From ab8b1f12eaf6b1524439f4a277cb7d122068acd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas E. Dickey" Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:03:56 -0500 Subject: snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-7-1ac_0-110 --- lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 12 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 cd0c36d0..e3e368cf 100644 --- a/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html +++ b/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1 +Lynx Users Guide v2.7.2 -

Lynx Users Guide v2.7.1

Lynx Users Guide v2.7.2

Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., @@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ all be used to display an arbitrary ASCII text or HTML file:

lynx ~/filename

lynx sys$login:filename

lynx /sys$login/filename +

Win32/DOS +

lynx filename [???] +

lynx C:/dir/filename [???] +

lynx //n/dir/filename [???]

When executed, Lynx will clear the screen and display as much of the @@ -231,6 +235,8 @@ environment variable,

VMS

define "WWW_HOME" "http://www.w3.org/" +

win32 +

WWW_HOME=http://www.w3.org/ [or in registry] Note that on VMS the double-quoting must be included to preserve @@ -550,6 +556,7 @@ return to Lynx or the '>' command to save the options to a must already exist. Note that on VMS you should use the URL syntax for the filepath (e.g., not [.BM]lynx_bookmarks.html). + For Win32, see [???].

FTP sort criteria

This option allows you to specify how files will be sorted @@ -746,7 +753,7 @@ 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/2.7.1 + changed temporarily to a string such as L_y_n_x/2.7.2 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 @@ -1035,6 +1042,7 @@ commands. exit under Unix and logout under VMS). This command is usually disabled for anonymous users. On VMS, '$' normally is a synonym. + On Win32, this has no effect [???].

The 'g' command allows any URL to be viewed. Pressing the 'g' command will bring up a prompt asking for a URL. @@ -1807,7 +1815,9 @@ href="keystrokes/cookie_help.html">Cookie Jar Page. A summary of the Lynx command line options (switches) is returned to stdout if Lynx is invoked with the -help switch. A description of the options also should be available via the system man (Unix) pages -or help (VMS) libraries. The basic syntax of the Lynx command line can +or help (VMS) libraries. On Win32, typing lynx -help in a DOS window +should display similarly. +The basic syntax of the Lynx command line can be represented as one of the following:

-anonymous: used to specify the anonymous account.
-assume_charset=MIMEname @@ -2247,12 +2257,20 @@ implemented by Lou Montulli and maintained by Garrett Arch Blythe and Craig Lavender. Foteos Macrides and members of the -lynx-dev list have 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, and v2.7.1 with bug fixes for v2.7 -was released in April 1997. +lynx-dev list have 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. +The v2-7FM code set was released as v2.7.1 in April 1997. +The v2-7-1FM code set was released as v2.7.2 in January 1998. + + Since early 1997, the Lynx code has expanded into autoconfigure and +PC versions. The branching of the Lynx source base from a single +source into two sources (FM/Foteos Macrides and ac/autoconfigure) +should be considered a healthy synergism among groups of computer +professionals acting in their spare time out of a common goal. Lynx has incorporated code from a variety of sources along the way. The earliest versions of Lynx included code from Earl Fogel @@ -2263,8 +2281,12 @@ the University of Minnesota, and the later versions of Lynx rely on the WWW client library code developed by Tim Berners-Lee (and others) and the WWW community. + Contributors have generally been acknowledged in the CHANGES +file. Earlier CHANGES file can be found in the docs/ subdirectory +of this distribution. + Information on obtaining the most current version of Lynx is available -via Lynx links. +at the current distribution page. [ToC] -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0