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| author | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 2017-04-28 22:16:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> | 2017-04-28 22:16:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html b/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html index b9148607..19b16f5c 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $LynxId: option_help.html,v 1.28 2014/01/08 22:28:11 tom Exp $ --> +<!-- $LynxId: option_help.html,v 1.32 2017/04/28 21:12:53 tom Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ </head> <body> + <h2><a name="overview" id="overview">Options Menu</a></h2> + <p>The <em>Options Menu</em> allows you to set and modify many Lynx features.<br> <strong>Lynx</strong>'s <em>Options Menu</em> is grouped visually @@ -23,153 +25,157 @@ have been compiled in or chosen in <code><strong>lynx.cfg</strong></code>.</p> - <ul> - <li> - <a href="#GP">General Preferences</a> + <div class="nav"> + <ul> + <li><a href="#overview">Options Menu</a></li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#UM">User Mode</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#GP">General Preferences</a> - <li><a href="#ED">Editor</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#UM">User Mode</a></li> - <li><a href="#ST">Type of Search</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#ED">Editor</a></li> - <li> - <a href="#SP">Security and Privacy</a> + <li><a href="#ST">Type of Search</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#CK">Cookies</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#SP">Security and Privacy</a> - <li><a href="#IK">Invalid-Cookie Prompting</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#CK">Cookies</a></li> - <li><a href="#SK">SSL Prompting</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#IK">Invalid-Cookie Prompting</a></li> - <li> - <a href="#KI">Keyboard Input</a> + <li><a href="#SK">SSL Prompting</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#KM">Keypad mode</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#KI">Keyboard Input</a> - <li><a href="#EM">Emacs keys</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#KM">Keypad mode</a></li> - <li><a href="#VI">VI keys</a></li> + <li><a href="#EM">Emacs keys</a></li> - <li><a href="#LE">Line edit style</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#VI">VI keys</a></li> - <li> - <a href="#DP">Display and Character Set</a> + <li><a href="#LE">Line edit style</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#LC">Use locale-based character set</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#DP">Display and Character Set</a> - <li><a href="#H5">Use HTML5 charset replacements</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#LC">Use locale-based character set</a></li> - <li><a href="#DC">Display Character set</a></li> + <li><a href="#H5">Use HTML5 charset replacements</a></li> - <li><a href="#AD">Assumed document character set</a></li> + <li><a href="#DC">Display Character set</a></li> - <li><a href="#JK">Raw 8-bit or CJK mode</a></li> + <li><a href="#AD">Assumed document character set</a></li> - <li><a href="#DV">X DISPLAY variable</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#JK">Raw 8-bit or CJK mode</a></li> - <li> - <a href="#AP">Document Appearance</a> + <li><a href="#DV">X DISPLAY variable</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#SC">Show color</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#AP">Document Appearance</a> - <li><a href="#CS">Color style</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#SC">Show color</a></li> - <li><a href="#C0">Default colors</a></li> + <li><a href="#CS">Color style</a></li> - <li><a href="#CL">Show cursor for current link or - option</a></li> + <li><a href="#C0">Default colors</a></li> - <li><a href="#UK">Underline links</a></li> + <li><a href="#CL">Show cursor for current link or + option</a></li> - <li><a href="#SS">Show scrollbar</a></li> + <li><a href="#UK">Underline links</a></li> - <li><a href="#PU">Pop-ups for select fields</a></li> + <li><a href="#SS">Show scrollbar</a></li> - <li><a href="#tagsoup">HTML error recovery</a></li> + <li><a href="#PU">Pop-ups for select fields</a></li> - <li><a href="#BH">Bad HTML messages</a></li> + <li><a href="#tagsoup">HTML error recovery</a></li> - <li><a href="#SI">Show Images</a></li> + <li><a href="#BH">Bad HTML messages</a></li> - <li><a href="#VB">Verbose Images</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#SI">Show Images</a></li> - <li> - <a href="#HP">Headers Transferred to Remote Servers</a> + <li><a href="#VB">Verbose Images</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#PM">Personal mail address</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#HP">Headers Transferred to Remote Servers</a> - <li><a href="#PN">Personal name for mail</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#PM">Personal mail address</a></li> - <li><a href="#PW">Password for anonymous ftp</a></li> + <li><a href="#PN">Personal name for mail</a></li> - <li><a href="#PT">Preferred media type</a></li> + <li><a href="#PW">Password for anonymous ftp</a></li> - <li><a href="#PE">Preferred encoding</a></li> + <li><a href="#PT">Preferred media type</a></li> - <li><a href="#PC">Preferred Document Charset</a></li> + <li><a href="#PE">Preferred encoding</a></li> - <li><a href="#PL">Preferred Document Language</a></li> + <li><a href="#PC">Preferred Document Charset</a></li> - <li><a href="#SA">Send User-Agent header</a></li> + <li><a href="#PL">Preferred Document Language</a></li> - <li><a href="#UA">User Agent</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#SA">Send User-Agent header</a></li> - <li> - <a href="#LP">Listing and Accessing Files</a> + <li><a href="#UA">User Agent</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#PF">Use Passive FTP</a></li> + <li> + <a href="#LP">Listing and Accessing Files</a> - <li><a href="#FT">FTP sort criteria</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#PF">Use Passive FTP</a></li> - <li><a href="#LD">Local directory sort criteria</a></li> + <li><a href="#FT">FTP sort criteria</a></li> - <li><a href="#LO">Local directory sort order</a></li> + <li><a href="#LD">Local directory sort criteria</a></li> - <li><a href="#DF">Show dot files</a></li> + <li><a href="#LO">Local directory sort order</a></li> - <li><a href="#PZ">Pause when showing message</a></li> + <li><a href="#DF">Show dot files</a></li> - <li><a href="#LL">Execution links</a></li> + <li><a href="#PZ">Pause when showing message</a></li> - <li><a href="#TX">Show transfer rate</a></li> - </ul> - </li> + <li><a href="#LL">Execution links</a></li> - <li>Special Files and Screens + <li><a href="#TX">Show transfer rate</a></li> + </ul> + </li> - <ul> - <li><a href="#MB">Multi-bookmarks</a></li> + <li>Special Files and Screens - <li><a href="#BF">Bookmark file</a></li> + <ul> + <li><a href="#MB">Multi-bookmarks</a></li> - <li><a href="#AZ">Auto Session</a></li> + <li><a href="#BF">Bookmark file</a></li> - <li><a href="#SZ">Session file</a></li> + <li><a href="#AZ">Auto Session</a></li> - <li><a href="#VP">Visited Pages</a></li> - </ul> - </li> - </ul> + <li><a href="#SZ">Session file</a></li> + + <li><a href="#VP">Visited Pages</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + </div> <h2><a name="GP" id="GP">General Preferences</a></h2> @@ -249,10 +255,10 @@ <h3><a name="EM" id="EM">Emacs keys</a></h3> - <p>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, + <p>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> <p>Note: setting emacs keys does not affect the line-editor @@ -260,9 +266,9 @@ <h3><a name="VI" id="VI">VI keys</a></h3> - <p>If set to 'ON' then the lowercase h, j, k and l keys will be - mapped to left-arrow, down-arrow, up-arrow and right-arrow - respectively.</p> + <p>If set to “ON” then the lowercase h, j, k and l + keys will be mapped to left-arrow, down-arrow, up-arrow and + right-arrow respectively.</p> <p>The uppercase H, J, K, and L keys remain mapped to their configured bindings (normally HELP, JUMP, KEYMAP and LIST, @@ -313,8 +319,8 @@ you browse those broken pages if you know somehow 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. Option is active when 'Raw 8-bit - or CJK Mode' is OFF.</p> + they were encoded accordingly. Option is active when “Raw + 8-bit or CJK Mode” is OFF.</p> <h3><a name="JK" id="JK">Raw 8-bit or CJK mode</a></h3> @@ -329,11 +335,12 @@ ISO-8859-1 and no charset parameter was specified in a reply header from an HTTP server to indicate what it is), but you have no better idea than viewing it as from display character set (see - 'assumed document character set' for best choice). Should be OFF - when an Asian (CJK) set is selected but the document is - ISO-8859-1 or another 'assumed document character set'. The - setting can also be toggled via the RAW_TOGGLE command, normally - mapped to '@', and at startup via the -raw switch.</p> + “assumed document character set” for best choice). + Should be OFF when an Asian (CJK) set is selected but the + document is ISO-8859-1 or another “assumed document + character set”. The setting can also be toggled via the + RAW_TOGGLE command, normally mapped to “@”, and at + startup via the -raw switch.</p> <h3><a name="DV" id="DV">X DISPLAY variable</a></h3> @@ -357,9 +364,9 @@ <li>If set to OFF or NEVER, color mode will be turned off.</li> <li>ALWAYS and NEVER are not offered in anonymous accounts. If - saved to a '.lynxrc' file in non-anonymous accounts, ALWAYS - will cause Lynx to set color mode on at startup if - supported.</li> + saved to a “.lynxrc” file in non-anonymous + accounts, ALWAYS will cause Lynx to set color mode on at + startup if supported.</li> </ul> <p>If Lynx is built with slang, this is equivalent to having @@ -375,15 +382,15 @@ terminal at start-up. It is similar to the -nocolor switch, but (when the slang library is used) can be overridden with the -color switch. If the setting is OFF or ON when the current - options are saved to a '.lynxrc' file, the default start-up - behavior is retained, such that color mode will be turned on at - startup only if the terminal info indicates that you have a - color-capable terminal, or (when slang is used) if forced on via - the -color switch or COLORTERM variable. This default behavior - always is used in anonymous accounts, or if the 'option'_save - restriction is set explicitly. If for any reason the start-up - color mode is incorrect for your terminal, set it appropriately - on or off via this option.</p> + options are saved to a “.lynxrc” file, the default + start-up behavior is retained, such that color mode will be + turned on at startup only if the terminal info indicates that you + have a color-capable terminal, or (when slang is used) if forced + on via the -color switch or COLORTERM variable. This default + behavior always is used in anonymous accounts, or if the + “option”_save restriction is set explicitly. If for + any reason the start-up color mode is incorrect for your + terminal, set it appropriately on or off via this option.</p> <h3><a name="CS" id="CS">Color style</a></h3> @@ -462,8 +469,8 @@ <p>If you are curious about what goes on behind the scenes, but find that the information from the -trace switch is just too much, Lynx can be started with the -preparsed switch; going into - SOURCE mode ('\' key) and toggling the parsing mode (with CTRL-V) - should then show some of the differences.</p> + SOURCE mode (“\” key) and toggling the parsing mode + (with CTRL-V) should then show some of the differences.</p> <h3><a name="BH" id="BH">Bad HTML messages</a></h3> @@ -491,11 +498,11 @@ <h3><a name="SI" id="SI">Show Images</a></h3> - <p>This option combines the effects of the `*' & `[' keys as - follows:</p> + <p>This option combines the effects of the “*” & + “[” keys as follows:</p> <pre> <em>ignore</em> all images which lack an ALT= text string, - <em>show labels</em>, e.g. [INLINE] — see `Verbose Images' below — , + <em>show labels</em>, e.g. [INLINE] — see “Verbose Images” below — , <em>use links</em> for every image, enabling downloading. </pre> @@ -521,7 +528,7 @@ <p>You may set your mail address here so that when mailing messages to other people or mailing files to yourself, your email address can be automatically filled in. Your email address will - also be sent to HTTP servers in a `from:' field.</p> + also be sent to HTTP servers in a “from:” field.</p> <h3><a name="PN" id="PN">Personal mail name</a></h3> @@ -592,17 +599,17 @@ those values are always assumed by default. Can be a comma-separated list, which may be interpreted by servers as descending order of preferences; you can make your order of - preference explicit by using `q factors' as defined by the HTTP - protocol, for servers which understand it: e.g., <kbd>iso-8859-5, - utf-8;q=0.8</kbd>.</p> + preference explicit by using “q factors” as defined + by the HTTP protocol, for servers which understand it: e.g., + <kbd>iso-8859-5, utf-8;q=0.8</kbd>.</p> <h3><a name="PL" id="PL">Preferred Document Language</a></h3> <p>The language you prefer if multi-language files are available - from servers. Use RFC 1766 tags, e.g., `en' English, `fr' French. - Can be a comma-separated list, and you can use `q factors' (see - previous help item): e.g., <kbd>da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7</kbd> - .</p> + from servers. Use RFC 1766 tags, e.g., “en” English, + “fr” French. Can be a comma-separated list, and you + can use “q factors” (see previous help item): e.g., + <kbd>da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7</kbd> .</p> <h3><a name="SA" id="SA">Send User-Agent header</a></h3> @@ -615,19 +622,20 @@ -restrictions switch. Otherwise, the header can be changed temporarily to e.g., L_y_n_x/2.8.3 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 be restored by deleting the - modified string in the Options Menu. Whenever the User-Agent - header is changed, the current document is reloaded, with the - no-cache flags set, on exit from Options Menu. Changes of the - header are not saved in the .lynxrc file.</p> + “Lynx” in the header. If changed during a Lynx + session, the default User-Agent header can be restored by + deleting the modified string in the Options Menu. Whenever the + User-Agent header is changed, the current document is reloaded, + with the no-cache flags set, on exit from Options Menu. Changes + of the header are not saved in the .lynxrc file.</p> <p>Caveat: Netscape Communications Corp. (for example) claimed - that false transmissions of `Mozilla' as the User-Agent are a - copyright infringement, which would be prosecuted. The - <em>Options Menu</em> issues a warning about possible copyright - infringement whenever the header is changed to one which does not - include <strong>Lynx</strong> or <strong>lynx</strong>.</p> + that false transmissions of “Mozilla” as the + User-Agent are a copyright infringement, which would be + prosecuted. The <em>Options Menu</em> issues a warning about + possible copyright infringement whenever the header is changed to + one which does not include <strong>Lynx</strong> or + <strong>lynx</strong>.</p> <h2><a name="LP" id="LP">Listing and Accessing Files</a></h2> @@ -639,8 +647,9 @@ <h3><a name="FT" id="FT">FTP sort criteria</a></h3> <p>This allows you to specify how files will be sorted within FTP - listings. The current options include `By Filename', - `By Size', `By Type', `By Date'.</p> + listings. The current options include + “By Filename”, “By Size”, + “By Type”, “By Date”.</p> <h3><a name="LD" id="LD">List directory style</a></h3> @@ -682,7 +691,8 @@ <dt>By type</dt> - <dd>by filename suffix, e.g., the text beginning with '.'</dd> + <dd>by filename suffix, e.g., the text beginning with + “.”</dd> <dt>By user</dt> @@ -706,10 +716,11 @@ <h3><a name="LL" id="LL">Execution links</a></h3> - <p>If set to 'ALWAYS ON', Lynx will locally execute commands - contained inside any links. This can be HIGHLY DANGEROUS, so it - is recommended that they remain 'ALWAYS OFF' or 'FOR LOCAL FILES - ONLY'.</p> + <p>If set to “ALWAYS ON”, Lynx will locally execute + commands contained inside any links. This can be <strong>HIGHLY + DANGEROUS</strong>, so it is recommended that they remain + “ALWAYS OFF” or “FOR LOCAL FILES + ONLY”.</p> <h3><a name="TX" id="TX">Show transfer rate</a></h3> @@ -737,7 +748,8 @@ <ul> <li>When OFF, the default bookmark file is used for the - 'v'iew-bookmarks and 'a'dd-bookmark link commands.</li> + “v”iew-bookmarks and “a”dd-bookmark + link commands.</li> <li>If set to STANDARD, a menu of available bookmarks is always invoked when you seek to view a bookmark file or add a link, @@ -745,9 +757,9 @@ menu.</li> <li>If set to ADVANCED, you are instead prompted for the letter - of the desired bookmark file, but can enter '=' to invoke the - STANDARD selection menu, or RETURN for the default bookmark - file.</li> + of the desired bookmark file, but can enter “=” to + invoke the STANDARD selection menu, or RETURN for the default + bookmark file.</li> </ul> <h3><a name="BF" id="BF">Bookmark file</a></h3> @@ -756,19 +768,21 @@ <ul> <li>If non-empty and multi-bookmarks is OFF, it specifies your - default '<a href="bookmark_help.html">Bookmark file</a>'.</li> + default “<a href="bookmark_help.html">Bookmark + file</a>”.</li> - <li>If multi-bookmarks is STANDARD or ADVANCED, entering 'B' - will invoke a menu in which you can specify filepaths and - descriptions of up to 26 bookmark files.</li> + <li>If multi-bookmarks is STANDARD or ADVANCED, entering + “B” will invoke a menu in which you can specify + filepaths and descriptions of up to 26 bookmark files.</li> </ul> <p>The filepaths must be from your home directory and begin with - './' if subdirectories are included (e.g., - './BM/lynx_bookmarks.html').</p> + “./” if subdirectories are included (e.g., + “./BM/lynx_bookmarks.html”).</p> - <p>Lynx will create bookmark files when you first 'a'dd a link, - but any subdirectories in the filepath must already exist.</p> + <p>Lynx will create bookmark files when you first + “a”dd a link, but any subdirectories in the filepath + must already exist.</p> <h3><a name="AZ" id="AZ">Auto Session</a></h3> |