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@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ visual startup mode
monochrome display
.TP
.B -N
-open URL of command line on each new tab
+distribute multiple command line arguments to tabs. By default, a
+stack of buffers is used
.TP
.B -F
automatically render frame
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ automatically render frame
.B -dump
dump formatted page into stdout
.TP
-.B -cols width
-specify column width (used with -dump)
+.B -cols num
+with stdout as destination; HTML is rendered to lines of \fInum\fR characters
.TP
.B -ppc count
specify the number of pixels per character (4.0...32.0).
@@ -156,8 +157,8 @@ don't use termcap init/deinit
set buffer name to terminal title string.
If TERM is specified, use the TERM style title configuration.
.TP
-.B -o opt=value
-assign value to config option
+.B -o option=value
+modify one configuration item with an explicitly given value; without \fIoption=value\fR, equivalent to -show-option
.TP
.B -show-option
show all available config option
@@ -177,52 +178,96 @@ write request logfile
.B -debug
DO NOT USE
.SH EXAMPLES
+.SS Pager-like usage
+.TP
+Combine snippets of HTML code and preview the page
+.EX
+$ cat header.html footer.html | w3m -T text/html
+.EE
+.TP
+Compare two files using tabs
+.EX
+$ w3m -N config.old config
+.EE
+.SS Browser-like usage
+.TP
+Display web content in monochrome terminal
+.EX
+$ w3m -M http://w3m.sourceforge.net
+.EE
+.TP
+Display embedded graphics
+.EX
+$ w3m -o auto_image=TRUE http://w3m.sourceforge.net
+.EE
+.TP
+Display content from Usenet
+.EX
+$ w3m -m nntp://news.aioe.org/comp.os.linux.networking
+.EE
+.TP
+Upload data for a URL using the POST method
+.EX
+$ w3m -post - http://example.com/form.php <<<'a=0&b=1'
+.EE
+.SS Filter-like usage
+.TP
+Convert an HTML file to plain text with a defined line length
+.EX
+$ w3m -cols 40 foo.html > foo.txt
+.EE
+.TP
+Output the bookmarks page as text with an appended list of links
+.EX
+$ w3m -B -o display_link_number=1 > out.txt
+.EE
+.TP
+Conversion of file format and character encoding
+.EX
+$ w3m -T text/html -I EUC-JP -O UTF-8 < foo.html > foo.txt
+.EE
+.SS Start with no input
+.TP
+Welcome users with a built-in page
+.EX
+$ w3m -v
+.EE
+.SH FILES
.TP
-To use w3m as a pager:
-.br
-$ ls | w3m
-.br
+\f(CW~/.w3m/bookmark.html\fP
+default bookmark file
.TP
-To use w3m to translate HTML files:
-.br
-$ cat foo.html | w3m -T text/html
+\f(CW~/.w3m/config\fP
+user defined configuration file; overrides \f(CW/etc/w3m/config\fP
.TP
-or
-.br
-$ cat foo.html | w3m -dump -T text/html >foo.txt
-.SH FILES
+\f(CW~/.w3m/cookie\fP
+cookie jar; written on exit, read on launch
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/config
-configuration file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/history\fP
+browser history - visited files and URLs
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/keymap
-key binding configuration file
-.\" .TP
-.\" .I ${HOME}/.w3m/menu
-.\" ???
-.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/mouse
-mouse configuration file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/keymap\fP
+user defined key bindings; overrides default key bindings
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/cookie
-cookie file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/mailcap\fP
+external viewer configuration file
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/history
-history file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/menu\fP
+user defined menu; overrides default menu
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/passwd
-passowrd and username file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/mime.types\fP
+MIME types file
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/pre_form
-form parameters file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/mouse\fP
+user defined mouse settings
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/mailcap
-external viewer configuration file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/passwd\fP
+password and username file
.TP
-.I ${HOME}/.w3m/mime.types
-MIME types file
+\f(CW~/.w3m/pre_form\fP
+contains predefined values to fill recurrent HTML forms
.\" .TP
-.\" .I ${HOME}/.w3m/urimethodmap
+.\" .I $~/.w3m/urimethodmap
.\" ???
.SH NOTES
This is the