling of documents which do not - explicitly specify a charset. Normally Lynx assumes that 8-bit - characters in those documents are encoded according to iso-8859-1 - (the official default for the HTTP protocol). Unfortunately, - many non-English web pages "forget" to include proper charset info; - this option helps you to browse those broken pages if you know - by some means what the charset is. When the value - given here or by an -assume_charset command line flag is in effect, - Lynx will treat documents as if they were encoded accordingly. - This option active when 'Raw 8-bit or CJK Mode' is OFF. - <dt>Show color. <dd>This option will be present if color support is available. If set to ON or ALWAYS, color mode will be forced on if possible. @@ -778,46 +879,12 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a for any reason the startup color mode is incorrect for your terminal, set it appropriately on or off via this option. - <dt>VI keys - <dd>If set to ON then the lowercase h, j, k, and l keys will be - mapped to left, down, up, and right arrow, respectively. The - uppercase H, J, K, and L keys remain mapped to their configured - bindings (normally HELP, JUMP, KEYMAP, and LIST, respectively). - - <p>Note: this has no effect on the line-editor's key bindings. - - <dt>Emacs keys - <dd>If set to ON then the CTRL-P, CTRL-N, CTRL-F, and CTRL-B keys - will be mapped to up-arrow, down-arrow, right-arrow, and - left-arrow, respectively. Otherwise, they remain mapped to - their configured bindings (normally UP_TWO lines, DOWN_TWO - lines, NEXT_PAGE, and PREV_PAGE, respectively). - - <p>Note: this has no direct effect on the line-editor's key bindings. - - <dt>Visited Pages - <dd>Enable several different views of the visited links: - <dl> - <dt>By First Visit - <dt>By First Visit Reversed - <dt>As Visit Tree - <dt>By Last Visit - <dt>By Last Visit Reversed - </dl> - - <dt>Show dot files - <dd>If display/creation of hidden (dot) files/directories is - enabled, you can turn the feature on or off via this setting. - - <dt>Popups for select fields - <dd>Lynx normally uses a popup window for the OPTIONs in form - SELECT fields when the field does not have the MULTIPLE - attribute specified, and thus only one OPTION can be selected. - The use of popup windows can be disabled by changing this setting - to OFF, in which case the OPTIONs will be rendered as a list of - radio buttons. Note that if the SELECT field does have the - MULTIPLE attribute specified, the OPTIONs always are rendered - as a list of checkboxes. + <dt>Searching type + <dd>Searching type has two possible values: CASE INSENSITIVE + (default) and CASE SENSITIVE. The searching type effects + inter-document searches only, and determines whether searches + for words within documents will be done in a case-sensitive or + case-insensitive manner. <dt>Show cursor for current link or option. <dd>Lynx normally hides the cursor by positioning it to the right @@ -831,67 +898,24 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a to distinguish the current link or OPTION from the others in the screen display. - <dt>Keypad as arrows, numbered links, or numbered links and form fields - <dd>This option gives the choice among navigating with the arrow - keys, or having every link numbered so that the links may be - selected or made current by numbers as well as using the arrow - keys, or having every link as well as every form field numbered - so that they can be selected or sought by numbers. See the<br> - <a href="keystrokes/follow_help.html" - >Follow link (or page) number:</a> and<br> - <a - href="keystrokes/follow_help.html#select-option" - >Select option (or page) number:</a><br> - help for more information. - - <dt>Line edit style - <dd>This option allows you to set alternative key bindings for the - built-in line editor, if alternative line-edit bindings have - been compiled in. Otherwise, Lynx uses the <a - href="keystrokes/edit_help.html">Default Binding</a>. - - <dt>List directory style - <dd>Applies to Directory Editing. Files and directories can be - presented in the following ways: - <dl> - <dt>Mixed style - <dd>Files and directories are listed together in alphabetical - order. - <dt>Directories first - <dd>Files and directories are separated into two alphabetical - lists. Directories are listed first. - <dt>Files first - <dd>Files and directories are separated into two alphabetical - lists. Files are listed first. - </dl> + <dt>Show dot files + <dd>If display/creation of hidden (dot) files/directories is + enabled, you can turn the feature on or off via this setting. - <dt>User Mode - <dd>There are three possible choices: Novice, Intermediate, and - Advanced. - <dl> - <dt>Novice - <dd>In Novice mode two lines of help are displayed at the - bottom of the screen. - <dt>Intermediate - <dd>Intermediate mode turns off the help lines. - <dt>Advanced - <dd>Advanced mode displays the URL of the currently selected - link at the bottom of the screen. - </dl> + <dt>Use locale-based character set + <dd>This option allows you to request lynx to obtain a MIME name + from the operating system which corresponds to your locale + setting. If successful, it overrides the normal setting of + the display character set. - <dt>Verbose Images - <dd>Controls whether or not Lynx replaces the [LINK], [INLINE] and - [IMAGE] comments (for images without ALT) with filenames of these - images. This is extremely useful because now we can determine - immediately what images are just decorations (button.gif, line.gif) - and what images are important. This setting can also be toggled - on startup via the <em>-verbose</em> switch. + <dt>Underline links + <dd>Use underline-attribute rather than bold for links. <dt>User Agent <dd>The header string which Lynx sends to HTTP servers to indicate the User-Agent is displayed here. Changes may be disallowed via the <em>-restrictions</em> switch. Otherwise, the header can be - changed temporarily to a string such as <em>L_y_n_x/2.8.4</em> + changed temporarily to a string such as <em>L_y_n_x/2.8.5</em> for access to sites which discriminate against Lynx based on checks for the presence of "Lynx" in the header. If the User-Agent header has been changed, it can @@ -901,7 +925,7 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a changed, the current document is reloaded, with the no-cache flags set, on exit from the Options Menu. Changes of the header are not saved in the RC file. - <dd><em ID="note_ua">NOTE:</em> Some sites may regard misrepresenting + <dd><em ID="noteUA">NOTE:</em> Some sites may regard misrepresenting the browser as fraudulent deception, or as gaining unauthorized access, if it is used to circumvent blocking that was intentionally put in @@ -912,31 +936,45 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a header is changed to one which does not include "Lynx" or "L_y_n_x". - <dt>Local execution scripts or links - <dd>Local execution is activated when Lynx is first set up. - If it has not been activated you will not see this option - in the <em>Options Menu</em>. - <dd>When a local execution script is encountered Lynx checks the - users options to see whether the script can be executed. Users - have the following options: - <dl> - <dt> Always off - <dd>Local execution scripts will never be executed - <dt>For Local files only - <dd>Local execution scripts will only be executed if the - script to be executed resides on the local machine, - and is referenced by a URL that begins with - <em>file://localhost</em> - <dt>Always on - <dd>All local execution scripts will be executed - </dl> + <dt>User Mode + <dd>There are three possible choices: Novice, Intermediate, and + Advanced. + <dl> + <dt>Novice + <dd>In Novice mode two lines of help are displayed at the + bottom of the screen. + <dt>Intermediate + <dd>Intermediate mode turns off the help lines. + <dt>Advanced + <dd>Advanced mode displays the URL of the currently selected + link at the bottom of the screen. + </dl> - <dd>If the users options permit the script to be executed Lynx will - spawn a shell and run the script. If the script cannot be - executed Lynx will show the script within the Lynx window and - inform the user that the script is not allowed to be executed - and will ask the user to check his/her options. - [<A HREF="#ToC-InteractiveOptions">ToC</A>] + <dt>Verbose Images + <dd>Controls whether or not Lynx replaces the [LINK], [INLINE] and + [IMAGE] comments (for images without ALT) with filenames of these + images. This is extremely useful because now we can determine + immediately what images are just decorations (button.gif, line.gif) + and what images are important. This setting can also be toggled + on startup via the <em>-verbose</em> switch. + + <dt>VI keys + <dd>If set to ON then the lowercase h, j, k, and l keys will be + mapped to left, down, up, and right arrow, respectively. The + uppercase H, J, K, and L keys remain mapped to their configured + bindings (normally HELP, JUMP, KEYMAP, and LIST, respectively). + + <p>Note: this has no effect on the line-editor's key bindings. + + <dt>Visited Pages + <dd>Enable several different views of the visited links: + <dl> + <dt>By First Visit + <dt>By First Visit Reversed + <dt>As Visit Tree + <dt>By Last Visit + <dt>By Last Visit Reversed + </dl> </dl> <h2 ID="Mail"><A NAME="Mail"><em>Comments and mailto: links</em></A></h2> @@ -985,7 +1023,7 @@ also will cancel the mailing.[<A HREF="#ToC-Mail">ToC</A>] <h2 ID="News"><A NAME="News"><em>USENET News posting</em></A></h2> While reading <a -href="http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/News/Groups/Overview.html" +href="http://www.w3.org/LineMode/User/AboutNewsServers.html" >news</a> articles with Lynx you should see a link that says <em>Reply to: user@host</em> and, if the nntp server from which you received the article supports posting from your site, a link that says @@ -1013,6 +1051,8 @@ received the article supports posting from your site, a link that says followups (replies) to nntp servers with Lynx. [<A HREF="#ToC-News">ToC</A>] </dl> +See also <a +href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc977/rfc977">RFC 977</a>. <h2 ID="Bookmarks"><A NAME="Bookmarks"><em>Lynx bookmarks</em></A></h2> @@ -1147,9 +1187,9 @@ on your local system. The commands available in DIRED mode are </dl> [<A HREF="#ToC-DirEd">ToC</A>] -<h2 ID="ColorMouse"><A NAME="ColorMouse"><em>Using Color & the Mouse</em></A></h2> +<h2 ID="ColorMouse"><A NAME="ColorMouse"><em>Using Color & the Mouse</em></A></h2> -A limited range of colors & mouse commands are available, if the user chooses: +A limited range of colors & mouse commands are available, if the user chooses: see <em>lynx.cfg</em> for details. [<A HREF="#ToC-ColorMouse">ToC</A>] @@ -1402,8 +1442,7 @@ options from a list, and fields for entering text. Arrow</em>. This mode can be used to avoid "getting stuck" in input fields, especially by users who rarely fill out forms. - <DIV ID="CtrlVNote"> - <p><em>NOTE:</em> If you have a text input field selected you will not + <p><a name="CtrlVNote">NOTE:</a> If you have a text input field selected you will not have access to most of the Lynx keystroke commands, because they are interpreted by the <a href="keystrokes/edit_help.html" >Line Editor</a> as either text entries or editing commands. Select a @@ -1447,7 +1486,6 @@ options from a list, and fields for entering text. <em>^_</em> for the first Line Edit style, letting <em>^V</em> still act as SWITCH_DTD outside of text input fields. - </DIV> <dt>TEXTAREA Fields <dd>TEXTAREA fields are for most purposes handled as if they were a series of @@ -1720,8 +1758,7 @@ HTML includes markup for creating <em>tables</em> structured as arrays of cells aligned by columns and rows on the displayed page. <p>Lynx recognizes the TABLE element and all of its associated elements -as described in <a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1942.html" ->http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1942.html</a> +as described in <a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1942.html">RFC 1942</a> and will process any ID attributes in the start tags for handling as NAME-ed anchors, but does not create actual <em>tables</em>. Instead, it treats the TR start tag as a collapsible BR (line break), and inserts a collapsible @@ -2123,7 +2160,7 @@ same URL or a new URL, at a specified number of seconds following receipt of the current document. This procedure has been termed <em>client-side-pull</em>. An example of such an element is: <pre> - <em><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="3; URL="http://host/path"></em> + <em><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="3; URL=http://host/path"></em> </pre> which instructs a client to fetch the indicated URL in 3 seconds after receiving the current document. If the <em>URL=</em> field is omitted, @@ -2329,10 +2366,30 @@ where <dd>write keystroke commands and related information to the specified file. <dt><code>-cmd_script=FILENAME</code> - <dd>read keystroke commands from the specified file. You can - use the data written using the <em>-cmd_log</em> option. - Lynx will ignore other information which the - command-logging may have written to the log-file. + <dd>read keystroke commands from the specified file. + You can use the data written using the <em>-cmd_log</em> + option. Lynx will ignore other information which + the command-logging may have written to the log- + file. Each line of the command script contains + either a comment beginning with "#", or a keyword: + + <dl> + <dt><code>exit</code> + <dd>causes the script to stop, and forces lynx to + exit immediately. + + <dt><code>key</code> + <dd>the character value, in printable form. Cursor + and other special keys are given as names, e.g., + <code>Down Arrow</code>. Printable 7-bit ASCII codes are + given as-is, and hexadecimal values represent + other 8-bit codes. + + <dt><code>set</code> + <dd>followed by a "name=value" allows one to override + values set in the lynx.cfg file. + </dl> + <dt><code>-color</code> <dd>forces color mode on, if available. Default color control sequences which work for many terminal types are assumed if the terminal @@ -2348,8 +2405,6 @@ where in .lynxrc on startup is overridden by this flag. <dt><code>-connect_timeout=N</code> <dd>Sets the connection timeout, where N is given in seconds. - This is not available under DOS (use the sockdelay - parameter of WATTCP under DOS). <dt><code>-cookie_file=FILENAME</code> <dd>specifies a file to use to read cookies. If none is specified, the default value is ~/.lynx_cookies @@ -2376,8 +2431,8 @@ where <dt><code>-display_charset=MIMEname</code> <dd>set the charset for the terminal output. <dt><code>-dont_wrap_pre</code> - <dd>inhibit wrapping of text in <pre> when -dump'ing and - -crawl'ing, mark wrapped lines in interactive session. + <dd>inhibit wrapping of text in <pre> when -dump'ing and + -crawl'ing, mark wrapped lines in interactive session. <dt><code>-dump</code> <dd>dumps the formatted output of the default document or one specified on the command line to standard out. @@ -2400,6 +2455,11 @@ where <dt><code>-fileversions</code> <dd>include all versions of files in local VMS directory listings. + <dt><code>-find_leaks</code> + <dd>toggles the memory leak checking off. + Normally this + is not compiled-into your executable, but when it is, + it can be disabled for a session. <dt><code>-force_empty_hrefless_a</code> <dd>force HREF-less 'A' elements to be empty (close them as soon as they are seen). <dt><code>-force_html</code> @@ -2473,6 +2533,8 @@ where treated as delimiters for series of comments within the overall comment element. If historical is set, that overrides minimal or valid comment parsing. + <dt><code>-nested_tables</code> + <dd>toggles nested-tables logic (for debugging). <dt><code>-newschunksize=NUMBER</code> <dd>number of articles in chunked news listings. <dt><code>-newsmaxchunk=NUMBER</code> @@ -2551,8 +2613,8 @@ where <A HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html#tagsoup">recovery modes</A>, switched by '<em>^V</em>'. <dt><code>-prettysrc</code> - <dd>do syntax highlighting and hyperlink handling in source - view. + <dd>do syntax highlighting and hyperlink handling in source + view. <dt><code>-print</code> <dd>enable print functions. (default) <dt><code>-pseudo_inlines</code> @@ -2644,8 +2706,8 @@ where <dt>externals <dd>disallow some "EXTERNAL" configuration lines, if support for passing URLs to external - applications (with the EXTERN_LINK or EXTERN_PAGE - command) is compiled in. + applications (with the EXTERN_LINK or EXTERN_PAGE + command) is compiled in. <dt>file_url <dd>disallow using G)oto, served links or bookmarks for file: URLs. @@ -2721,10 +2783,10 @@ where <dt><code>-selective</code> <dd>require .www_browsable files to browse directories. <dt><code>-short_url</code> - <dd>show very long URLs in the status line with "..." to - represent the portion which cannot be displayed. The - beginning and end of the URL are displayed, rather than - suppressing the end. + <dd>show very long URLs in the status line with "..." to + represent the portion which cannot be displayed. The + beginning and end of the URL are displayed, rather than + suppressing the end. <dt><code>-show_cursor </code> <dd>If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand corner but will instead be positioned at the start of the @@ -2735,9 +2797,9 @@ where It also can be set and saved via the 'o'ptions menu. The command line switch toggles the default. <dt><code>-show_rate</code> - <dd>If enabled the transfer rate is shown in bytes/second. If - disabled, no transfer rate is shown. Use lynx.cfg or the - options menu to select KB/second and/or ETA. + <dd>If enabled the transfer rate is shown in bytes/second. If + disabled, no transfer rate is shown. Use lynx.cfg or the + options menu to select KiB/second and/or ETA. <dt><code>-soft_dquotes</code> <dd>toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic bug which treated '<em>></em>' as a co-terminator for @@ -2753,7 +2815,7 @@ where <dt><code>-stdin</code> <dd>read the startfile from standard input (UNIX only). - <dt><code>-syslog=<em>text</em> + <dt><code>-syslog=<em>text</em></code> <dd>information for syslog call. <dt><code>-tagsoup</code> <dd>initialize DTD with "TagSoup" tables, @@ -2801,7 +2863,11 @@ where <dd>color-style <dt>4 <dd>TRST (table layout) - <dl> + <dt>8 + <dd>config (lynx.cfg and .lynxrc contents) + <dt>16 + <dd>binary string copy/append, used in form data construction. + </dl> <dt><code>-traversal</code> <dd>traverse all http links derived from startfile. When used with <em>-crawl</em>, each link that begins with the @@ -2816,7 +2882,7 @@ where <dt><code>-useragent=STRING</code> <dd>set different Lynx User-Agent header. Lynx produces a warning on startup if the STRING does not contain "Lynx" - or "L_y_n_x", see the <A HREF="#note_ua">note</A> in the + or "L_y_n_x", see the <A HREF="#noteUA">note</A> in the Options Menu section for rationale. <dt><code>-validate</code> <dd>accept only http URLs (meant for validation). @@ -2843,14 +2909,14 @@ where <dt><code>-vikeys</code> <dd>enable vi-like key movement. <dt><code>-wdebug</code> - <dd>enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt - debugfile). This applies only to DOS versions compiled - with WATTCP or WATT-32. + <dd>enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt + debugfile). This applies only to DOS versions compiled + with WATTCP or WATT-32. <dt><code>-width=NUMBER</code> <dd>number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80. <dt><code>-with_backspaces</code> - <dd>emit backspaces in output if -dumping or -crawling (like - <code>man</code> does). + <dd>emit backspaces in output if -dumping or -crawling (like + <code>man</code> does). </dl> </dl> @@ -2963,6 +3029,7 @@ The 2.8 development set was released as v2.8.1 in October 1998.<br> The 2.8.1 development set was released as v2.8.2 in June 1999.<br> The 2.8.2 development set was released as v2.8.3 in April 2000.<br> The 2.8.3 development set was released as v2.8.4 in July 2001.<br> +The 2.8.4 development set was released as v2.8.5 in February 2004.<br> <p>Since early 1997, the Lynx code has expanded into autoconfigure and PC versions. The branching of the Lynx source base from a single |