From f7c3c4ca429260c4d056b1e032e05162e25554ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas E. Dickey" Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:56:18 -0500 Subject: snapshot of project "lynx", label v2-8-2dev_18 --- lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html') diff --git a/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html b/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html index f30fbb77..15b31a8a 100644 --- a/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html +++ b/lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the current session via the Options menu, then hypertext links (and form fields, depending on the keypad mode) are prefixed with numbers in square brackets. Entering a keyboard or keypad number is treated as an F_LINK_NUM command, and should -invoke the Follow link (or goto link or page) number: statusline +invoke the Follow link (or goto link or page) number: statusline prompt for a potentially multiple digit number corresponding to an indicated link number. If RETURN is pressed to terminate the number entry (e.g., @@ -39,10 +39,27 @@ numbered mode. 123p), Lynx will make the page corresponding to that number the currently displayed page, and the first link on that page, if any, the current link. The 'g' and 'p' suffixes thus -convert the +convert the Follow link (or goto link or page) number: feature to an advanced navigation aid. +

Finally, a user may add a + or - suffix to a number +command to indicate jumping forward or back relative to the current link or +page. +For example, +typing +1g+ followed by RETURN will move the current +link to the next numbered link, skipping any intervening +pages or unnumbered links. 1g- goes to the preceeding +numbered link. 5p+ skips ahead 5 pages, and so on. +Note that typing 1g+ is different from typing a down arrow +in that 1g+ may skip pages containing no links, or +intervening non-numbered links, such as form fields when +form fields are not numbered. It also differs from +the <tab> command in that 1g+ +does not skip over whole textareas, unless form fields +are not numbered.. +

If the user has set Keypad mode to Numbers act as arrows, then only '0', rather than every number, will be treated as an F_LINK_NUM command for invoking the Follow link (or goto link or page) @@ -74,6 +91,19 @@ command when positioned on the OPTION. For purposes of paging (e.g., in conjunction with the 'p' suffix), a page is defined as the number of OPTIONs displayed within the vertical dimension of the popup window. +Finally, the + and - suffixes can be used +to move forward or back from the current option or page in +a popup menu, +similarly to the way they are used for links For example, +while viewing a popup window, the user can type +3p+ and RETURN +to skip ahead 3 pages, and 50g- will move the +current selection back 50 options. +This will work whether or not keypad mode is + since options +are numbered internally. If form field numbering is +turned off, the option numbers won't appear on screen, +but the user can still navigate using these commands.

Note that HTML can be structured so that it includes hidden links, i.e., without a visible link name intended for ACTIVATE-ing @@ -84,7 +114,7 @@ have support for image handling available. They also can be created by having truly empty Anchor content, in cases for which the value of an Anchor's HREF attribute is intended as a navigation aid for robots (typically indexers) and not as content for a browser's rendition of the -document. With the -ismap command line switch, Lynx will +document. With the -ismap command line switch, Lynx will additionally treat a link to a server-side image maps as hidden if there also is a client-side map for the same image. Finally, in some cases links which are not intended to be hidden @@ -92,14 +122,14 @@ may effectively become hidden links because of bad HTML. The hidden links differ from Anchors which have only a NAME or ID attribute name/value pair (intended as positioning targets from other links which do have HREF attributes and values that include a -fragment). +fragment).

Lynx respects instructions for hidden links and normally does not include them in the rendition of the document. However, if the command line switch -hiddenlinks=merge is used, such links will still be numbered in sequence with other links which are not hidden, and if Links are numbered mode is also on, link numbers will appear for them in the -displayed text (except for links to image maps which are hidden because of +displayed text (except for links to image maps which are hidden because of -ismap). If -hiddenlinks=listonly or -hiddenlinks=ignore is in effect, hidden links will not be shown in the text even in links are numbered mode. Not using a @@ -108,13 +138,13 @@ shown in the text even in links are numbered mode. Not using a

If a document includes hidden links, they will be reported, with appropriate labeling, -in the menu created for the LIST ('l') command, -unless -hiddenlinks=ignore is used. They can then be -ACTIVATE-ed via that menu. Also, if a link was hidden due to an ALT +in the menus created for the LIST ('l') or ADDRLIST ('A') +commands, unless -hiddenlinks=ignore is used. They can then be +ACTIVATE-ed via those menus. Also, if a link was hidden due to an ALT attribute in an IMG element, it will be converted to a visible link whenever the IMAGE_TOGGLE ('*') command is used to create links -for SRC attritute values of IMG elements, because this indicates that the -user does have some form of image handling enabled via a helper application, +for SRC attribute values of IMG elements, because this indicates that the +user does have some form of image handling enabled via a helper application, or wishes to download files for subsequent use with a graphic browsers or other suitable software. @@ -124,8 +154,9 @@ for the form, but the value should not be displayed in the rendered form. Lynx respects this attribute as well, and neither displays the HIDDEN field, nor assigns it a number for the F_LINK_NUM ('0') command and Links and form fields are numbered keypad mode handling, nor -includes an entry for it in the menu created for the LIST ('l') -command. However, the HIDDEN name/value pairs are included in any displays +includes an entry for it in the menus created for the LIST ('l') +or ADDRLIST ('A') +commands. However, the HIDDEN name/value pairs are included in any displays of submitted form content in the Information about the current document that is invoked by the INFO ('=') command. -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0