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                CTRL-R         - Reload current file and refresh the screen
                CTRL-V         - Switch to alternative parsing of HTML documents
                CTRL-W         - Refresh the screen
-               CTRL-U         - Erase input line
+               CTRL-U         - Erase input line (<a href="edit_help.html"
+				>more input line commands</a>)
                CTRL-G         - Cancel input or transfer
                CTRL-T         - Toggle trace mode on and off
                ;              - View the Lynx Trace Log for the current
diff --git a/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html b/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html
index f062f674..c9076cfb 100644
--- a/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html
+++ b/lynx_help/lynx-dev.html
@@ -13,48 +13,100 @@
 
 <h1><em>Lynx-Dev Discussion List</em></h1>
 
-Lynx-dev is a majordomo mailing list used by developers and interested
-users as a forum to discuss the further development of the Lynx World
-Wide Web browser.  Topic issues include fixing known bugs, porting Lynx
-to various systems, and increasing the usability of Lynx.
+Lynx-dev is a majordomo mailing list used by developers and
+interested users as a forum to discuss the further development of
+the Lynx World Wide Web browser.  Topic issues include fixing
+known bugs, porting Lynx to various systems, and increasing the
+usability of Lynx.
+
+<h2><em>Open access</em></h2>
+<P>
+Anyone may read what has been said on Lynx-dev by visiting the
+<a href="http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/">&nbsp;archives</a>.
+
+<P>
+
+Anyone may ask a question or offer a comment on Lynx-dev by
+sending mail to lynx-dev@sig.net, the posting address for this
+list.  Because of the public archive, requests for a personal
+reply may not be honored, and you should check the archive to
+find all follow-up responses.  Messages from non-subscribers are
+not immediately distributed to the list to avoid distributing
+spam.  Usually, if your message is on topic, it will be retrieved
+from the pile of spam headed for the wastebasket within a day or
+so and distributed to the list.  So, for best results subscribe
+as described below.
 
 <h2><em>Subscribing to Lynx-Dev</em></h2>
 
-If you are interested in <em>joining</em> this mailing list,
-send email to <a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"
->majordomo@sig.net</a> with only the following request
-in the body of your message: <em>SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address</em><br>
-where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained,
-correctly, from the mail headers of your subscription request.
+If you are interested in <em>joining</em> this mailing list, send
+email to <a
+href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net">&nbsp;majordomo@sig.net</a> with
+only the following request in the body of your message:
+<em>SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address</em><br> where inclusion of your
+email address is optional if it can be obtained, correctly, from
+the mail headers of your subscription request.  You will be asked
+to answer one follow-up question to confirm that you want the
+subscription, and Majordomo will enroll you as a subscriber.
+<P>
+Majordomo will thereafter
+send all messages which you address to the posting address to all
+subscribers of the list, and you will receive all messages set to
+that address by other subscribers.
+
 
 <p><em>NOTE:</em> Subject headers are ignored by the majordomo.
 
 <h2><em>Unsubscribing from Lynx-Dev</em></h2>
 
 To <em>unsubscribe</em>, send an email message to
-<a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"
->majordomo@sig.net</a> with only the following request
+<a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net">&nbsp;majordomo@sig.net</a>
+with only the following request
 in the body: <em>UNSUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address</em><br>
 where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained,
 correctly, from the mail headers of your request.
 
+<h2><em>Subscribing to Lynx-Dev-Contrib</em></h2>
+<p>
+If you subscribe an email address to lynx-dev-contrib, mail from
+that address posted to lynx-dev will be recognized as from a
+subscriber and automatically distributed to the list.
+To make such a subscription, send
+email to <a
+href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net">&nbsp;majordomo@sig.net</a> with
+only the following request in the body of your message:
+<em>SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV-CONTRIB address</em>.
+<p>
+If you prefer to read the lynx-dev discussion using Lynx and
+the archive, and not receive all the posts as email, subscribe
+to lynx-dev-contrib and not to lynx-dev.  If you have multiple
+accounts from which you would like to post to lynx-dev, subscribe
+one of them to lynx-dev (where you will receive the list mail) and
+the others to lynx-dev-contrib.
+
 <h2><em>Majordomo Commands</em></h2>
 
-To receive a brief description of majordomo <em>commands</em>, place
-the following request in a message to <a href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net"
->majordomo@sig.net</a>: <em>HELP</em>
+To receive a brief description of majordomo <em>commands</em>,
+place the following request in a message to <a
+href="mailto:majordomo@sig.net">&nbsp;majordomo@sig.net</a>:
+<em>HELP</em>
+
+<p>
+Read the HELP that you receive by return mail to learn the
+details of the <em>which</em> command you can use to check on
+your subscriptions, etc.  Further information is available from the
+<a href="http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/">&nbsp;majordomo website</a>.
 
 <h2><em>Contacting Lynx-Dev</em></h2>
 
 If you have questions, problems, or comments about using Lynx or
-installing it on your system, send email to 
-<a href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net"
->lynx-dev@sig.net</a> (<em>after you've subscribed</em>).
+installing it on your system, send email to
+<a href="mailto:lynx-dev@sig.net">&nbsp;lynx-dev@sig.net</a>.
 
 <p>If you have problems with majordomo not responding to your requests,
-send email to the <em>list owner</em>: <a
-href="mailto:majordomo-owner@sig.net"
->majordomo-owner@sig.net</a>. Please,
+send email to the <em>list owner</em>:
+<a href="mailto:majordomo-owner@sig.net">&nbsp;majordomo-owner@sig.net</a>.
+Please,
 <em>DO NOT</em> send them to <em>lynx-dev@sig.net</em> as they
 will be distributed to everyone on the list and will clutter
 up their mailboxes.