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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
- <meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html;charset=US-ASCII">
+ <style>
+ span.mono {
+ font-family:mono;
+ }
+ </style>
+ <meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html;charset=US-ASCII">
<title>W3M FAQ</title>
</head>
<body>
@@ -9,8 +14,7 @@
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about w3m
</h1>
<p align="right">
- Akinori Ito<br>
- aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp<br>
+ Akinori Ito &lt;aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp&gt;<br>
Corrected by Tom Berger &lt;tom.be@gmx.net&gt;
</p>
<h2 id="index">
@@ -101,7 +105,7 @@
</li>
<li>
<b>
- How do I move from anchor to anchor?
+ How do I move between hyperlinks?
</b>
</li>
<li>
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@
</li>
<li>
<b>
- How do I change the color of anchor/image/form links?
+ How do I change the colors for hyperlinks, images and form fields?
</b>
</li>
<li>
@@ -159,11 +163,14 @@
How do I specify a proxy server?
</b>
</li>
+<!-- deleted, see mail dated Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:50:27 +0900 (JST)
+from Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org>
<li>
<b>
w3m freezes when I invoke an external browser.
</b>
</li>
+-->
<li>
<b>
How do I change the default image viewer?
@@ -175,9 +182,9 @@
</b>
</li>
<li>
- <b>
- w3m appends a URL to the former one even when I clear the line
- with Ctrl-u. What should I do?
+ <b>
+ w3m appends a URL to the former one even when I clear the line
+ with <span class="mono">CTRL-u</span>. What should I do?
</b>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -356,25 +363,25 @@
<dd>
<p>
w3m is a <b>pager</b>. Therefore it just quits when invoked
- without any arguments. Possible arguments are:
+ without any arguments. It keeps running
</p>
- <ol>
+ <ul>
<li>
- A filename or URL
+ with a filename or URL as argument
</li>
<li>
- Pipe from standard input
+ with data piped from standard input
</li>
<li>
- The -B option (show bookmark file)
+ when invoked with option -B to show the bookmark file
</li>
<li>
- The -v option (visual startup)
+ when invoked with option -v to welcome users with a built-in page
</li>
<li>
- A specified HTTP_HOME or WWW_HOME variable
+ with specified HTTP_HOME or WWW_HOME variable
</li>
- </ol>
+ </ul>
</dd>
<dt>
<b>
@@ -389,23 +396,23 @@
</p>
<p>
You may either change the background color of your terminal
- (e.g. with the -bg option in a xterm) or take these steps:
+ (e.g. with the -bg option in a xterm) or take these steps
</p>
- <ul>
+ <ol>
<li>
- invoke w3m with <q>w3m -M</q> (for monochrome),
+ invoke monochrome mode of w3m with <span class="mono">w3m -M</span>
</li>
<li>
- type <q>o</q> to get to the options screen
+ type <q>o</q> to get to the options setting panel
</li>
<li>
- Mark <q>Display with color</q> as <q>YES</q> and choose an
- arbitrary color.
+ mark <q>Display with color</q> as <q>YES</q> and choose an
+ arbitrary color
</li>
<li>
- Click on [OK].
+ click on [OK].
</li>
- </ul>
+ </ol>
</dd>
<dt>
<b>
@@ -417,15 +424,15 @@
Yes. When you run <q>./configure</q>, answer the question
</p>
<pre>
-Let's do some configurations. Choose config option among the list.
+ Let's do some configurations. Choose config option among the list.
-1 - Baby model (no color, no menu, no mouse, no cookie, no SSL)
-2 - Little model (color, menu, no mouse, no cookie, no SSL)
-3 - Mouse model (color, menu, mouse, no cookie, no SSL)
-4 - Cookie model (color, menu, mouse, cookie, no SSL)
-5 - Monster model (with everything; you need openSSL library)
-6 - Customize
-Which?
+ 1 - Baby model (no color, no menu, no mouse, no cookie, no SSL)
+ 2 - Little model (color, menu, no mouse, no cookie, no SSL)
+ 3 - Mouse model (color, menu, mouse, no cookie, no SSL)
+ 4 - Cookie model (color, menu, mouse, cookie, no SSL)
+ 5 - Monster model (with everything; you need openSSL library)
+ 6 - Customize
+ Which?
</pre>
<p>
with 2, 3, 4, or 5.
@@ -440,7 +447,7 @@ Which?
<p>
Yes. You may either
</p>
- <ol>
+ <ul>
<li>
Answer the above-mentioned <q>configure</q> question with 1,
or
@@ -449,10 +456,10 @@ Which?
Invoke w3m with the -M option, or
</li>
<li>
- Type <q>o</q> within w3m to enter the options screen and turn
+ Type <q>o</q> within w3m to enter the options setting panel and turn
off color display mode.
</li>
- </ol>
+ </ul>
</dd>
<dt>
<b>
@@ -462,24 +469,32 @@ Which?
<dd>
<p>
You can shift the display by moving the cursor to the edge of
- the screen. You may also use the <q>&gt;</q>/<q>&lt;</q> or
- <q>.</q>/<q>,</q> keys.
+ the screen. You may also use the following commands
</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>SHIFT_LEFT and SHIFT_RIGHT, bound to the keys <span class="mono">&gt;</span> and <span class="mono">&lt;</span></li>
+ <li>SHIFT_LEFT1 and SHIFT_RIGHT1, bound to the keys <span class="mono">.</span> and <span class="mono">,</span></li>
+ </ul>
<p>
Another idea would be adjusting the xterm with the -geometry
- option (e.g. something like <q>xterm -geometry 110x45 -bg white
- -name w3m -e w3m -B</q>).
+ option e.g. something like
</p>
+ <pre> xterm -geometry 110x45 -bg white -name w3m -e w3m -B</pre>
</dd>
<dt>
<b>
- How do I move from anchor to anchor?
+ How do I move between hyperlinks?
</b>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- You can move to the next anchor using TAB. ESC TAB moves the
- cursor to the previous anchor.
+
+ You can move to the next hyperlink
+ using <span class="mono">TAB</span>. <span class="mono">ESC
+ TAB</span> moves the cursor to the previous hyperlink. (see
+ Section <a href="MANUAL.html#Functions" target="_blank">
+ Functions and Key bindings</a> of w3m's manual)
+
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -489,19 +504,19 @@ Which?
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- w3m doesn't support the HTML COLOR="..." attribute. It wouldn't
+ w3m doesn't support the attribute COLOR="..." of HTML. It wouldn't
be impossible to implement this, but I think it would make
documents more difficult to read.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<b>
- How do I change the color of anchor/image/form links?
+ How do I change the colors for hyperlinks, images and form fields?
</b>
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Type <q>o</q> within w3m to get the <q>options</q> screen. You
+ Type <q>o</q> within w3m to get the options panel. You
can change these settings there.
</p>
</dd>
@@ -512,13 +527,13 @@ Which?
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Go to the <q>options</q> screen using the <q>o</q> key. Any
- entry in the <q>Editor</q> field will override the environment
+ Go to the options setting panel using the <q>o</q> key. Any
+ entry in the <q>Editor</q> field overrides the environment
variable.
</p>
<p>
If you want to use the editor specified by EDITOR, blank the
- field and press [OK].
+ field and save the settings using the button [OK].
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -528,7 +543,7 @@ Which?
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Clear input text using CTRL-u and hit RETURN.
+ Clear input text using <span class="mono">CTRL-u</span> and hit <span class="mono">RETURN</span>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
@@ -551,21 +566,25 @@ Which?
<dd>
<p>
Form input fields are displayed in red (or reverse). Move the
- cursor to them and hit RETURN. Then,
+ cursor to them. Then, if it is
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- if it is a text input field, put in your text on the bottom
- line,
+ a text input field, hit <span class="mono">RETURN</span>
+ put in your text on the bottom line. Press
+ <span class="mono">RETURN</span> again
</li>
<li>
- if it is a radiobutton or checkbox, that item is selected,
+ a radiobutton or checkbox, pressing
+ <span class="mono">RETURN</span> changes or toggles the selection
</li>
<li>
- if it is a textarea, an editor is spawned,
+ a textarea, pressing
+ <span class="mono">RETURN</span> spawns an editor
</li>
<li>
- if it is <q>submit</q> or <q>reset</q>, well, just do it.
+ a <q>submit</q> or <q>reset</q> field,
+ the respective action is performed.
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
@@ -604,8 +623,12 @@ Which?
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Use <q>a</q> (or <q>d</q> with Lynx-like keybindings) or ESC RET.
- If you want to download an inline image, use ESC <q>I</q>.
+ Use <q>a</q> (or <q>d</q> with Lynx-like keybindings) or
+ <span class="mono">ESC RET</span>.
+ If you want to download an inline image, use
+ <span class="mono">ESC I</span>. (see
+ Section <a href="MANUAL.html#Functions" target="_blank">
+ Functions and Key bindings</a> of w3m's manual)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -616,13 +639,13 @@ Which?
<dd>
<p>
Set the environment variables HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, GOPHER_PROXY
- and FTP_PROXY, or use the option setting panel (<q>o</q> key). For
+ and FTP_PROXY, or use the options setting panel (<q>o</q> key). For
example, if you want to use port 8000 of proxy.example.org, specify
</p>
-<pre>
- http://proxy.example.org:8000/
-</pre>
+ <pre> http://proxy.example.org:8000/</pre>
</dd>
+<!-- deleted, see mail dated Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:50:27 +0900 (JST)
+from Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org>
<dt>
<b>
w3m freezes when I invoke an external browser.
@@ -632,14 +655,13 @@ Which?
<p>
Enter w3m's option screen using the <q>o</q> key and specify
</p>
-<pre>
- firefox %s &
-</pre>
+ <pre> firefox %s &</pre>
<p>
(if you are using Firefox). Note that %s is replaced with the URL
when invoking.
</p>
</dd>
+ -->
<dt>
<b>
How do I change the default image viewer?
@@ -649,18 +671,18 @@ Which?
<p>
By default w3m uses xv to view images. If you want to change it
into, let's say, <q>display</q>, add the following line to
- ~/.w3m/mailcap or /etc/mailcap.
+ ~/.w3m/mailcap or /etc/mailcap:
</p>
<pre>
-image/*; display %s
+ image/*; display %s
</pre>
<p>
You can specify external viewers of other file types as well:
</p>
<pre>
-image/*; display %s
-application/postscript; ghostview %s
-application/x-dvi; xdvi %s
+ image/*; display %s
+ application/postscript; ghostview %s
+ application/x-dvi; xdvi %s
</pre>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -670,13 +692,13 @@ application/x-dvi; xdvi %s
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
- Type SHIFT-u
+ Type <span class="mono">U</span>
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<b>
w3m appends a URL to the former one even when I clear the line
- with CTRL-u. What should I do?
+ with <span class="mono">CTRL-u</span>. What should I do?
</b>
</dt>
<dd>
@@ -705,12 +727,18 @@ application/x-dvi; xdvi %s
<p>
It is ~/.w3m/config.
</p>
+
<p>
- With this file, you can adjust w3m's behavior by changing the
- values of options whose effects are described in the option
+ With this file, each user can adjust w3m's behavior by changing
+ the values of options whose effects are described in the options
setting panel. Each line contains one option setting, consisting
of an option name and its value with a space as a separator.
</p>
+
+ <p>Without a user-specific configuration file, w3m honours
+ the system wide configuration file /etc/w3m/config.
+ </p>
+
</dd>
<dt>
<b>