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| author | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 1998-01-22 12:03:56 -0500 |
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| committer | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 1998-01-22 12:03:56 -0500 |
| commit | ab8b1f12eaf6b1524439f4a277cb7d122068acd7 (patch) | |
| tree | 1b9a5ed17066e83f22164e8394a6aeea821b2792 /lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | |
| parent | e38e34bfb6683c78cec7b217fc30b71874f756f4 (diff) | |
| download | lynx-snapshots-ab8b1f12eaf6b1524439f4a277cb7d122068acd7.tar.gz | |
snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-7-1ac_0-110
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diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index cd0c36d0..e3e368cf 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 v2.7.1</title> +<title>Lynx Users Guide v2.7.2</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> </head> <body> -<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1</h1> +<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.7.2</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., @@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ all be used to display an arbitrary ASCII text or HTML file: <dd><code>lynx ~/filename</code> <dd><code>lynx sys$login:filename</code> <dd><code>lynx /sys$login/filename</code> + <dt>Win32/DOS + <dd><code>lynx filename [???]</code> + <dd><code>lynx C:/dir/filename [???]</code> + <dd><code>lynx //n/dir/filename [???]</code> </dl> <p>When executed, Lynx will clear the screen and display as much of the @@ -231,6 +235,8 @@ environment variable, </dl> <dt>VMS <dd><code>define "WWW_HOME" "http://www.w3.org/"</code> + <dt>win32 + <dd><code>WWW_HOME=http://www.w3.org/ [or in registry]</code> </dl> Note that on VMS the double-quoting <em>must</em> be included to preserve @@ -550,6 +556,7 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a must already exist. Note that on VMS you should use the URL syntax for the filepath (e.g., <em>not</em> [.BM]lynx_bookmarks.html). + For Win32, see [???]. <dt>FTP sort criteria <dd>This option allows you to specify how files will be sorted @@ -746,7 +753,7 @@ 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/2.7.1</em> + changed temporarily to a string such as <em>L_y_n_x/2.7.2</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 @@ -1035,6 +1042,7 @@ commands. <em>exit</em> under Unix and <em>logout</em> under VMS). This command is usually disabled for anonymous users. On VMS, '<em>$</em>' normally is a synonym. + On Win32, this has no effect [???]. <dt><em>g</em> <dd>The '<em>g</em>' command allows any URL to be viewed. Pressing the '<em>g</em>' command will bring up a prompt asking for a URL. @@ -1807,7 +1815,9 @@ href="keystrokes/cookie_help.html">Cookie Jar Page</a>. A summary of the Lynx command line options (switches) is returned to stdout if Lynx is invoked with the <em>-help</em> switch. A description of the options also should be available via the system man (Unix) pages -or help (VMS) libraries. The basic syntax of the Lynx command line can +or help (VMS) libraries. On Win32, typing lynx -help in a DOS window +should display similarly. +The basic syntax of the Lynx command line can be represented as one of the following: <dl> @@ -1846,7 +1856,7 @@ where keyboard input terminated with <em>Control-Z</em> or the command file input terminated by a line that begins with '<em>$</em>'. On Unix, the keyboard input terminator - is <em>Control-D</em>. + is <em>Control-D</em>. On Win32, [???]. <dt><code>-anonymous</code> <dd>used to specify the anonymous account. <dt><code>-assume_charset=MIMEname</code> @@ -2247,12 +2257,20 @@ implemented by Lou Montulli and maintained by Garrett Arch Blythe and Craig Lavender. <p><em>Foteos Macrides</em> and members of the -<a href="lynx-dev.html">lynx-dev</a> list have developed and supported Lynx since release of v2.3 -in May 1994. The Lynx2-3FM code set was released as v2.4 in June 1995. -The Lynx2-4FM code set was released as v2.5 in May 1996. The Lynx2-5FM -code set was released as v2.6 in September 1996. The Lynx2-6FM code set -was released as v2.7 in February 1997, and v2.7.1 with bug fixes for v2.7 -was released in April 1997. +<a href="lynx-dev.html">lynx-dev</a> list have developed and supported Lynx +since release of v2.3 in May 1994. +The Lynx2-3FM code set was released as v2.4 in June 1995. +The Lynx2-4FM code set was released as v2.5 in May 1996. +The Lynx2-5FM code set was released as v2.6 in September 1996. +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. + +<p>Since early 1997, the Lynx code has expanded into autoconfigure and +PC versions. The branching of the Lynx source base from a single +source into two sources (FM/Foteos Macrides and ac/autoconfigure) +should be considered a healthy synergism among groups of computer +professionals acting in their spare time out of a common goal. <p>Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way. The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel @@ -2263,8 +2281,12 @@ the University of Minnesota, and the later versions of Lynx rely on the WWW client library code developed by Tim Berners-Lee (and others) and the WWW community. +<p>Contributors have generally been acknowledged in the CHANGES +file. Earlier CHANGES file can be found in the docs/ subdirectory +of this distribution. + <p>Information on obtaining the most current version of Lynx is available -via <a href="http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html">Lynx links</a>. +at <a href="http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/current/index.html">the current distribution page</a>. <p>[<A HREF="#TOC">ToC</A>] </body> |