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| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/keystroke_commands/follow_help.html | 89 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/keystroke_commands/keystroke_help.html | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/keystroke_commands/option_help.html | 57 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/keystroke_commands/other_help.html | 8 |
4 files changed, 117 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/follow_help.html b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/follow_help.html index 3f2e9c81..f30fbb77 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/follow_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/follow_help.html @@ -5,40 +5,76 @@ <LINK rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"> </HEAD> <BODY> -<h1>+++ Follow link (or goto link or page) number Help +++</h1> +<h1>+++ Follow link (or goto link or page) number Help +++<br> ++++ Select option (or page) number Help +++</h1> If a user has set <em>Keypad mode</em> to <em>Links are numbered</em> -as the default or for the current session via the <em>Options menu</em>, -then hypertext links which have visible link names are prefixed with -numbers in square brackets. Entering a keyboard or keypad number is -treated as an <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> command, and should invoke the -<em>Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</em> statusline prompt for -a potentially multiple digit number corresponding to an indicated link +or <em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> as the default or for +the current session via the <em>Options menu</em>, then hypertext links +(and form fields, depending on the keypad mode) +are prefixed with numbers in square brackets. Entering a keyboard +or keypad number is treated as an <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> command, and should +invoke the <em>Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</em> statusline +prompt for a +potentially multiple digit number corresponding to an indicated link number. If RETURN is pressed to terminate the number entry (e.g., -<em>123</em>), Lynx will retrieve the document for that link as if you -had paged or used other navigation commands to make it the current link -and then ACTIVATE-ed it. The prompt can be invoked via <em>0</em>, -but it will not be treated as the lead digit for the number entry, -whereas <em>1</em> through <em>9</em> both invoke the prompt and are -treated as the first digit. +<em>123</em>) and it corresponds to a hypertext link, Lynx will retrieve +the document for that link as if you had paged or used other navigation +commands to make it the current link and then ACTIVATE-ed it. The prompt +can be invoked via '<em>0</em>', but it will not be treated as the lead +digit for the number entry, whereas '<em>1</em>' through '<em>9</em>' both +invoke the prompt and are treated as the first digit. In <em>Links and +form fields are numbered</em> mode, if the number corresponds to a form +field you will be positioned on that field, but if it is a submit button +it will not be ACTIVATE-ed. <p>If the number entered at the prompt has a '<em>g</em>' suffix (e.g., <em>123g</em>), then Lynx will make the link corresponding to that number the current link, paging as appropriate if the link does not appear in -the currently displayed page. Alternatively, if the number is given a -'<em>p</em>' suffix (e.g., <em>123p</em>), Lynx will make the page -corresponding to that number the currently displayed page, and the first -link on that page, if any, the current link. The '<em>g</em>' and -'<em>p</em>' suffixes thus convert the -<em>Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</em> -feature to an advanced navigation aid. +the currently displayed page. The '<em>g</em>' suffix is implied (need +not be entered) for form fields in <em>Links and form fields are +numbered</em> mode. -<p>If the user has set <em>Keypad mode</em> to <em>Numbers as arrows</em>, +<p>Alternatively, if the number is given a '<em>p</em>' suffix (e.g., +<em>123p</em>), Lynx will make the page corresponding to that number +the currently displayed page, and the first link on that page, if any, +the current link. The '<em>g</em>' and '<em>p</em>' suffixes thus +convert the +<em>Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</em> feature to an advanced +navigation aid. + +<p>If the user has set <em>Keypad mode</em> to <em>Numbers act as arrows</em>, then only '<em>0</em>', rather than every number, will be treated as an <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> command for invoking the <em>Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</em> prompt. The '<em>0</em>' will not be treated as the first digit for the number, or number plus suffix, entry. +<p>Numbers are associated with form fields only when <em>Links and form +fields are numbered</em> mode has been selected. If you have selected +<em>Numbers act as arrows</em> or <em>Links are numbered</em> mode, you +can seek form fields in the document via WHEREIS searches for strings in +their displayed values. If they are INPUT or TEXTAREA fields with no +values as yet, you can use two or more underscores as the search string, +because underscores are used as placeholders for form fields in the +displayed document. + +<p ID="select-option">When you have invoked a popup window for a list of +OPTIONs in a form's SELECT block, each OPTION is associated with a number, +and that number will be displayed in <em>Links and form fields are +numbered</em> mode. In any keypad mode, the <em>F_LINK_NUM</em> +('<em>0</em>') command will invoke a <em>Select option (or page) +number:</em> prompt, and you can enter a number, and optionally a +'<em>g</em>' or '<em>p</em>' suffix, to select or seek an OPTION in that +list. If only an number is entered at the prompt, the corresponding OPTION +will be selected and the popup will be retracted. If the '<em>g</em>' +suffix is included, then you will be positioned on the corresponding OPTION +in the list, paging through the list if necessary, but it will not be +treated as selected unless you enter the ACTIVATE (RETURN or right-arrow) +command when positioned on the OPTION. For purposes of paging (e.g., in +conjunction with the '<em>p</em>' suffix), a <em>page</em> is defined as +the number of OPTIONs displayed within the vertical dimension of the popup +window. + <p>Note that HTML can be structured so that it includes <em>hidden links</em>, i.e., without a visible link name intended for ACTIVATE-ing the link. Such links may be created, for example, by making an IMG element @@ -81,5 +117,16 @@ for SRC attritute values of IMG elements, because this indicates that the user does have some form of image handling enabled via a helper application, or wishes to download files for subsequent use with a graphic browsers or other suitable software. + +<p>HTML forms also can have fields with a HIDDEN attribute, indicating that +a name/value pair for the fields should be included in the content submitted +for the form, but the value should not be displayed in the rendered form. +Lynx respects this attribute as well, and neither displays the HIDDEN field, +nor assigns it a number for the F_LINK_NUM ('<em>0</em>') command and +<em>Links and form fields are numbered</em> keypad mode handling, nor +includes an entry for it in the menu created for the LIST ('<em>l</em>') +command. However, the HIDDEN name/value pairs are included in any displays +of submitted form content in the <em>Information about the current +document</em> that is invoked by the INFO ('<em>=</em>') command. </BODY> </HTML> diff --git a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/keystroke_help.html b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/keystroke_help.html index 6c10aa58..dc6740ce 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/keystroke_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/keystroke_help.html @@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ >Cookie Jar Page</A> numbers - Invoke the prompt <a href="follow_help.html" - >Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</a> + >Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</a> + or the + <a href="follow_help.html#select-option" + >Select option (or page) number:</a> + prompt </PRE> </BODY> </HTML> 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 diff --git a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/other_help.html b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/other_help.html index a62320c1..064fe852 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/other_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystroke_commands/other_help.html @@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ ; - Views the Lynx Trace Log for the current session. CTRL-K - Invokes the Cookie Jar Page. + + numbers - Lynx offers other, advanced navigation features when + numbers are used to invoke the + <a href="follow_help.html" + >Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</a> or + <a href="follow_help.html#select-option" + >Select option (or page) number:</a> + prompts. </PRE> </BODY> </HTML> |