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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 | |
| parent | 48e173e619472dce9fa16a21cb6fb6ac6a9e3d24 (diff) | |
update to lynx 2.8.5rel.1
tested todd@,naddy@. millert@ deraadt@ ok
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help')
25 files changed, 437 insertions, 295 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 diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/about_lynx.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/about_lynx.html index 4c158dd004b..a00f6750c60 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/about_lynx.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/about_lynx.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>About Lynx</TITLE> <LINK rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </HEAD> <BODY> @@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ other character-cell displays, and vt100 emulators such as Kermit or Procomm running on PCs or Macs. <P>For information on how to use Lynx see the -<A HREF="../lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html">Lynx User's Guide</A>, or the -<A HREF="../lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html">Lynx help files</A>. +<A HREF="Lynx_users_guide.html">Lynx User's Guide</A>, or the +<A HREF="lynx_help_main.html">Lynx help files</A>. <H2><EM>Credits and Copyright</EM></H2> @@ -31,11 +32,11 @@ HREF="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/">The University of Kansas</A>. <P>Lynx was originally developed by <A HREF="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Lou.Montulli.html" ->Lou Montulli,</A> -<A HREF="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Michael.Grobe/Michael.Grobe.html" ->Michael Grobe,</A> +>Lou Montulli</A>, +<A HREF="http://www.cc.ku.edu/~grobe/" +>Michael Grobe</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Charles.Rezac.html" ->Charles Rezac.</A> +>Charles Rezac</A>. <A HREF="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/people/Garrett/Garrett_Arch_Blythe.html" >Garrett Blythe</A> created <A HREF="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/about_doslynx/doslynx.html">DosLynx</A> @@ -62,10 +63,10 @@ The Lynx copyright does not override or invalidate those copyrights. <P>Thanks to <A NAME="13" HREF="http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/" >Tim Berners-Lee</A> and the other <A NAME="14" -HREF="http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/People.html">CERN World Wide +HREF="http://www.w3.org/People.html">CERN World Wide Web wizards</A> for the WWW client library code and all of their other work on the WWW project, NCSA and the -<A HREF="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html" +<A HREF="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html" >Mosaic</A> developers, and to everyone out in netland who has contributed to Lynx's development either directly (through comments or bug reports) or indirectly (through inspiration and development of @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ had their own hypertext format. <H2><A NAME="availability"><EM>Availability</EM></A></H2> <p>Information on obtaining the most current version of Lynx is -available via <a href="http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html" +available via <a href="http://www.subir.com/lynx.html" >Lynx links</a>. <H2><A NAME="lynx-dev_list"><EM>Mailing List</EM></A></H2> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/help_files.txt b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/help_files.txt index 1b8f236bb27..4f6375ca1e8 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/help_files.txt +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/help_files.txt @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ LYNX_DEV_ARCHIVE=http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/ LYNX_DIST=http://lynx.isc.org/current/index.html LYNX_FAQ=http://lynx.isc.org/cgi-bin/fom LYNX_FAQ_O_MATIC=http://lynx.isc.org/cgi-bin/fom -LYNX_HOME=http://lynx.browser.org/ +LYNX_HOME=http://lynx.isc.org/ LYNX_SPEECH=http://leb.net/blinux/blynx/ -LYNX_SUBIR=http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html -WWW_NEWS=http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/News/Groups/Overview.html +LYNX_SUBIR=http://www.subir.com/lynx.html +WWW_NEWS=http://www.w3.org/History/ WWW_HTML2=http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_toc.html WWW_HTML3=http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/Contents.html # diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/alt_edit_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/alt_edit_help.html index 3c779c1c06b..f8ed7b6d91e 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/alt_edit_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/alt_edit_help.html @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> <link rel="Sibling" title="Default Binding" href="edit_help.html"> <link rel="Sibling" title="Bash-Like Binding" href="bashlike_edit_help.html"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <h1>+++ALTERNATIVE BINDING+++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bashlike_edit_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bashlike_edit_help.html index 6c066468113..a9d3491cb40 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bashlike_edit_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bashlike_edit_help.html @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> <link rel="Sibling" title="Default Binding" href="edit_help.html"> <link rel="Sibling" title="Alternative Binding" href="alt_edit_help.html"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <h1>+++BASH-LIKE BINDING+++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bookmark_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bookmark_help.html index 6a9e5e5e410..6a6ea707f48 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bookmark_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/bookmark_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Lynx Bookmark Help</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>+++ Bookmark Help +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html index 6959c9f4d46..125e76ab11f 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/cookie_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on the Cookie Jar Page</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>+++ Cookie Jar Page Help +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/dired_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/dired_help.html index b881ad6145f..5fc37a25d86 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/dired_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/dired_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <head> <title>Lynx Dired Help</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>+++DIRED HELP+++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/edit_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/edit_help.html index c5eae4b172c..186915f0e13 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/edit_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/edit_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <head> <title>Lynx Line Editor Default Key Binding</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>+++DEFAULT BINDING+++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/environments.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/environments.html index 290ffcb0417..b9d25448ea8 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/environments.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/environments.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <head> <title>Help on Environment variables</title> <LINK rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <pre> @@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ Environment Variables Used By Lynx: See the userdefs.h file for more information. + LYNX_LOCALEDIR + If set, this variable overrides the + compiled-in location of the locale + directory which contains native lan- + guage (NLS) message text. + LYNX_LSS This variable, if set, specifies the location of the default Lynx character @@ -66,6 +73,19 @@ Environment Variables Used By Lynx: as well as any value that may be assigned to the TMPDIR variable. + LYNX_TRACE + If set, causes Lynx to write a trace + file as if the -trace option were sup- + plied. + + LYNX_TRACE_FILE + If set, overrides the compiled-in name + of the trace file, which is either + Lynx.trace or LY-TRACE.LOG (the latter + on the DOS platform). The trace file + is in either case relative to the home + directory. + MAIL This variable specifies the default inbox Lynx will check for new mail, if @@ -106,7 +126,7 @@ Environment Variables Used By Lynx: the form PROTOCOL_proxy (literally: http_proxy, ftp_proxy, gopher_proxy, etc), to "http://some.server.dom:port/". - See <a href="#proxy">details and examples</a>. + See <a href="#proxy">Proxy details and examples</a>. WWW_access_GATEWAY Lynx still supports use of gateway @@ -118,7 +138,7 @@ Environment Variables Used By Lynx: discontinued. Note that you do not include a terminal '/' for gateways, but do for proxies specified by PROTOCOL_proxy - environment variables. See <a href="#proxy">details</a>. + environment variables. See <a href="#proxy">Proxy details</a>. WWW_HOME This variable, if set, will override @@ -180,6 +200,12 @@ Environment Variables Set or Modified By Lynx: distribution's sample mailcap file, for notes on usage in such a file. + SSL_CERT_DIR Set to the directory containing trusted + certificates. + + SSL_CERT_FILE Set to the full path and filename for + your file of trusted certificates. + TERM Normally, this variable is used by Lynx to determine the terminal type being used to invoke Lynx. If, however, @@ -281,7 +307,7 @@ NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT path prefix for message catalogs. <a name="proxy"><em> -Proxy: +Proxy details and examples: </em></a> To set your site's NTTP server as the default host for news reading diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html index b5893963e81..69fe113c884 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html @@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on the Follow link (or page) number feature</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>+++ Follow link (or goto link or page) number Help +++<br> +++ Select option (or page) number Help +++</h1> -If a user has set <em>Keypad mode</em> to <em>Links are numbered</em> -or <em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> as the default or for -the current session via the <em>Options menu</em>, then hypertext links +If a user has set <em>Keypad mode</em> to <em>Links are numbered</em>, +or <em>Form fields are numbered</em>, +or <em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> +as the default or for the current session via the <em>Options menu</em>, +then hypertext links (and form fields, depending on the keypad mode) are prefixed with numbers in square brackets. Entering a keyboard or keypad number is treated as an <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> command, and should @@ -23,8 +26,10 @@ the document for that link as if you had paged or used other navigation commands to make it the current link and then ACTIVATE-ed it. The prompt can be invoked via '<em>0</em>', but it will not be treated as the lead digit for the number entry, whereas '<em>1</em>' through '<em>9</em>' both -invoke the prompt and are treated as the first digit. In <em>Links and -form fields are numbered</em> mode, if the number corresponds to a form +invoke the prompt and are treated as the first digit. +In <em>Form fields are numbered</em> +or <em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> mode, +if the number corresponds to a form field you will be positioned on that field, but if it is a submit button it will not be ACTIVATE-ed. @@ -32,8 +37,9 @@ it will not be ACTIVATE-ed. <em>123g</em>), then Lynx will make the link corresponding to that number the current link, paging as appropriate if the link does not appear in the currently displayed page. The '<em>g</em>' suffix is inferred (need -not be entered) for form fields in <em>Links and form fields are -numbered</em> mode. +not be entered) for form fields in +<em>Form fields are numbered</em> or +<em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> mode. <p>Alternatively, if the number is given a '<em>p</em>' suffix (e.g., <em>123p</em>), Lynx will make the page corresponding to that number @@ -72,8 +78,10 @@ then only '<em>0</em>', rather than every number, will be treated as an number:</em> prompt. The '<em>0</em>' will not be treated as the first digit for the number, or number plus suffix, entry. -<p>Numbers are associated with form fields only when <em>Links and form -fields are numbered</em> mode has been selected. If you have selected +<p>Numbers are associated with form fields only when +<em>Form fields are numbered</em> or +<em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> mode has been selected. +If you have selected <em>Numbers act as arrows</em> or <em>Links are numbered</em> mode, you can seek form fields in the document via WHEREIS searches for strings in their displayed values. If they are INPUT or TEXTAREA fields with no @@ -83,8 +91,10 @@ displayed document. <p ID="select-option">When you have invoked a popup window for a list of OPTIONs in a form's SELECT block, each OPTION is associated with a number, -and that number will be displayed in <em>Links and form fields are -numbered</em> mode. In any keypad mode, the <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> +and that number will be displayed in +<em>Form fields are numbered</em> or +<em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> mode. +In any keypad mode, the <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> ('<em>0</em>') command will invoke a <em>Select option (or page) number:</em> prompt, and you can enter a number, and optionally a '<em>g</em>' or '<em>p</em>' suffix, to select or seek an OPTION in that @@ -106,6 +116,7 @@ while viewing a popup window, the user can type to skip ahead 3 pages, and <em>50g-</em> will move the current selection back 50 options. This will work whether or not <em>keypad mode</em> is +<em>Form fields are numbered</em> or <em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> since options are numbered internally. If form field numbering is turned off, the option numbers won't appear on screen, @@ -159,6 +170,7 @@ a name/value pair for the fields should be included in the content submitted for the form, but the value should not be displayed in the rendered form. Lynx respects this attribute as well, and neither displays the HIDDEN field, nor assigns it a number for the F_LINK_NUM ('<em>0</em>') command and +<em>Form fields are numbered</em> or <em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> keypad mode handling, nor includes an entry for it in the menus created for the LIST ('<em>l</em>') or ADDRLIST ('<em>A</em>') diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/gopher_types_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/gopher_types_help.html index 206665c5c5d..03c7705516f 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/gopher_types_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/gopher_types_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Listing of Gopher types</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>+++ Gopher Types +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/history_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/history_help.html index db1776a20af..c4e4553ba92 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/history_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/history_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on the History Page</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>+++ History Page Help +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/keystroke_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/keystroke_help.html index d3ca4ede9fa..5e2a688b43a 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/keystroke_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/keystroke_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on Lynx Keystroke Commands</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>+++ Keystroke Commands +++</h1> @@ -105,6 +106,14 @@ CTRL-V prompts for a key command (allows <A HREF="../Lynx_users_guide.html#CtrlVNote" >escaping</A> from the field). + + Note that on most UNIX hosts, CTRL-V is bound + via stty to the lnext (literal-next) code but + the exact behavior of that is implementation + specific. On Solaris you must type CTRL-V + twice to use it, since it quotes the following + keystroke. + CTRL-U - Erase input line (<a href="edit_help.html" >more input line commands</a>) CTRL-G - Cancel input or transfer diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/movement_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/movement_help.html index d3661d9ad97..bbbd9ff3732 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/movement_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/movement_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on Lynx Movement commands</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>+++ MOVEMENT HELP +++</H1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html index b27cca2e888..610269db14a 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Form-based Options Menu : Help</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>FORM-BASED OPTIONS MENU : HELP</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/other_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/other_help.html index 0f41f20c5e1..67268a6179b 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/other_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/other_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on Misc. Lynx Commands</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>+++ Other Commands +++</h1> @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ E - Allows you to edit the current link's URL (or ACTION) and use that as a <em>goto</em> URL. - g - Allows you to enter any <a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html">URL</a> or filename that + g - Allows you to enter any <a href="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html">URL</a> or filename that you wish to view, and then <em>goto</em> it. G - Allows you to edit the current document's URL and use that diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/print_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/print_help.html index 052852731c2..f4869759a87 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/print_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/print_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Lynx Print Help</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>+++ Printing Help +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/scrolling_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/scrolling_help.html index 71a401d7d0b..e7eaf1752bb 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/scrolling_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/scrolling_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Lynx Scrolling Help</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>+++ SCROLLING HELP +++</H1> @@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ - (or b, - If you have moved down in a document, this or CTRL-B) will bring you back up one page (Page-Up). - If the 'Num Lock' on your keyboard is on, Lynx will translate + If the 'Num Lock' on your keyboard is on, Lynx translates the numbers of your keypad into movement commands as follows: 9 - page up diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html index 122796958d0..d644498f888 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Quick test for identifying display character set</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 ALIGN=LEFT>Try this page with Lynx 2.7.2 or above:</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/visited_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/visited_help.html index 5c62fb3eb56..97007040512 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/visited_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/visited_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>Help on the Visited Links Page</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>+++ Visited Links Page Help +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/xterm_help.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/xterm_help.html index 640cc9139c9..e0f7749f676 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/xterm_help.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/keystrokes/xterm_help.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>X Terminal Help</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>+++ X Terminal or X Server +++</h1> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html index 8eeca51a61d..18b426e8cb1 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ <head> <title>Lynx-Dev Discussion List</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html index 91060a7c599..61af3f72b2c 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <html> <head> -<link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> <title>The Lynx Help Page</title> +<link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> @@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ <li><a href="http://www.hippo.ru/%7Ehvv/lynxcfg_toc.html">lynx.cfg options</a> -- a reference for advanced configurations <li><a href="http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/%7Epurslow/lhfb.html">Lynx Help for Beginners</a> -- quick help on many common problems -<li><a href="http://lynx.isc.org/cgi-bin/fom">The Lynx FAQ-O-Matic</a> -- many common queries, some more advanced; users may add answers. -<li><a href="http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html">Lynx Links</a> +<!-- {li}{a href="http://lynx.isc.org/cgi-bin/fom"}The Lynx FAQ-O-Matic{/a} .. many common queries, some more advanced; users may add answers. --> +<li><a href="http://www.subir.com/lynx.html">Lynx Links</a> -- source & binaries, FAQs, developers & archives,<br> SSL & security, and more <li><a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ejeffwong/lynxstuff/">Lynxstuff</a> @@ -48,18 +49,17 @@ SSL & security, and more -- <a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_toc.html">2.0</a> <li>HTTP -- <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/">1.1</a> -- <a href="http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1945.txt">1.0</a> -<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Addressing/Addressing.html">Web Naming & Addressing Overview: URIs, URLs etc</a> -<li><a href="http://www.w3c.org/International/">HTML Internationalization</a> -<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TheProject.html">WWW Consortium: home page</a> +<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Addressing/">Web Naming & Addressing Overview: URIs, URLs etc</a> +<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/International/">HTML Internationalization</a> +<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/">WWW Consortium: home page</a> </ul> <h2>Help with HTML:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/">HTML 4.0 Reference</a> -<li><a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html">NCSA Beginner's Guide To HTML</a> +<li><a href="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html">NCSA Beginner's Guide To HTML</a> <li><a href="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/%7Eacs/docs/other/HTML_quick.shtml">HTML Quick Reference Guide</a> -<li><a href="http://www.stonehand.com/doc/">Spyglass/Stonehand Technical Reference</a> </ul> <h2>HTML validation services:</h2> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ SSL & security, and more <h2>Other browsing software:</h2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://sunsite.dk/wget/">GNU Wget</a> +<li><a href="http://wget.sunsite.dk/">GNU wget</a> -- powerful & flexible non-interactive downloader <li><a href="http://www.idata.sk/~ondrej/pavuk/">Pavuk</a> -- powerful & an even more-featured downloader @@ -85,19 +85,22 @@ SSL & security, and more <H2>Meta-indexes: lists of links</H2> <ul> -<li><a href="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/MetaIndex.html">NCSA Mosaic</a> +<li><a href="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/MetaIndex.html">NCSA Mosaic</a> </ul> <H2>Search engines:</H2> <ul> +<li><a href="http://www.alltheweb.com/">AlltheWeb.com</a> <li><a href="http://www.altavista.com/">AltaVista</a> +<li><a href="http://www.ask.com/">Ask.com</a> <li><a href="http://www.excite.com/">Excite</a> <li><a href="http://www.go.com/">GO.com</a> <li><a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> -<li><a href="http://www.lycos.com/">Lycos</a> +<li><a href="http://search.lycos.com/">Lycos</a> <li><a href="http://www.metacrawler.com/">MetaCrawler</a> <li><a href="http://www.search.com/">Search.com</a> +<li><a href="http://www.teoma.com/">Teoma</a> <li><a href="http://www.webcrawler.com/">WebCrawler</a> <li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</a> </ul> diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html index bee820509ca..470df572237 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_url_support.html @@ -3,25 +3,27 @@ <HEAD> <TITLE>URL Schemes Supported in Lynx</TITLE> <LINK rev=made href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <blockquote> -<em>[</em><a href="#http">http, https</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#telnet">telnet, tn3270, rlogin</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#gopher">gopher</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#file">file</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#ftp">ftp</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#wais">wais</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#news">news, nntp, snews</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#newspost">newspost, newsreply, snewspost, snewsreply</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#mailto">mailto</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#finger">finger</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#cso">cso</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#bibp">bibp</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#exec">lynxexec, lynxprog</a> <em>|</em> -<a href="#cgi">lynxcgi</a><em>|</em> -<a href="#internal">internal</a><em>]</em> +<em>[</em><a href="#http_url">http, https</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#telnet_url">telnet, tn3270, rlogin</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#gopher_url">gopher</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#file_url">file</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#ftp_url">ftp</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#wais_url">wais</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#news_url">news, nntp, snews</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#newspost_url">newspost, newsreply, snewspost, snewsreply</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#mailto_url">mailto</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#finger_url">finger</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#cso_url">cso</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#bibp_url">bibp</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#exec_url">lynxexec, lynxprog</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#cgi_url">lynxcgi</a><em>|</em> +<a href="#ncftp_url">NcFTP</a> <em>|</em> +<a href="#internal_url">internal</a><em>]</em> </blockquote> <H1><em>URL Schemes Supported in Lynx</em></H1> @@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ Any partial or relative URLs within HTML documents are resolved according to the rules specified in RFC1808 and subsequent IETF drafts. <HR> -<H2><a name="http">The <em>http</em> and <em>https</em> URLs:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="http_url">The <em>http</em> and <em>https</em> URLs:</a></H2> Lynx handles http URLs exactly as specified in RFC1738. The format is: @@ -94,12 +96,12 @@ which can correspond to positions in the rendering of the document. <p>The https URL has the same format, but the default port is <em>:443</em>. Patches for support of https URLs and the CONNECT procedure are available for qualified recipients via <a -href="http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html">Lynx links</a>. US Export laws +href="http://www.subir.com/lynx.html">Lynx links</a>. US Export laws and associated red tape pose severe impediments to inclusion of this support in the general distributions of freeware WWW clients such as Lynx. Sorry. <HR> -<H2><a name="telnet" +<H2><a name="telnet_url" >The <em>telnet</em>, <em>tn3270</em>, and <em>rlogin</em> URLs:</a></H2> A <em>telnet</em> URL generally results in Lynx spawning a telnet @@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ for most TCP-IP software you will be prompted for a password whether or not one was included in the URL. <HR> -<H2><a name="gopher">The <em>gopher</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="gopher_url">The <em>gopher</em> URL:</a></H2> The gopher URL takes the form: <pre> @@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ listings returned by gopher servers, but should be considered Lynxisms and UMN Gopherisms. <HR> -<H2><a name="file">The <em>file</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="file_url">The <em>file</em> URL:</a></H2> The file URL is used to retrieve files or generate a directory listing on the local host. The host field can be <em>localhost</em> or a domain @@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ use the <em>showinfo</em> command (<em>=</em>) to see the file URL which Lynx created for it. <HR> -<H2><a name="ftp">The <em>ftp</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="ftp_url">The <em>ftp</em> URL:</a></H2> The ftp URL has the general format: <pre> @@ -267,7 +269,7 @@ tilde (<em>~</em>) as for <a href="#file">file</a> URLs, e.g.: </pre> <HR> -<H2><a name="wais">The <em>wais</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="wais_url">The <em>wais</em> URL:</a></H2> The wais URL is used to retrieve resources using the Wide Area Information System protocol. The format is: @@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ convert the server's reply into a hit list with URLs that include the the hit list. <HR> -<H2><a name="news" +<H2><a name="news_url" >The <em>news</em>, <em>nntp</em>, and <em>snews</em> URLs:</a></H2> The news and nntp URLs are handled by Lynx as specified in RFC1738, but @@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ server pointed to by the NNTPSERVER environment variable or configuration symbol (see lynx.cfg), with default port <em>:119</em>. A host field must be included in nntp URLs, and the port field is optional with the same default. Patches for support of snews URLs are available to qualified -recipients via <a href="http://www.trill-home.com/lynx.html">Lynx links</a> +recipients via <a href="http://www.subir.com/lynx.html">Lynx links</a> but cannot be included in the general distribution (sorry, see <a href="#http">http and https</a>). @@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ are specific to each nntp server, unlike the unique identifiers for news messages. <HR> -<H2><a name="newspost" +<H2><a name="newspost_url" >The <em>newspost</em>, <em>newsreply</em>, <em>snewspost</em>, and <em>snewsreply</em> URLs:</a></H2> @@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ href="#mailto">mailto</a> URLs, with the qualification that they presently are supported only by Lynx. <HR> -<H2><a name="mailto">The <em>mailto</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="mailto_url">The <em>mailto</em> URL:</a></H2> The mailto URL is used to provide links that when activated can be used to send a comment or the content of a FORM to an Internet email @@ -483,7 +485,7 @@ and the prefixed inclusion should be trimmed by the user to just those passages relevant to the message which will be sent. <HR> -<H2><a name="finger">The <em>finger</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="finger_url">The <em>finger</em> URL:</a></H2> Lynx has full support for the finger protocol, but a format for finger URLs has not yet been adopted by the IETF. The formats supported by Lynx @@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ Lynx will handle such URLs equivalently to overt finger URLs, including creation of links for any strings which appear to be supported URLs. <HR> -<H2><a name="cso">The <em>cso</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="cso_url">The <em>cso</em> URL:</a></H2> The cso URL is intended to provide a gateway to CSO/PH (QI) servers. The requests are made on port 105 by default (<em>:105</em>), with the @@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ to the server. Any strings in the reports returned for these requests converted into a link for accessing that URL. <HR> -<H2><a name="bibp">The <em>bibp</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="bibp_url">The <em>bibp</em> URL:</a></H2> <p>Lynx provides built-in support for bibliographic protocol (BibP). BibP links are links to published works such as books or journal articles, @@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ by a local bibhost server (http://bibhost/) if it exists. Otherwise, resolution is performed by a document-specified server or a known global server. -<H2><a name="exec">The <em>lynxexec</em> and <em>lynxprog</em> URLs:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="exec_url">The <em>lynxexec</em> and <em>lynxprog</em> URLs:</a></H2> If execution of spawned commands has been enabled in your Lynx image, the lynxexec and lynxprog URLs can be used to execute arbitrary system commands @@ -575,7 +577,7 @@ from the utility invoked via lynxprog. solely for Lynx. <HR> -<H2><a name="cgi">The <em>lynxcgi</em> URL:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="cgi_url">The <em>lynxcgi</em> URL:</a></H2> The lynxcgi URL is implemented only on Unix, can be used as the ACTION for a FORM, and if enabled in your Lynx image has the format: @@ -593,16 +595,21 @@ in <em>userdefs.h</em> and <em>lynx.cfg</em>, qv. <p>This is a Lynxism and should be used only in local documents intended solely for Lynx, or for limited local testing of CGI scripts without an http server. +<HR> + +<H2><a name="ncftp_url">The <em>NcFTP</em> URL:</a></H2> -<p>On VMS, you are advised to use the threaded OSU http server, available -from <a href="ftp://osu.edu" ->ftp://osu.edu</a> as freeware, if your site does not already have an http -server. It can be installed as a purely local script server, and is far -more efficient and comprehensive than any code which might be incorporated -within Lynx. +Lynx recognizes the NcFTP-style ftp URL, e.g., +<pre> + <cite>ftpHost</cite>:<cite>fileSpecification</cite> +</pre> +for example +<pre><code> + ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu +</code></pre> <HR> -<H2><a name="internal">The <em>LYNXfoo</em> internal URLs:</a></H2> +<H2><a name="internal_url">The <em>LYNXfoo</em> internal URLs:</a></H2> Lynx uses a variety of private URL schemes for communication among its internal modules. They start with uppercase letters <code>LYNX</code> |