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diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 2853d578..c7c3c610 100644 --- a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -2057,8 +2057,15 @@ where to further accesses. </ul> <dt><code>options</code> - <dd>can be selected from the following list, where items in - all-caps indicate that a substitution must be made. + <dd>can be selected from the following list, where items in all-caps + indicate that a substitution must be made. Many options are + "toggles", meaning that they will change the default action, + however it was specified. To always set the option on, use the + syntax "-option+", "-option=on", or "-option:on". To always set + the option off, use the syntax "-option-", "-option=off", or + "-option:off". The syntax with the "=" may not work under DOS + because of operating system constraints. Use one of the other + forms in that case. <dl> <dt><code>-</code> <dd>If the argument is only '<code>-</code>' (dash), then Lynx @@ -2528,8 +2535,11 @@ where </dl> <p>No options are required, nor is a startfile argument required. -White space may be substituted for any equal sign ('<em>=</em>') -appearing in the option list above. [<A HREF="#ToC-Invoking">ToC</A>] +White space can be used in place of equal sign separators ('<em>=</em>') +appearing in the option list above. It can not be used in place of the equal +signs in forms like "-option=on" and "-option=off" for simple switches and +toggles, for which "-option" alone (without a value) is valid. +[<A HREF="#ToC-Invoking">ToC</A>] <h2 ID="Environments"><A NAME="Environment"><em>Environment variables used by Lynx</em></A></h2> |