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| author | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 1998-09-28 09:23:04 -0400 |
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| committer | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 1998-09-28 09:23:04 -0400 |
| commit | 6b6388d0c6a89daaa3c95fc3aa54e38e71c7cc15 (patch) | |
| tree | 58386dcfaa0608ea61ec408a14c53ca812dfbc74 /lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | |
| parent | d719889296edc6adf9987246e9c1181a995fdb85 (diff) | |
| download | lynx-snapshots-6b6388d0c6a89daaa3c95fc3aa54e38e71c7cc15.tar.gz | |
snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-8-1pre_4
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diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 2dc35cf7..b91b6c86 100644 --- a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ <!DOCTYPE html public "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <html> <head> -<title>Lynx Users Guide v2.8</title> +<title>Lynx Users Guide v2.8.1</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> </head> <body> -<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.8</h1> +<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.8.1</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., @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ within a single LAN. <li><a href="#Refresh" NAME="ToC-Refresh">Lynx and Client-Side-Pull</a> <li><a href="#Cookies" NAME="ToC-Cookies">Lynx and State Management</a> (Me want <em>cookie</em>!) <li><A HREF="#Invoking" NAME="ToC-Invoking">The Lynx command line</A> -<li><A HREF="#lynx.cfg" NAME="ToC-lynx.cfg">System-wide configuration in lynx.cfg file</A> +<li><A HREF="#lynx.cfg" NAME="ToC-lynx.cfg">Main configuration file lynx.cfg</A> <li><A HREF="#Hist" NAME="ToC-Hist">Lynx development history</A> </ul> @@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ portions of it in the startfile argument. For example:<br> See <a href="lynx_url_support.html">URL Schemes Supported by Lynx</a> for more detailed information. [<A HREF="#ToC-Remote">ToC</A>] -<h2 ID="EnVar"><A NAME="EnVar"> -<em>Starting Lynx with the WWW_HOME environment variable.</em></A></h2> +<h2 ID="EnVar"><A NAME="EnVar"><em>Starting Lynx with the WWW_HOME environment variable.</em></A></h2> You may also specify a starting file for Lynx using the WWW_HOME environment variable, @@ -328,8 +327,9 @@ circular buffer, and any previous entries can be retrieved for re-use by pressing the <em>up-arrow</em> or <em>down-arrow</em> keys at the prompt. <p>Note that if you want exact copies of text files without any expansions -of TAB characters to spaces you should use the <a href="#RemoteSource"> -Download</a> options. [<A HREF="#ToC-Disposing">ToC</A>] +of TAB characters to spaces you should use the +<a href="#RemoteSource">Download</a> options. +[<A HREF="#ToC-Disposing">ToC</A>] <h2 ID="LocalSource"><A NAME="LocalSource" ><em>Viewing the HTML document source and editing documents</em></A></h2> @@ -370,25 +370,35 @@ After changes are completed, exit your editor and you will return to Lynx. Lynx will reload and render the file so that changes can be immediately examined. [<A HREF="#ToC-LocalSource">ToC</A>] -<h2 ID="RemoteSource"><A NAME="RemoteSource"> -<em>Downloading and Saving source files.</em></A></h2> +<h2 ID="RemoteSource"><A NAME="RemoteSource"><em>Downloading and Saving source files.</em></A></h2> If the DOWNLOAD keystroke command ('<em>d</em>' or <em>D</em>) is used when positioned on a link for an HTML, plain text, or binary -file, Lynx will transfer the file, without rendering or -modification, into a temporary location and present the user with -a list of options, as when a link for a binary file of a type for -which no viewer has been mapped is activated. As described -above, the only default <em>Download option</em> is <em>Save to -disk</em>, which is disabled if Lynx is running in anonymous -mode. Additional download methods such as -kermit and zmodem may be defined in the <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file. -Downloading the sources of HTML and -plain text files, instead of toggling to <a -href="#LocalSource">display the source</a> ('<em>\</em>') and -then using <a href="#Disposing">Printing</a> options, ensures -that no modifications of the source (e.g., expansions of TAB -characters to a series of spaces) will occur. +file, Lynx will transfer the file, without rendering, into a +temporary location and present the user with a list of options, +just as it does when a link for a binary file of a type for which +no viewer has been mapped is activated. + +<P>There is a default <em>Download option</em> of <em>Save to +disk</em>. This is disabled if Lynx is running in anonymous +mode. Any number of download methods such as kermit and zmodem +may be defined in addition to this default in the +<em>lynx.cfg</em> file. Using the <em>Save to disk</em> option +under the PRINT command after viewing the source of an HTML with +the VIEW SOURCE (<em>\</em>) command will result in a file which +differs from the original source in various ways such as tab +characters expanded to spaces. Lynx formats the source presentation +in this mode. On the other hand, if the DOWNLOAD command is used, +the only change will be that Lynx optionally puts +<blockquote> +<!--X-URL: http://www.site.foo/path/to/file.html --><BR> +<BASE href="http://www.site.foo/path/to/file.html"> +</blockquote> +at the start of the file so that relative URLs in the document +will still work. + +Even this modification can be prevented by setting +PREPEND_BASE_TO_SOURCE:FALSE in lynx.cfg. <p>Some options, such as <em>Save to disk</em>, involve prompting for an output filename. All output filename entries are saved in a circular buffer, @@ -462,8 +472,63 @@ to the net.bio.net WAIS server. [<A HREF="#ToC-Search">ToC</A>] <h2 ID="InteractiveOptions"><A NAME="InteractiveOptions"><em>Lynx Options Menu</em></A></h2> The Lynx <em>Options Menu</em> may be accessed by pressing the '<em>o</em>' -key. The current Options Menu contains the following configurable -options. +key. The current Options Menu allows you to change options which are +useful at runtime. Most of these are read/saved from your .lynxrc file. +Other options are stored in the lynx.cfg file. + +<p>Lynx supports two styles of options menu. The new style shown below is an HTML +file generated at runtime: + +<pre> + + Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.1pre.2) + + Accept Changes - Reset Changes Left Arrow cancels changes HELP! + + Save options to disk: [_] + + Personal Preferences + Cookies : [ask user..] + Editor : __________________________________________ + Emacs keys : [OFF] + Keypad mode : [Numbers act as arrows.............] + Personal mail address : __________________________________________ + Popups for select fields : [ON.] + Searching type : [Case insensitive] + Show color : [ON....] + Show cursor : [OFF] + User mode : [Novice......] + Verbose images : [OFF] + VI keys : [OFF] + X Display : __________________________________________ + + Bookmark Options + Multi-bookmarks : [OFF.....] + Bookmarks file : __________________________________________ + + Character Set Options + Assumed document character set : [iso-8859-1......] + Display character set : [Western (ISO-8859-1)...........] + Raw 8-bit : [ON.] + + File Management Options + Ftp sort criteria : [By Name] + Local directory sort criteria : [Mixed style......] + + Headers transferred to remote server + Preferred document character set : _________________________________ + Preferred document language : _________________________________ + User-Agent header : __________________________________________ + + Check your lynx.cfg here + + Accept Changes - Reset Changes Left Arrow cancels changes + +</pre> + +<p>The old style of options menu is a fixed form. Normally this will be +compiled into Lynx, and is accessed by setting FORMS_OPTIONS true in your +lynx.cfg file. <pre> Options Menu @@ -550,8 +615,7 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a href="keystrokes/edit_help.html">Line Editor</a>. Bookmark files allow frequently traveled links to be stored in personal easy to access files. Using the '<em>a</em>'dd bookmark - link command (see <a href="#Bookmarks"> - Lynx bookmarks</a>) you may save + link command (see <a href="#Bookmarks">Lynx bookmarks</a>) you may save any link that does not have associated POST content into a bookmark file. All bookmark files must be in or under your account's home directory. If the location specified does not @@ -790,7 +854,7 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a <dd>The header string which Lynx sends to 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</em> + changed temporarily to a string such as <em>L_y_n_x/2.8.1</em> for access to sites which discriminate against Lynx based on checks for the presence of "Lynx" in the header. If changed during a Lynx session, the default User-Agent header can @@ -2283,8 +2347,7 @@ White space may be substituted for any equal sign ('<em>=</em>') appearing in the option list above. [<A HREF="#ToC-Invoking">ToC</A>] -<h2 ID="lynx.cfg"><A NAME="lynx.cfg"> -<em>System-wide configuration in lynx.cfg file</em></A></h2> +<h2 ID="lynx.cfg"><A NAME="lynx.cfg"><em>Main configuration file lynx.cfg</em></A></h2> Lynx has several levels of customization: from the Options Menu (accessible on-line, @@ -2368,6 +2431,7 @@ The Lynx2-6FM code set was released as v2.7 in February 1997. The v2-7FM code set was released as v2.7.1 in April 1997. The v2-7-1FM code set was released as v2.7.2 in January 1998. The 2.7.1 development set was released as v2.8 in March 1998. +The 2.8 development set is planned to release as v2.8.1 in October 1998. <p>Since early 1997, the Lynx code has expanded into autoconfigure and PC versions. The branching of the Lynx source base from a single |