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diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 3486ebfe..1e897708 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</title> +<title>Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1</title> <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> </head> <body> -<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.7</h1> +<h1>Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1</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., @@ -552,9 +552,10 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a <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 or comments that you send. It will also be sent as the From: - field in all HTTP get requests if inclusion of that HTTP header - has not been disabled via the NO_FROM_HEADER definition in - lynx.cfg or via the <em>-nofrom</em> command line option. + field in HTTP or HTTPS requests if inclusion of that header + has been enabled via the NO_FROM_HEADER definition in lynx.cfg + (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 @@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ 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</em> + changed temporarily to a string such as <em>L_y_n_x/2.7.1</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 @@ -1764,6 +1765,9 @@ where listings. <dt><code>-force_html</code> <dd>forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML. + <dt><code>-from</code> + <dd>toggles transmissions of From headers to HTTP or HTTPS + servers. <dt><code>-ftp</code> <dd>disable ftp access. <dt><code>-get_data</code> @@ -1810,8 +1814,6 @@ where <dd>disable local program execution. (DEFAULT) <dt><code>-nofilereferer</code> <dd>disable transmissions of Referer headers for file URLs. - <dt><code>-nofrom</code> - <dd>disable transmissions of From headers. <dt><code>-nolist</code> <dd>disable the link list feature in dumps. <dt><code>-nolog</code> @@ -2043,7 +2045,8 @@ 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. +as v2.7 in February 1997, and v2.7.1 with bug fixes for v2.7 was +released in April 1997. <p>Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way. The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel |