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diff --git a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/option_help.html b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/option_help.html index b601b939..f3023275 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/option_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/option_help.html @@ -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 |