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-<!-- $LynxId: edit_help.html,v 1.15 2013/10/16 22:44:55 tom Exp $ -->
+<!-- $LynxId: edit_help.html,v 1.17 2014/01/08 21:24:50 tom Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
 
 <html>
@@ -10,27 +10,43 @@
   <link rev="made" href="mailto:lynx-dev@nongnu.org">
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content=
   "text/html; charset=us-ascii">
-</head>
+  <meta name="description" content=
+  " Describes Lynx's built-in line-editor, when it is used, and the keys used for the default binding. There are alternate and special bindings.">
+  </head>
 
 <body>
-  <h1>DEFAULT BINDING</h1>
+  <h2>Overview</h2>
 
-  <p>Lynx invokes a built-in <em>Line Editor</em> for entering
-  strings in response to prompts, in forms, and for email messages
-  if an external editor has not been defined. Alternative key
-  bindings are normally available (unless Lynx was configured with
+  <p><strong>Lynx</strong> invokes a built-in <em>Line Editor</em>
+  for entering strings in response to prompts, in forms, and for
+  email messages if an external editor has not been defined.
+  Alternative key bindings are normally available (unless
+  <strong>Lynx</strong> was configured with
   <code>--disable-alt-bindings</code>). If available, they may be
   selected via the 'o'ptions menu, or by editing lineedit_mode in
   the '.lynxrc' file.</p>
 
   <p>Two such alternative key bindings, which may be available on
-  your system, are the <a href="alt_edit_help.html">Alternative
-  Binding</a> keymap and the <a href=
-  "bashlike_edit_help.html">Bash-like Binding</a> keymap.</p>
+  your system, are the</p>
+
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="alt_edit_help.html">Alternative Binding</a> keymap
+    and the</li>
+
+    <li><a href="bashlike_edit_help.html">Bash-like Binding</a>
+    keymap.</li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <p>You can always see the current set of key-bindings in
+  <strong>Lynx</strong> by opening the special URL <a href=
+  "LYNXEDITMAP:">LYNXEDITMAP:</a>. This page is provided for those
+  not using Lynx.</p>
 
   <p>Note: setting emacs/vi keys ON has no effect on line-editor
   bindings.</p>
 
+  <h2>Regular Keymap</h2>
+
   <p>This is the <em>Default Binding</em> keymap:</p>
   <pre>
      ENTER  Input complete        -  RETURN
@@ -46,7 +62,7 @@
      EOL    Go to end   of  line  -  Ctrl-E, End,  Select
 
      DELP   Delete prev     char  -  Ctrl-H, DELETE, Remove
-     DELN   Delete next [1] char  -  Ctrl-D, Ctrl-R
+     DELN   Delete next     char  -  Ctrl-D, Ctrl-R (see note 1)
      DELPW  Delete prev     word  -  Ctrl-B
      DELNW  Delete next     word  -  Ctrl-F
      DELEL  Delete to end of line -  Ctrl-_
@@ -54,26 +70,36 @@
      UPPER  Upper case the line   -  Ctrl-T
      LOWER  Lower case the line   -  Ctrl-K
 
-     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  Ctrl-V (in form text fields, only) [2]
+     LKCMD  Invoke cmd prompt     -  Ctrl-V (in form text fields, only) (see note 2)
      SWMAP  Switch input keymap   -  Ctrl-^ (if compiled in)
 
-<a name="TASpecial" id=
-"TASpecial">Special commands for use only in textarea fields</a>[3]:
+</pre>
+
+  <h2>Editing Keymap</h2>
+
+  <p><a name="TASpecial" id="TASpecial">These are special commands
+  for use only in textarea fields</a> (see note 3):</p>
+  <pre>
 
           Textarea external edit  - Ctrl-X e
           Insert file in textarea - Ctrl-X i
           Grow textarea           - Ctrl-X g
+</pre>
 
-[1] "next" means the character "under" a box or underline style cursor; it
-     means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between characters) type
-     cursor.
+  <h2>Notes</h2>
 
-[2]  Follow Ctrl-V with any recognized key command, to "escape" from a text
-     input field.
+  <ol>
+    <li>"next" means the character "under" a box or underline style
+    cursor; it means "to the immediate right of" an I-beam (between
+    characters) type cursor.</li>
 
-[3]  For other key combinations using Ctrl-X as a prefix key, see the
-     Help page for the <a rel="Sibling" title="Bash-Like Binding"
-href="bashlike_edit_help.html">Bash-Like</a> Binding.
-</pre>
+    <li>Follow Ctrl-V with any recognized key command, to "escape"
+    from a text input field.</li>
+
+    <li>For other key combinations using Ctrl-X as a prefix key,
+    see the Help page for the <a rel="Sibling" title=
+    "Bash-Like Binding" href=
+    "bashlike_edit_help.html">Bash-Like</a> Binding.</li>
+  </ol>
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