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@@ -63,29 +63,31 @@
 
      Display Character  -  This option allows you to set up the default
      set                   character set for your specific terminal.
-                           The character set provides a mapping of 8-bit
-                           ISO Latin character entities and/or Asian (CJK)
-                           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.
+                           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.
 
      Raw 8-bit or CJK   -  Toggles whether 8-bit characters are assumed to
      mode                  correspond with the selected character set and
                            therefore are processed without translation via
-                           the ISO Latin 1 conversion tables.  Should be
-	                   ON by default when the selected character set is
-                           ISO Latin 1, or is one of the Asian (CJK) sets
-                           and the 8-bit characters are Kanji multibytes.
-                           Should be OFF for the other character sets, but
-                           can be turned ON when there's a match, e.g., the
-                           document's charset is ISO-8859-2 and ISO Latin 2
-                           has been selected.  Should be OFF when an Asian
-                           (CJK) set is selected but the document is
-                           ISO-8850-1.  The setting also can be toggled via
-                           the RAW_TOGGLE command, normally mapped to '@',
-                           and at startup via the -raw switch.
+                           the chartrans conversion tables.  Should be ON
+                           by default when the selected character set is one
+                           of the Asian (CJK) sets and the 8-bit characters
+                           are Kanji multibytes.  Should be OFF for the other
+                           character sets, but can be turned ON when the
+                           document's charset is unknown (e.g., is not
+                           ISO-8859-1 and no charset parameter was included in
+                           a reply header from an HTTP server to indicate what
+                           it is) but you know by some means that you have the
+                           matching display character set selected.  Should be
+                           OFF when an Asian (CJK) set is selected but the
+                           document is ISO-8850-1.  The setting also can be
+                           toggled via the RAW_TOGGLE command, normally mapped
+                           to '@', and at startup via the -raw switch.
 
      Preferred Document -  The language you prefer if multi-language files are
      Language              available from servers.  Use MIME abbreviations,
@@ -131,7 +133,20 @@
                            MULTIPLE attribute specified, the OPTIONs always
                            are rendered as a list of checkboxes.
 
-     Keypad mode  -        This option gives the choice between navigating 
+     Show cursor for   -   Lynx normally hides the cursor by positioning it
+     current link or       to the right and if possible the very bottom of
+     option                the screen, so that the current link or OPTION
+                           is indicated solely by its highlighting or color.
+                           If show cursor is set to ON, the cursor will be
+	                   positioned at the left of the current link or
+                           OPTION.  This is helpful when Lynx is being used
+                           with a speech or braille interface.  It also is
+                           useful for sighted users when the terminal cannot
+                           distinguish the character attributes used to
+                           distinguish the current link or OPTION from the
+                           others in the screen display.
+
+     Keypad mode       -   This option gives the choice between navigating 
                            with the keypad (as arrows; see Lynx Navigation)
                            and having every link numbered (numbered links)
 			   so that the links may be selected by numbers
@@ -164,7 +179,7 @@
                            Advanced 
                               The URL is shown on the statusline. 
 
-      User Agent        -  The header string which Lynx sends to servers
+      User Agent       -   The header string which Lynx sends to servers
                            to indicate the User-Agent is displayed here.
                            Changes may be disallowed via the -restrictions
                            switch.  Otherwise, the header can be changed