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diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 4565ecab..b13a48a2 100644 --- a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -457,11 +457,11 @@ options. D)ISPLAY variable : aixtest.cc.ukans.edu:0.0 mu(L)ti-bookmarks: OFF B)ookmark file: lynx_bookmarks.html F)TP sort criteria : By Filename - P)ersonal mail address : montulli@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu + P)ersonal mail address : montulli@netscape.com S)earching type : CASE INSENSITIVE - display (C)haracter set : ISO Latin 1 preferred document lan(G)uage: en preferred document c(H)arset : NONE + display (C)haracter set : ISO Latin 1 raw 8-bit or CJK m(O)de : ON show color (&) : OFF V)I keys: OFF e(M)acs keys: OFF sho(W) dot files: OFF popups for selec(T) fields : ON show cursor (@) : OFF @@ -573,28 +573,35 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a for words within documents will be done in a case-sensitive or case-insensitive manner. - <dt>Display Character set - <dd>This option allows you to set up the default character set for - your specific terminal. The character set provides a mapping - of 8-bit ISO Latin character entities and/or Asian (CJK) or - UTF-8 characters into viewable characters and should be set in - relation to your terminal's character set if you will be - viewing such characters with Lynx. You must have the selected - character set installed on your terminal. - <dt>Preferred Document Language <dd>The language you prefer if multi-language files are available - from servers. Use MIME abbreviations, e.g., en for English, - fr for French, etc. Can be a comma-separated list in descending - order of preferences. + from servers. Use RFC 1766 abbreviations, e.g., en for English, + fr for French, etc. Can be a comma-separated list, which may + be interpreted by servers as descending order of preferences. + You can also make your order of preference explicit by using + q factors as defined by the HTTP protocol, for servers which + understand it, for example: da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7 <dt>Preferred Document Charset <dd>The character set you prefer if sets in addition to ISO-8859-1 and US-ASCII are available from servers. Use MIME notation (e.g., ISO-8859-2) and do not include ISO-8859-1 or US-ASCII, since those values are always assumed by default. Can be a - comma-separated list in descending order of preferences. + comma-separated list, which may be interpreted by servers as + descending order of preferences. + You can also make your order of preference explicit by using + q factors as defined by the HTTP protocol, for servers which + understand it, for example: iso-8859-5, unicode-1-1;q=0.8 + <dt>Display Character set + <dd>This option allows you to set up the default character set for + your specific terminal. The character set provides a mapping + of 8-bit ISO Latin character entities and/or Asian (CJK) or + Unicode characters into viewable characters and should be set + according to your terminal's character set if you will be + viewing such characters with Lynx. You must have the selected + character set installed on your terminal. + <dt>Raw 8-bit or CJK Mode <dd>Whether 8-bit characters are assumed to correspond with the selected character set and therefore are processed without @@ -612,13 +619,39 @@ return to Lynx or the '<em>></em>' command to save the options to a <em>-raw</em> switch. <dt>Show color. - <dd>This option will be present if color support is available. If set - to ON, color mode will be forced on. If set to OFF, a monochrome - terminal will be assumed. If saved to a <em>.lynxrc</em> file, - that setting will be used as the default on startups of Lynx. If - the default is OFF, it can be overridden via the <em>-color</em> or - <em>-nocolor</em> command line switches or (if built with the - slang library) <em>COLORTERM</em> environment variable. + <dd>This option will be present if color support is available. + If set to ON or ALWAYS, color mode will be forced on if possible. + If (n)curses color support is available but cannot be used for + the current terminal type, selecting ON is rejected with a message. + If set to OFF or NEVER, color mode will be turned off.<BR> + ALWAYS and + NEVER are not offered in anonymous accounts. If saved to a + <em>.lynxrc</em> file in non-anonymous accounts, ALWAYS will + cause Lynx to set color mode on at startup if supported. + If Lynx is built with the slang library, this is equivalent to + having included the <em>-color</em> command line switch or having the + <em>COLORTERM</em> environment variable set. If color support is + provided by curses or ncurses, this is equivalent to the default + behavior of using color when the terminal type supports it. + If (n)curses color support is available but cannot be used for + the current terminal type, the preference can still be saved + but will have no effect.<BR> + A saved value of NEVER will + cause Lynx to assume a monochrome terminal at startup. + It is similar to the <em>-nocolor</em> switch, but (when the + slang library is used) can be overridden with the <em>-color</em> + switch.<BR> + If the setting is OFF or ON + when the current options are saved to a <em>.lynxrc</em> file, + the default startup 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 the + slang library is used) if forced on via the + <em>-color</em> switch or <em>COLORTERM</em> variable. This + default behavior always is used in anonymous accounts, or if + the <em>option_save</em> restriction is set explicitly. If + for any reason the startup color mode is incorrect for your + terminal, set it appropriately on or off via this option. <dt>VI keys <dd>If set to ON then the lowercase h, j, k, and l keys will be @@ -948,14 +981,14 @@ commands. <dt><em>^A</em> <dd><em>Control-A</em> jumps you to the beginning of the current document. It is a synonym for the Keypad <em>Home</em> key, and - can be used when <em>Links are numbered</em> mode is on. The + can be used also when <em>Links are numbered</em> mode is on. The <em>Find</em> Function key also is a synonym, and ideally the latter has been mapped to the Function key labeled <em>Home</em> if you are using an IBM Enhanced Keyboard. <dt><em>^E</em> <dd><em>Control-E</em> jumps you to the end of the current document. It is a synonym for the Keypad <em>End</em> key, and can be used - when <em>Links are numbered</em> mode is on. The <em>Select</em> + also when <em>Links are numbered</em> mode is on. The <em>Select</em> Function key also is a synonym, and ideally the latter has been mapped to the Function key labeled <em>End</em> if you are using an IBM Enhanced Keyboard. @@ -1091,9 +1124,9 @@ commands. before the interrupt, it will be displayed. <dt><em>numbers</em> <dd>Lynx offers other, advanced navigation features when numbers - are used to invoke the<br> - <a href="keystroke_commands/follow_help.html" - >Follow link (or page) number:</a> or<br> + are used to invoke the <a + href="keystroke_commands/follow_help.html" + >Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</a> or<br> <a href="keystroke_commands/follow_help.html#select-option" >Select option (or page) number:</a><br> @@ -1815,6 +1848,11 @@ where <dt><code>-base</code> <dd>prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to text/html outputs for -source or -mime_header dumps. + <dt><code>-blink</code> + <dd>forces high intensity bg colors for color mode, + if available and supported by the terminal. + Lynx needs to be compiled with the slang library for this + flag. <dt><code>-book</code> <dd>use the bookmark page as the startfile. The default or command line startfile is still set for the Main screen @@ -1836,6 +1874,14 @@ where lynx.cfg. <dt><code>-child</code> <dd>exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk. + <dt><code>-color</code> + <dd>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. + A saved show_color=always setting found in a .lynxrc file at + startup has the same effect. A saved show_color=always found + in .lynxrc on startup is overridden by this flag. <dt><code>-cookies</code> <dd>toggles handling of Set-Cookie headers. <dt><code>-crawl</code> @@ -1919,6 +1965,9 @@ where <dd>maximum news articles in listings before chunking. <dt><code>-nobrowse</code> <dd>disable directory browsing. + <dt><code>-nocolor</code> + <dd>force color mode off, overriding terminal capabilities and any + <em>-color</em> flags, <em>COLORTERM</em> variable, and saved .lynxrc settings. <dt><code>-noexec</code> <dd>disable local program execution. (DEFAULT) <dt><code>-nofilereferer</code> |