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Diffstat (limited to 'lynx_help')
| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html | 53 |
3 files changed, 69 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 2341e928..fbf9a0d8 100644 --- a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ within a single LAN. | <a href="#Notes" NAME="ToC-Notes">Lynx and HTML Notes</a> <li><a href="#Lists" NAME="ToC-Lists">Lynx and HTML Lists</a> <li><a href="#Quotes" NAME="ToC-Quotes">Lynx and HTML Quotes</a> +<li><a href="#8bit" NAME="ToC-8bit">Lynx and HTML Internationalization: 8bit, unicode, etc.</a> <li><a href="#USEMAP" NAME="ToC-USEMAP">Lynx and Client-Side-Image-Maps</a> <li><a href="#Refresh" NAME="ToC-Refresh">Lynx and Client-Side-Pull</a> <li><a href="#Cookies" NAME="ToC-Cookies">Lynx and State Management</a> (Me want <em>cookie</em>!) @@ -483,7 +484,8 @@ file generated at runtime: Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.1pre.2) - Accept Changes - Reset Changes Left Arrow cancels changes HELP! + Accept Changes - Reset Changes Left Arrow cancels changes <A +HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A> Save options to disk: [_] @@ -1765,6 +1767,15 @@ its first line. of a hyperlink in the form URL#id. It is treated just like the NAME in <em>A</em>nchors. [<A HREF="#ToC-Quotes">ToC</A>] +<h2 ID="8bit"><A NAME="8bit"><em>Lynx and HTML Internationalization: 8bit, unicode, etc.</em></a></h2> + +Lynx has superior support for HTML 4.0/I18N internationalization issues. +However, to see the characters other than 7bit properly you <em>should</em> +set your <A HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html#DC">display character set</A> +from Option Menu and save its value, this is a Frequently Asked Question. +Fine-turning is also available from <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> +[<A HREF="#ToC-8bit">ToC</A>] + <h2 ID="USEMAP"><A NAME="USEMAP"><em>Lynx and Client-Side-Image-Maps</em></a></h2> HTML includes markup, designed primarily for graphic clients, that treats diff --git a/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html b/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html index fad258c5..2bdbcf2a 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystrokes/option_help.html @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ for beginners. <H1><A NAME="VB">Verbose Images</A></H1> -Controls whether or not Lynx replaces the [LINK], [INLINE] and [IMAGE] comments +Controls whether or not Lynx replaces the [LINK], [INLINE] and [IMAGE] comments (for images without ALT) with filenames of these images. This is extremely useful because now we can determine immediately which images are decorations (button.gif, line.gif) and which are important. @@ -225,8 +225,9 @@ The display character set provides a mapping from the character encodings of viewed documents and from HTML entities into viewable characters. It should be set according to your terminal's character set so that characters other than 7-bit ASCII can be displayed correctly, -using approximations if necessary. You must have the selected character set -installed on your terminal. Since Lynx now supports a wide range of platforms +using approximations if necessary, +<A HREF="test_display.html">try the test here</A>. +Since Lynx now supports a wide range of platforms it may be useful to note that cpXXX codepages are used within IBM PC computers, and windows-xxxx within native MS-Windows applications. diff --git a/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html b/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9e233276 --- /dev/null +++ b/lynx_help/keystrokes/test_display.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> Quick test for identifying display character set</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<h1 ALIGN=LEFT>Try this page with Lynx 2.7.2 or above:</h1> + +If you see several letters instead of a single - your promised display charset +does not support this character so "7 bit approximation" is in effect. +If you see any single letter which definitely far from being supposed +you have a wrong lynx settings. +<em>Press 'o' for Options menu and change "Display character set"</em>. +Try again if necessary.<br> +When you are satisfied save your changes in Options menu, thanks. +<PRE> + + +0x00A9 © # COPYRIGHT SIGN + +0x00C7 Ç # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA + +0x00DC Ü # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS + +0x00D1 Ñ # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE + +0x0107 ć # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH ACUTE +0x0108 Ĉ # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CIRCUMFLEX +0x010C Č # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CARON + + +0x03BB λ # GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA + +0x041B Л # CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER EL +0x042E Ю # CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YU +0x043B л # CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER EL +0x044E ю # CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YU + +0x2026 … # HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS +0x2122 ™ # TRADE MARK SIGN + +0x255D ╝ # BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT +0x255E ╞ # BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE + +0xFB01 fi # LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI + + + +</PRE> +This is only a quick test to see obvious problems. + + +</BODY> +</HTML> |