diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/FAQ.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ.html | 287 |
1 files changed, 287 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ.html b/doc/FAQ.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6973e2e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/FAQ.html @@ -0,0 +1,287 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>W3M FAQ</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<p> +<center><h1>Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about w3m</h1></center> +<div align=right> +Akinori Ito<br> +aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp<br> +Corrected by Tom Berger <tom.be@gmx.net> +</div> +<p> +<b><center><font size=+1><u><a name="index">Index</a></u></font></center></b> +<p> +<br> +<ul> +<li><h2><a href="#general">General Questions, How to Get It, Required Environment</a></h2></li> +<ul> +<li><h3>How do I pronounce "w3m"?</h3> +<li><h3>Why is it called "w3m"?</h3> +<li><h3>On which platforms does w3m work?</h3> +<li><h3>Where can I get more information about w3m?</h3> +<li><h3>Is there a mailing list for w3m?</h3> +<li><h3>Are there any binary distributions?</h3> +</ul> +<br> +<li><a href="#install"><h2>Compile and Install</h2></a> +<br> +<li><a href="#command"><h2>Options, Commands, Usage</h2></a> +<ul> +<li><h3>w3m quits if started without parameters. What's wrong?</h3> +<li><h3>w3m starts with black characters on a black screen. How do I change this?</h3> +<li><h3>Does w3m support colours?</h3> +<li><h3>Does w3m support monochrome display?</h3> +<li><h3>How do I shift the display?</h3> +<li><h3>How do I move from anchor to anchor?</h3> +<li><h3>Netscape displays a word red, but w3m doesn't. Why?</h3> +<li><h3>How do I change the colour of anchor-/image-/form links?</h3> +<li><h3>w3m doesn't seem to use the variable EDITOR. Why? </h3> +<li><h3>How do I quit a search or URL text input?</h3> +</ul> +<br> +<li><a href="#www"><h2>Questions about WWW usage</h2></a> +<ul> +<li><h3>How do I fill in forms with w3m?</h3> +<li><h3>Seems like w3m is slower than Netscape or Lynx. Why?</h3> +<li><h3>Loading time doesn't decrease when loading a previously seen page</h3> +<li><h3>How do I download a linked file?</h3> +<li><h3>How do I specify a proxy server?</h3> +<li><h3>w3m freezes when I invoke an external browser.</h3> +<li><h3>How do I change the default image viewer?</h3> +<li><h3>How do I enter a URL?</h3> +<li><h3>w3m appends a URL to the former one despite of having cleared the line with Ctrl-u. What to do?</h3> +</ul> +<br> +<li><a href="other"><h2>Misc</a></h2> +<ul> +<li><h3>What is w3m's configuration file?</h3> +<li><h3>What are these w3mxxxx files in my ~/.w3m directory for?</h3> +</ul> +<br> +<br> +<u><h2><a name="general">General Questions, How to Get It, Required Environment</a></h2></u> +<br> +<dl> +<dt><h3>How do I pronounce "w3m"?</h3> +<dd>It's "W-three-M". It doesn't rhyme with "pteranodon". +<p> +<dt><h3>Why is it called "w3m"?</h3> +<dd>It's an abbreviation of "WWW-wo-Miru", which is Japanese for +"See the WWW". So in English the name of this browser would be +something like "stw3". +<p> +<dt><h3>On which platforms does w3m work?</h3> +<dd>It runs on various versions of Unix, since version 990226 on OS/2 and since +version 990303 also on MS-Windows with Cygwin32. +<br> +Current versions have been confirmed to run on: +<ul> +<li>SunOS 4.1.x +<li>HP-UX 9.x, 10.x +<li>Solaris 2.5.x, 2.6, 8 +<li>Linux 2.0.30 +<li>FreeBSD 2.2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 4.6 +<li>NetBSD/macppc, m68k +<li>EWS4800 Rel.12.2 Rev.A +<li>Digital UNIX: v3.2D, v4.0D +<li>IRIX 5.3, IRIX 6.5 +<li>OS/2 with emx +<li>Windows 9x/NT with Cygwin32 b20.1 +<li>MS-DOS with DJGPP and WATT32 packet driver +<li>MacOS X Server +<li>MacOS X 10.1, 10.2 +</ul> +<dt><h3>Where can I get more information about w3m?</h3> +<dd>At the <a href="http://w3m.sourceforge.net/index.en.html">English w3m home page</a>. +<dt><h3>Is there a mailing list for w3m?</h3> +<dd>There is a mailing list for developpers (w3m-dev-en). Please see +<a href="http://w3m.sourceforge.net/index.en.html">w3m page</a> +for details. You may also mail your comments to <a href="mailto:aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp">the author</a>. +<dt><h3>Are there any binary distributions?</h3> +<dd>So far there are only binaries for the win/cygnus32 version. You can get +them from <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w3m/">here</a>. +Contact <a href="mailto:aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp">the author</a> if you want to contribute binaries for other platforms. +</dd> +</dl> +<br> +<div align=right> +<i>Up to <a href="#index">index</a></i> +</div> +<br> +<u><h2><a name="install">Compile and Install</a></h2></u> +No problem :-) +<u><h2><a name="command">Options, Commands, Usage</a></h2></u> +<br> +<dl> +<dt><h3>w3m quits if started without parameters. What's wrong?</h3> +<dd>w3m is a <b>pager</b>. Therefore it just quits when invoked without any +arguments. Possible arguments are: +<ol> +<li>A filename or an URL +<li>Pipe from standard input +<li>The -B option (Show bookmark file) +<li>The -v option (visual startup) +<li>From a specified HTTP_HOME or WWW_HOME variable +</ol> +<p> +<dt><h3>w3m starts with black characters on black background. How do I change +this?</h3> +<dd> +When compiled with colour support, w3m assumes a white background and therefore +displays black characters. +<br> +You may either change the background colour of your terminal (e.g. with the -bg +option in a xterm) or take these steps: +<ul> +<li>invoke w3m with 'w3m -M' (for monochrome), +<li>type 'o' for getting to the options screen +<li><b>Mark 'Display with colour' as ON</b> and choose an arbitrary colour. +Click on [OK]. +</ul> +<p> +<dt><h3>Does w3m support colours?</h3> +<dd>Yes. When you run './configure', answer the question +<p> +<pre> +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? +</pre> +<p> +with 2,3,4 or 5. +<p> +<dt><h3>Does w3m support monochrome display?</h3> +<dd>Yes. You may either +<ol> +<li>Answer the above mentioned 'configure' question with 1, or +<li>Invoke w3m with the -M option, or +<li>Type 'o' within w3m to enter the options screen and turn off colour display +mode. +</ol> +<dt><h3>How do I shift the display?</h3> +<dd>You can shift the display by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen. You +may also use the ">"/"<" or "."/"," keys. +<br> +Another idea would be adjusting the xterm with the -geometry option (e.g. +something like 'xterm -geometry 110x45 -bg white -name w3m -e w3m -B'). +<dt><h3>How do I move from anchor to anchor?</h3> +<dd>You can move to the next anchor using TAB. ESC TAB moves cursor to the previous anchor. +<p> +<dt><h3>Netscape displays a word red, but w3m doesn't. Why?</h3> +<dd>w3m doesn't support <FONT COLOR=".."> tags. It won't be impossible to implement this, but I think it would make the document more difficult to read. +<p> +<dt><h3>How do I change the colour of anchor-/image-/form links?</h3> +<dd>Type 'o' within w3m to get the 'options' screen. You can change these +settings there. +<dt> +<dt><h3>w3m doesn't seem to use the variable EDITOR. Why? </h3> +<dd><dd>Go to the 'options' screen using the "o" key. Any entry in the 'Editor' field will override the environment variable. +<br> +If you want to use the editor specified by EDITOR blank the field and push [OK]. +<p> +<dt><h3>How do I quit a search or URL text input?</h3> +<dd>Clear input text using Ctrl-u and hit RETURN. +</dd> +</dl> +<br> +<div align=right> +<i>Up to <a href="#index">index</a></i> +</div> +<br> +<u><h2><a name="www">Questions about WWW usage</a></h2></u> +<br> +<dl> +<dt><h3>How do I fill in forms with w3m?</h3> +<dd>Form input fields are displayed in red (or reverse). Move the cursor to +them and hit RETURN. Then, +<ul> +<li>if it is a text input field, put in your text on the bottom line, +<li>if it is a radiobutton or checkbox, that item is selected, +<li>if it is a textarea, an editor is spawned, +<li>if it is 'submit' or 'reset', well, just do it. +</ul> +<dt><h3>Seems like w3m is slower than Netscape or Lynx. Why?</h3> +<dd>w3m renders a HTML document in two passes. Therefore it displays the documentnot before having read the entire document. +<br> +Netscape or Lynx display the document before having read the whole page, +and therefore seem faster. +<p> +<dt><h3>Loading time doesn't decrease when loading a previously seen page</h3> +<dd>w3m doesn't have its own cache. Therefore, it reads the document +from the server each time it accesses it. If possible, use a cache server. +<p> +<dt><h3>How do I download a linked file?</h3> +<dd>Use 'a' (or 'd' with Lynx-like keybindings) or ESC RET. If you want to download an inline image, use ESC 'I'. +<p> +<dt><h3>How do I specify a proxy server?</h3> +<dd>Set the environment variable HTTP_PROXY or use the option setting panel +("o" key). For example, if you want to use port 8000 of proxy.hogege.com, specify +<p> +<pre> + http://proxy.hogege.com:8000/ +</pre> +<p> +<dt><h3>w3m freezes when I invoke an external browser.</h3> +<dd>Enter w3m's option screen using the 'o' key and specify +<p> +<pre> + netscape %s & +</pre> +<p> +(if you are using netscape). +<p> +<dt><h3>How do I change the default image viewer?</h3> +<dd>By default w3m uses xv to view images. If you want to change it into, let's say, 'display', add the following line to ~/.mailcap or /etc/mailcap. +<p> +<pre> +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 +</pre> +<dt><h3>How do I enter a URL?</h3> +<dd>Type SHIFT-U +<p> +<dt><h3>w3m appends a URL to the former one despite of having cleared the line +with Ctrl-u. What to do?</h3> +<dd>Enter the <i>complete</i> adress, e.g. http://www.slashdot.org. +</dd> +</dl> +<br> +<div align=right> +<i>Up to <a href="#index">index</a></i> +</div> +<br> +<u><h2><a name="other">Miscellaneous</a></h2></u> +<br> +<dl> +<dt><h3>What is w3m's configuration file?</h3> +<dd>It is ~/.w3m/config. +<p> +<dt><h3>What are these w3mxxxx files in my ~/.w3m directory for?</h3> +<dd>These are temporary files used by w3m when reading documents from a +WWW server. They are not cache files and are usually deleted when w3m is +terminated. If there remain any temp files, please remove them by yourself. +<p> +</dd> +</dl> +<br> +<div align=right> +<i>Up to <a href="#index">index</a></i> +</div> +<br> +</BODY> +</HTML> |