From 36a66292ee2ec3530d776892d22d6c5ace810ae0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas E. Dickey" Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 14:13:10 -0500 Subject: snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-7-1 --- lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html') diff --git a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html index 3486ebfe..1e897708 100644 --- a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -Lynx Users Guide v2.7 +Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1 -

Lynx Users Guide v2.7

Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1

Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., @@ -552,9 +552,10 @@ return to Lynx or the '>' command to save the options to a

This mail address will be used to help you send files to yourself and will be included as the From: address in any mail or comments that you send. It will also be sent as the From: - field in all HTTP get requests if inclusion of that HTTP header - has not been disabled via the NO_FROM_HEADER definition in - lynx.cfg or via the -nofrom command line option. + field in HTTP or HTTPS requests if inclusion of that header + has been enabled via the NO_FROM_HEADER definition in lynx.cfg + (the compilation default is not to send the header), or via the + -from command line toggle.

Searching type

Searching type has two possible values: CASE INSENSITIVE @@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ return to Lynx or the '>' command to save the options to a

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 temporarily to a string such as L_y_n_x/2.7 + changed temporarily to a string such as L_y_n_x/2.7.1 for access to sites which discriminate against Lynx based on checks for the presence of "Lynx" in the header. If changed during a Lynx session, the default User-Agent header can @@ -1764,6 +1765,9 @@ where listings.

-force_html

forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML. +

-from +

toggles transmissions of From headers to HTTP or HTTPS + servers.

-ftp

disable ftp access.

-get_data @@ -1810,8 +1814,6 @@ where

disable local program execution. (DEFAULT)

-nofilereferer

disable transmissions of Referer headers for file URLs. -

-nofrom -

disable transmissions of From headers.

-nolist

disable the link list feature in dumps.

-nolog @@ -2043,7 +2045,8 @@ developed and supported Lynx since release of v2.3 in May 1994. The Lynx2-3FM code set was released as v2.4 in June 1995. The Lynx2-4FM code set was released as v2.5 in May 1996. The Lynx2-5FM code set was released as v2.6 in September 1996. The Lynx2-6FM code set was released -as v2.7 in February 1997. +as v2.7 in February 1997, and v2.7.1 with bug fixes for v2.7 was +released in April 1997.

Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way. The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0