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diff --git a/lynx.hlp b/lynx.hlp index 7358a174..b4a83150 100644 --- a/lynx.hlp +++ b/lynx.hlp @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Wide Web 2 Synopsis - lynx [options] [path or URL] + lynx [options] [optional paths or URLs] lynx [options] [path or URL] -get_data data @@ -19,108 +19,109 @@ 2 Description Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100 - terminals, vt100 emulators running on Windows 95/NT or Macintoshes, or - any other "curses-oriented" display). It will display hypertext markup - language (HTML) documents containing links to files residing on the - local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running - Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers. Current versions of Lynx - run on Unix, VMS, Windows 95/NT, 386DOS and OS/2 EMX. - - Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide Web, or to - build information systems intended primarily for local access. For - example, Lynx has been used to build several Campus Wide Information - Systems (CWIS). In addition, Lynx can be used to build systems + terminals, vt100 emulators running on Windows 95/NT/XP/7/8 or any POSIX + platform, or any other "curses-oriented" display). It will display + hypertext markup language (HTML) documents containing links to files + residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote + systems running Gopher, HTTP, FTP, WAIS, and NNTP servers. Current + versions of Lynx run on Unix, VMS, Windows 95/NT/XP/7/8, DOS DJGPP and + OS/2. + + Lynx can be used to access information on the World Wide Web, or to + build information systems intended primarily for local access. For + example, Lynx has been used to build several Campus Wide Information + Systems (CWIS). In addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN. 2 Options - At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL specified at - the command line. For help with URLs, press "?" or "H" while running + At start up, Lynx will load any local file or remote URL specified at + the command line. For help with URLs, press "?" or "H" while running Lynx. Then follow the link titled, "Help on URLs." - If more than one local file or remote URL is listed on the command - line, Lynx will open only the last interactively. All of the names + If more than one local file or remote URL is listed on the command + line, Lynx will open only the last interactively. All of the names (local files and remote URLs) are added to the G)oto history. - Lynx uses only long option names. Option names can begin with double - dash as well, underscores and dashes can be intermixed in option names - (in the reference below options are with one dash before them and with + Lynx uses only long option names. Option names can begin with double + dash as well, underscores and dashes can be intermixed in option names + (in the reference below options are with one dash before them and with underscores). - Lynx provides many command-line options. Some options require a value - (string, number or keyword). These are noted in the reference below. - The other options set boolean values in the program. There are three + Lynx provides many command-line options. Some options require a value + (string, number or keyword). These are noted in the reference below. + The other options set boolean values in the program. There are three types of boolean options: set, unset and toggle. If no option value is given, these have the obvious meaning: set (to true), unset (to false), - or toggle (between true/false). For any of these, an explicit value + or toggle (between true/false). For any of these, an explicit value can be given in different forms to allow for operating system constraints, e.g., -center:off -center=off -center- - Lynx recognizes "1", "+", "on" and "true" for true values, and "0", - "-", "off" and "false" for false values. Other option-values are + Lynx recognizes "1", "+", "on" and "true" for true values, and "0", + "-", "off" and "false" for false values. Other option-values are ignored. - The default boolean, number and string option values that are compiled - into Lynx are displayed in the help-message provided by lynx -help. - Some of those may differ according to how Lynx was built; see the help - message itself for these values. The -help option is processed in the - third pass of options-processing, so any option which sets a value, as + The default boolean, number and string option values that are compiled + into Lynx are displayed in the help-message provided by lynx -help. + Some of those may differ according to how Lynx was built; see the help + message itself for these values. The -help option is processed in the + third pass of options-processing, so any option which sets a value, as well as runtime configuration values are reflected in the help-message. - - If the argument is only `-', then Lynx expects to receive the - arguments from the standard input. This is to allow for the - potentially very long command line that can be associated with - the -get_data or -post_data arguments (see below). It can also - be used to avoid having sensitive information in the invoking - command line (which would be visible to other processes on most + - If the argument is only `-', then Lynx expects to receive the + arguments from the standard input. This is to allow for the + potentially very long command line that can be associated with + the -get_data or -post_data arguments (see below). It can also + be used to avoid having sensitive information in the invoking + command line (which would be visible to other processes on most systems), especially when the -auth or -pauth options are used. -accept_all_cookies accept all cookies. -anonymous - apply restrictions for anonymous account, see also + apply restrictions for anonymous account, see also -restrictions. -assume_charset=MIMEname charset for documents that don't specify it. -assume_local_charset=MIMEname - charset assumed for local files, i.e., files which Lynx creates + charset assumed for local files, i.e., files which Lynx creates such as internal pages for the options menu. -assume_unrec_charset=MIMEname use this instead of unrecognized charsets. -auth=ID:PASSWD - set authorization ID and password for protected documents at - startup. Be sure to protect any script files which use this + set authorization ID and password for protected documents at + startup. Be sure to protect any script files which use this switch. - -base prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to text/html outputs + -base prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to text/html outputs for -source dumps. -bibhost=URL specify a local bibp server (default http://bibhost/). - -blink forces high intensity background colors for color mode, if - available and supported by the terminal. This applies to the - slang library (for a few terminal emulators), or to OS/2 EMX + -blink forces high intensity background colors for color mode, if + available and supported by the terminal. This applies to the + slang library (for a few terminal emulators), or to OS/2 EMX with ncurses. - -book use the bookmark page as the startfile. The default or command - line startfile is still set for the Main screen command, and + -book use the bookmark page as the startfile. The default or command + line startfile is still set for the Main screen command, and will be used if the bookmark page is unavailable or blank. -buried_news - toggles scanning of news articles for buried references, and - converts them to news links. Not recommended because email - addresses enclosed in angle brackets will be converted to false + toggles scanning of news articles for buried references, and + converts them to news links. Not recommended because email + addresses enclosed in angle brackets will be converted to false news links, and uuencoded messages can be trashed. -cache=NUMBER - set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The default is + set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. The default is 10. -case enable case-sensitive string searching. @@ -129,61 +130,61 @@ Toggle center alignment in HTML TABLE. -cfg=FILENAME - specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default + specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg. - -child exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk and + -child exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk and associated print/mail options. -child_relaxed - exit on left-arrow in startfile, but allow save to disk and + exit on left-arrow in startfile, but allow save to disk and associated print/mail options. -cmd_log=FILENAME - write keystroke commands and related information to the + write keystroke commands and related information to the specified file. -cmd_script=FILENAME - read keystroke commands from the specified file. You can use - the data written using the -cmd_log option. Lynx will ignore - other information which the command-logging may have written to - the logfile. Each line of the command script contains either a + read keystroke commands from the specified file. You can use + the data written using the -cmd_log option. Lynx will ignore + other information which the command-logging may have written to + the logfile. Each line of the command script contains either a comment beginning with "#", or a keyword: exit - causes the script to stop, and forces Lynx to exit + causes the script to stop, and forces Lynx to exit immediately. key - the character value, in printable form. Cursor and other - special keys are given as names, e.g., "Down Arrow". - Printable 7-bit ASCII codes are given as-is, and hexadecimal + the character value, in printable form. Cursor and other + special keys are given as names, e.g., "Down Arrow". + Printable 7-bit ASCII codes are given as-is, and hexadecimal values represent other 8-bit codes. set - followed by a "name=value" allows one to override values set - in the lynx.cfg or .lynxrc files. Lynx tries the cfg-file + followed by a "name=value" allows one to override values set + in the lynx.cfg or .lynxrc files. Lynx tries the cfg-file setting first. - -color forces color mode on, if available. Default color control - sequences which work for many terminal types are assumed if the - terminal capability description does not specify how to handle - color. Lynx needs to be compiled with the slang library for + -color forces color mode on, if available. Default color control + sequences which work for many terminal types are assumed if the + terminal capability description does not specify how to handle + color. Lynx needs to be compiled with the slang library for this flag, it is equivalent to setting the COLORTERM environment - variable. (If color support is instead provided by a color- - capable curses library like ncurses, Lynx relies completely on - the terminal description to determine whether color mode is - possible, and this flag is not needed and thus unavailable.) A - saved show_color=always setting found in a .lynxrc file at - startup has the same effect. A saved show_color=never found in + variable. (If color support is instead provided by a color- + capable curses library like ncurses, Lynx relies completely on + the terminal description to determine whether color mode is + possible, and this flag is not needed and thus unavailable.) A + saved show_color=always setting found in a .lynxrc file at + startup has the same effect. A saved show_color=never found in .lynxrc on startup is overridden by this flag. -connect_timeout=N Sets the connection timeout, where N is given in seconds. -cookie_file=FILENAME - specifies a file to use to read cookies. If none is specified, - the default value is ~/.lynx_cookies for most systems, but + specifies a file to use to read cookies. If none is specified, + the default value is ~/.lynx_cookies for most systems, but ~/cookies for MS-DOS. -cookie_save_file=FILENAME @@ -200,17 +201,17 @@ output as with -traversal, but to the standard output. -curses_pads - toggles the use of curses "pad" feature which supports - left/right scrolling of the display. The feature is normally - available for curses configurations, but inactive. To activate - it, use the "|" character or the LINEWRAP_TOGGLE command. + toggles the use of curses "pad" feature which supports + left/right scrolling of the display. The feature is normally + available for curses configurations, but inactive. To activate + it, use the "|" character or the LINEWRAP_TOGGLE command. Toggling this option makes the feature altogether unavailable. -debug_partial separate incremental display stages with MessageSecs delay -default-colors - toggles the default-colors feature which is normally set in the + toggles the default-colors feature which is normally set in the lynx.cfg file. -delay add DebugSecs delay after each progress-message @@ -222,30 +223,30 @@ set the charset for the terminal output. -dont_wrap_pre - inhibit wrapping of text when -dump'ing and -crawl'ing, mark + inhibit wrapping of text when -dump'ing and -crawl'ing, mark wrapped lines of <pre> in interactive session. - -dump dumps the formatted output of the default document or those - specified on the command line to standard output. Unlike + -dump dumps the formatted output of the default document or those + specified on the command line to standard output. Unlike interactive mode, all documents are processed. This can be used in the following way: lynx -dump http://www.subir.com/lynx.html - Files specified on the command line are formatted as HTML if - their names end with one of the standard web suffixes such as - ".htm" or ".html". Use the -force_html option to format files + Files specified on the command line are formatted as HTML if + their names end with one of the standard web suffixes such as + ".htm" or ".html". Use the -force_html option to format files whose names do not follow this convention. -editor=EDITOR - enable external editing, using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, + enable external editing, using the specified EDITOR. (vi, ed, emacs, etc.) -emacskeys enable emacs-like key movement. -enable_scrollback - toggles compatibility with communication programs' scrollback + toggles compatibility with communication programs' scrollback keys (may be incompatible with some curses packages). -error_file=FILE @@ -258,22 +259,28 @@ -find_leaks toggle memory leak-checking. Normally this is not compiled-into - your executable, but when it is, it can be disabled for a + your executable, but when it is, it can be disabled for a session. -force_empty_hrefless_a - force HREF-less `A' elements to be empty (close them as soon as + force HREF-less `A' elements to be empty (close them as soon as they are seen). -force_html - forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML. This is - most useful when processing files specified on the command line - which have an unrecognized suffix (or the suffix is associated - with a non-HTML type, such as ".txt" for plain text files). + forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML. + + This is most useful when processing files specified on the + command line which have an unrecognized suffix (or the suffix is + associated with a non-HTML type, such as ".txt" for plain text + files). + Lynx recognizes these file suffixes as HTML: ".ht3", ".htm", ".html3", ".html", ".htmlx", ".php3", ".php", ".phtml", ".sht", and ".shtml". + The -force_html option does not apply to non-interactive options + such as -dump or -crawl. + -force_secure toggles forcing of the secure flag for SSL cookies. @@ -285,10 +292,15 @@ -ftp disable ftp access. -get_data - properly formatted data for a get form are read in from the + properly formatted data for a get form are read in from the standard input and passed to the form. Input is terminated by a line that starts with `---'. + Lynx issues an HTTP GET, sending the form to the path or URL + given on the command-line and prints the response of the server. + If no path or URL is given, Lynx sends the form to the start- + page. + -head send a HEAD request for the mime headers. -help print the Lynx command syntax usage message, and exit. @@ -331,6 +343,9 @@ -link=NUMBER starting count for lnk#.dat files produced by -crawl. + -list_inline + for -dump, show the links inline with the text. + -listonly for -dump, show only the list of links. @@ -343,7 +358,7 @@ -lss=FILENAME specify filename containing color-style information. The - default is lynx.lss. If you give an empty filename, lynx uses a + default is lynx.lss. If you give an empty filename, Lynx uses a built-in monochrome scheme which imitates the non-color-style configuration. @@ -461,8 +476,13 @@ standard input and passed to the form. Input is terminated by a line that starts with `---'. + Lynx issues an HTTP POST, sending the form to the path or URL + given on the command-line and prints the response of the server. + If no path or URL is given, Lynx sends the form to the start- + page. + -preparsed - show HTML source preparsed and reformatted when used with + show HTML source preparsed and reformatted when used with -source or in source view. -prettysrc @@ -473,7 +493,7 @@ -pseudo_inlines toggles pseudo-ALTs for inline images with no ALT string. - -raw toggles default setting of 8-bit character translations or CJK + -raw toggles default setting of 8-bit character translations or CJK mode for the startup character set. -realm restricts access to URLs in the starting realm. @@ -482,12 +502,12 @@ Sets the read-timeout, where N is given in seconds. -reload - flushes the cache on a proxy server (only the first document - affected). + flushes the cache on a proxy server (only the first document + given on the command-line is affected). -restrictions=[option][,option][,option]... - allows a list of services to be disabled selectively. Dashes - and underscores in option names can be intermixed. The + allows a list of services to be disabled selectively. Dashes + and underscores in option names can be intermixed. The following list is printed if no options are specified. all @@ -500,18 +520,18 @@ disallow execution links via the bookmark file. change_exec_perms - disallow changing the eXecute permission on files (but still - allow it for directories) when local file management is + disallow changing the eXecute permission on files (but still + allow it for directories) when local file management is enabled. default - same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default - services for anonymous users. Set to all restricted, except - for: inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_ftp, outside_ftp, - inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, inside_news, outside_news, + same as command line option -anonymous. Disables default + services for anonymous users. Set to all restricted, except + for: inside_telnet, outside_telnet, inside_ftp, outside_ftp, + inside_rlogin, outside_rlogin, inside_news, outside_news, telnet_port, jump, mail, print, exec, and goto. The settings - for these, as well as additional goto restrictions for - specific URL schemes that are also applied, are derived from + for these, as well as additional goto restrictions for + specific URL schemes that are also applied, are derived from definitions within userdefs.h. dired_support @@ -524,7 +544,7 @@ disallow access to, or creation of, hidden (dot) files. download - disallow some downloaders in the download menu (does not + disallow some downloaders in the download menu (does not imply disk_save restriction). editor @@ -537,12 +557,12 @@ disallow the user from changing the local execution option. externals - disallow some "EXTERNAL" configuration lines if support for + disallow some "EXTERNAL" configuration lines if support for passing URLs to external applications (with the EXTERN command) is compiled in. file_url - disallow using G)oto, served links or bookmarks for file: + disallow using G)oto, served links or bookmarks for file: URLs. goto @@ -553,15 +573,15 @@ required for selectivity). inside_news - disallow USENET news posting for people coming from inside + disallow USENET news posting for people coming from inside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). inside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from inside your domain + disallow rlogins for people coming from inside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). inside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from inside your domain + disallow telnets for people coming from inside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). jump @@ -580,22 +600,22 @@ disallow saving options in .lynxrc. outside_ftp - disallow ftps for people coming from outside your domain + disallow ftps for people coming from outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). outside_news - disallow USENET news reading and posting for people coming - from outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). - This restriction applies to "news", "nntp", "newspost", and - "newsreply" URLs, but not to "snews", "snewspost", or + disallow USENET news reading and posting for people coming + from outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). + This restriction applies to "news", "nntp", "newspost", and + "newsreply" URLs, but not to "snews", "snewspost", or "snewsreply" in case they are supported. outside_rlogin - disallow rlogins for people coming from outside your domain + disallow rlogins for people coming from outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). outside_telnet - disallow telnets for people coming from outside your domain + disallow telnets for people coming from outside your domain (utmp required for selectivity). print @@ -614,8 +634,8 @@ disallow modifications of the User-Agent header. -resubmit_posts - toggles forced resubmissions (no-cache) of forms with method - POST when the documents they returned are sought with the + toggles forced resubmissions (no-cache) of forms with method + POST when the documents they returned are sought with the PREV_DOC command or from the History List. -rlogin @@ -641,7 +661,7 @@ saves session to specified file. -short_url - show very long URLs in the status line with "..." to represent + 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. @@ -650,31 +670,31 @@ and exit. -show_cursor - If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand - corner but will instead be positioned at the start of the + If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand + corner but will instead be positioned at the start of the currently selected link. Show cursor is the default for systems - without FANCY_CURSES capabilities. The default configuration - can be changed in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg. The command line + without FANCY_CURSES capabilities. The default configuration + can be changed in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg. The command line switch toggles the default. -show_rate - If enabled the transfer rate is shown in bytes/second. If - disabled, no transfer rate is shown. Use lynx.cfg or the + 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. -soft_dquotes - toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic bug which + toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic bug which treated `>' as a co-terminator for double-quotes and tags. -source - works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of + works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted text. For example lynx -source . >foo.html - generates HTML source listing the files in the current - directory. Each file is marked by an HREF relative to the - parent directory. Add a trailing slash to make the HREF's + generates HTML source listing the files in the current + directory. Each file is marked by an HREF relative to the + parent directory. Add a trailing slash to make the HREF's relative to the current directory: lynx -source ./ >foo.html @@ -686,9 +706,9 @@ allow non-http startfile and homepage with -validate. -stderr - When dumping a document using -dump or -source, Lynx normally - does not display alert (error) messages that you see on the - screen in the status line. Use the -stderr option to tell Lynx + When dumping a document using -dump or -source, Lynx normally + does not display alert (error) messages that you see on the + screen in the status line. Use the -stderr option to tell Lynx to write these messages to the standard error. -stdin read the startfile from standard input (UNIX only). @@ -706,25 +726,25 @@ disable recognition of telnet commands. -term=TERM - tell Lynx what terminal type to assume it is talking to. (This - may be useful for remote execution, when, for example, Lynx - connects to a remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in + tell Lynx what terminal type to assume it is talking to. (This + may be useful for remote execution, when, for example, Lynx + connects to a remote TCP/IP port that starts a script that, in turn, starts another Lynx process.) -timeout=N - For win32, sets the network read-timeout, where N is given in + For win32, sets the network read-timeout, where N is given in seconds. - -tlog toggles between using a Lynx Trace Log and stderr for trace + -tlog toggles between using a Lynx Trace Log and stderr for trace output from the session. -tna turns on "Textfields Need Activation" mode. - -trace turns on Lynx trace mode. Destination of trace output depends + -trace turns on Lynx trace mode. Destination of trace output depends on -tlog. -trace_mask=value - turn on optional traces, which may result in very large trace + turn on optional traces, which may result in very large trace files. Logically OR the values to combine options: 1 SGML character parsing states @@ -733,7 +753,7 @@ 4 TRST (table layout) - 8 configuration (lynx.cfg, .lynxrc, .lynx-keymaps, mime.types + 8 configuration (lynx.cfg, .lynxrc, .lynx-keymaps, mime.types and mailcap contents) 16 binary string copy/append, used in form data construction. @@ -749,9 +769,9 @@ timing -traversal - traverse all http links derived from startfile. When used with - -crawl, each link that begins with the same string as startfile - is output to a file, intended for indexing. See CRAWL.announce + traverse all http links derived from startfile. When used with + -crawl, each link that begins with the same string as startfile + is output to a file, intended for indexing. See CRAWL.announce for more information. -trim_input_fields @@ -764,29 +784,29 @@ toggles use of _underline_ format in dumps. -unique_urls - check for duplicate link numbers in each page and corresponding + check for duplicate link numbers in each page and corresponding lists, and reuse the original link number. -use_mouse - turn on mouse support, if available. Clicking the left mouse - button on a link traverses it. Clicking the right mouse button - pops back. Click on the top line to scroll up. Click on the - bottom line to scroll down. The first few positions in the top - and bottom line may invoke additional functions. Lynx must be - compiled with ncurses or slang to support this feature. If - ncurses is used, clicking the middle mouse button pops up a - simple menu. Mouse clicks may only work reliably while Lynx is + turn on mouse support, if available. Clicking the left mouse + button on a link traverses it. Clicking the right mouse button + pops back. Click on the top line to scroll up. Click on the + bottom line to scroll down. The first few positions in the top + and bottom line may invoke additional functions. Lynx must be + compiled with ncurses or slang to support this feature. If + ncurses is used, clicking the middle mouse button pops up a + simple menu. Mouse clicks may only work reliably while Lynx is idle waiting for input. -useragent=Name set alternate Lynx User-Agent header. -validate - accept only http URLs (for validation). Complete security + accept only http URLs (for validation). Complete security restrictions also are implemented. -verbose - toggle [LINK], [IMAGE] and [INLINE] comments with filenames of + toggle [LINK], [IMAGE] and [INLINE] comments with filenames of these images. -version @@ -796,13 +816,13 @@ enable vi-like key movement. -wdebug - enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt debugfile). - This applies only to DOS versions compiled with WATTCP or + enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt debugfile). + This applies only to DOS versions compiled with WATTCP or WATT-32. -width=NUMBER - number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80. This - is limited by the number of columns that Lynx could display, + number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80. This + is limited by the number of columns that Lynx could display, typically 1024 (the MAX_LINE symbol). -with_backspaces @@ -820,160 +840,161 @@ o Left Arrow will retreat from a link. - o Type "H" or "?" for online help and descriptions of key-stroke + o Type "H" or "?" for online help and descriptions of key-stroke commands. - o Type "K" for a complete list of the current key-stroke command + o Type "K" for a complete list of the current key-stroke command mappings. 2 Environment - In addition to various "standard" environment variables such as HOME, - PATH, USER, DISPLAY, TMPDIR, etc, Lynx utilizes several Lynx-specific + In addition to various "standard" environment variables such as HOME, + PATH, USER, DISPLAY, TMPDIR, etc, Lynx utilizes several Lynx-specific environment variables, if they exist. - Others may be created or modified by Lynx to pass data to an external + Others may be created or modified by Lynx to pass data to an external program, or for other reasons. These are listed separately below. - See also the sections on SIMULATED CGI SUPPORT and NATIVE LANGUAGE + See also the sections on SIMULATED CGI SUPPORT and NATIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT, below. - Note: Not all environment variables apply to all types of platforms - supported by Lynx, though most do. Feedback on platform dependencies + Note: Not all environment variables apply to all types of platforms + supported by Lynx, though most do. Feedback on platform dependencies is solicited. Environment Variables Used By Lynx: COLORTERM If set, color capability for the terminal is forced - on at startup time. The actual value assigned to - the variable is ignored. This variable is only + on at startup time. The actual value assigned to + the variable is ignored. This variable is only meaningful if Lynx was built using the slang screen-handling library. - LYNX_CFG This variable, if set, will override the default - location and name of the global configuration file - (normally, lynx.cfg) that was defined by the + LYNX_CFG This variable, if set, will override the default + location and name of the global configuration file + (normally, lynx.cfg) that was defined by the LYNX_CFG_FILE constant in the userdefs.h file, - during installation. See the userdefs.h file for + during installation. See the userdefs.h file for more information. LYNX_HELPFILE If set, this variable overrides the compiled-in URL and configuration file URL for the Lynx help file. - LYNX_LOCALEDIR If set, this variable overrides the compiled-in - location of the locale directory which contains + LYNX_LOCALEDIR If set, this variable overrides the compiled-in + location of the locale directory which contains native language (NLS) message text. - LYNX_LSS This variable, if set, specifies the location of - the default Lynx character style sheet file. - [Currently only meaningful if Lynx was built using + LYNX_LSS This variable, if set, specifies the location of + the default Lynx character style sheet file. + [Currently only meaningful if Lynx was built using experimental color style support.] - LYNX_SAVE_SPACE This variable, if set, will override the default + LYNX_SAVE_SPACE This variable, if set, will override the default path prefix for files saved to disk that is defined - in the lynx.cfg SAVE_SPACE: statement. See the + in the lynx.cfg SAVE_SPACE: statement. See the lynx.cfg file for more information. - LYNX_TEMP_SPACE This variable, if set, will override the default - path prefix for temporary files that was defined - during installation, as well as any value that may + LYNX_TEMP_SPACE This variable, if set, will override the default + path prefix for temporary files that was defined + during installation, as well as any value that may be assigned to the TMPDIR variable. MAIL This variable specifies the default inbox Lynx will - check for new mail, if such checking is enabled in + check for new mail, if such checking is enabled in the lynx.cfg file. - NEWS_ORGANIZATION This variable, if set, provides the string used in - the Organization: header of USENET news postings. - It will override the setting of the ORGANIZATION - environment variable, if it is also set (and, on + NEWS_ORGANIZATION This variable, if set, provides the string used in + the Organization: header of USENET news postings. + It will override the setting of the ORGANIZATION + environment variable, if it is also set (and, on UNIX, the contents of an /etc/organization file, if present). - NNTPSERVER If set, this variable specifies the default NNTP - server that will be used for USENET news reading + NNTPSERVER If set, this variable specifies the default NNTP + server that will be used for USENET news reading and posting with Lynx, via news: URL's. - ORGANIZATION This variable, if set, provides the string used in - the Organization: header of USENET news postings. - On UNIX, it will override the contents of an + ORGANIZATION This variable, if set, provides the string used in + the Organization: header of USENET news postings. + On UNIX, it will override the contents of an /etc/organization file, if present. PROTOCOL_proxy Lynx supports the use of proxy servers that can act as firewall gateways and caching servers. They are - preferable to the older gateway servers (see - WWW_access_GATEWAY, below). Each protocol used by - Lynx, (http, ftp, gopher, etc), can be mapped - separately by setting environment variables of the - form PROTOCOL_proxy (literally: http_proxy, + preferable to the older gateway servers (see + WWW_access_GATEWAY, below). Each protocol used by + Lynx, (http, ftp, gopher, etc), can be mapped + separately by setting environment variables of the + form PROTOCOL_proxy (literally: http_proxy, ftp_proxy, gopher_proxy, etc), to - "http://some.server.dom:port/". See Lynx Users + "http://some.server.dom:port/". See Lynx Users Guide for additional details and examples. - SSL_CERT_DIR Set to the directory containing trusted + SSL_CERT_DIR Set to the directory containing trusted certificates. - SSL_CERT_FILE Set to the full path and filename for your file of + SSL_CERT_FILE Set to the full path and filename for your file of trusted certificates. - WWW_access_GATEWAY Lynx still supports use of gateway servers, with - the servers specified via "WWW_access_GATEWAY" - variables (where "access" is lower case and can be - "http", "ftp", "gopher" or "wais"), however most - gateway servers have been discontinued. Note that + WWW_access_GATEWAY Lynx still supports use of gateway servers, with + the servers specified via "WWW_access_GATEWAY" + variables (where "access" is lower case and can be + "http", "ftp", "gopher" or "wais"), however most + gateway servers have been discontinued. Note that you do not include a terminal `/' for gateways, but - do for proxies specified by PROTOCOL_proxy - environment variables. See Lynx Users Guide for + do for proxies specified by PROTOCOL_proxy + environment variables. See Lynx Users Guide for details. - WWW_HOME This variable, if set, will override the default - startup URL specified in any of the Lynx + WWW_HOME This variable, if set, will override the default + startup URL specified in any of the Lynx configuration files. Environment Variables Set or Modified By Lynx: - LYNX_PRINT_DATE This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, - to the Date: string seen in the document's - "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is - created for use by an external program, as defined - in a lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition statement. If - the field does not exist for the document, the - variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No - Date" under VMS. - - LYNX_PRINT_LASTMOD This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, - to the Last Mod: string seen in the document's + LYNX_PRINT_DATE This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, + to the Date: string seen in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition statement. If the field does not exist for the document, the variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No - LastMod" under VMS. + Date" under VMS. - LYNX_PRINT_TITLE This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, - to the Linkname: string seen in the document's + LYNX_PRINT_LASTMOD This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, + to the Last Mod: string seen in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition statement. If the field does not exist for the document, the variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No - Title" under VMS. + LastMod" under VMS. - LYNX_PRINT_URL This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, - to the URL: string seen in the document's + LYNX_PRINT_TITLE This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, + to the Linkname: string seen in the document's "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is created for use by an external program, as defined in a lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition statement. If the field does not exist for the document, the variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No + Title" under VMS. + + LYNX_PRINT_URL This variable is set by the Lynx p(rint) function, + to the URL: string seen in the document's + "Information about" page (= cmd), if any. It is + created for use by an external program, as defined + in a lynx.cfg PRINTER: definition statement. If + the field does not exist for the document, the + variable is set to a null string under UNIX, or "No URL" under VMS. LYNX_TRACE If set, causes Lynx to write a trace file as if the -trace option were supplied. 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. + file, which is either Lynx.trace or LY-TRACE.LOG + (the latter on the DOS/Windows platforms). The + trace file is in either case relative to the home + directory. LYNX_VERSION This variable is always set by Lynx, and may be used by an external program to determine if it was |