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Re: lynx-dev Documentation suggestion about downloading


From: Leonid Pauzner
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Documentation suggestion about downloading
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 14:21:10 +0400 (MSD)

>      * From: Doug Kaufman <address@hidden>

>>present the user with a list of options. The only default option is
>><em>Save to disk</em>, which is disabled if Lynx is running in anonymous
>>mode. Any number of additional download methods may be defined in the
>>lynx.cfg file by the system administrator. Programs like kermit, zmodem

> Perhaps we should leave out "by the system administrator", since it
> can be done by whoever has write access to a lynx.cfg file.

I add a section "lynx.cfg" for Lynx_users_guide.html
so all those "by the system administator" calls may be directed to
<a href="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</a>



diff -u old/lynx_use.htm ./lynx_use.htm
--- old/lynx_use.htm    Fri Sep 25 16:36:20 1998
+++ ./lynx_use.htm      Fri Sep 25 21:13:58 1998
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 <li><a href="#Refresh" NAME="ToC-Refresh">Lynx and Client-Side-Pull</a>
 <li><a href="#Cookies" NAME="ToC-Cookies">Lynx and State Management</a> (Me 
want <em>cookie</em>!)
 <li><A HREF="#Invoking" NAME="ToC-Invoking">The Lynx command line</A>
+<li><A HREF="#lynx.cfg" NAME="ToC-lynx.cfg">System-wide configuration in 
lynx.cfg file</A>
 <li><A HREF="#Hist" NAME="ToC-Hist">Lynx development history</A>
 </ul>

@@ -152,8 +153,8 @@
 for download, Lynx will transfer the file into a temporary location and
 present the user with a list of options. The only default option is
 <em>Save to disk</em>, which is disabled if Lynx is running in anonymous
-mode. Any number of additional download methods may be defined in the
-lynx.cfg file by the system administrator. Programs like kermit, zmodem
+mode. Additional download methods may be defined in the
+<A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file. Programs like kermit, zmodem
 and FTP are some possible options. [<A HREF="#ToC-Local">ToC</A>]

 <h2 ID="Leaving"><A NAME="Leaving"><em>Leaving Lynx</em></A></h2>
@@ -318,8 +319,8 @@
 Lynx from their own accounts (that is, so-called "non-anonymous
 users").  In particular, the <em>Save to a local file</EM>
 option allows you to save the document into a file on your disk
-space. Any number of additional print options may also be
-available as configured by your system administrator.
+space. Additional print options may also be
+available as configured in the <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file.

 <p>Some options, such as <em>Save to a local file</em>, involve prompting
 for an output filename.  All output filename entries are saved in a
@@ -380,9 +381,9 @@
 which no viewer has been mapped is activated.  As described
 above, the only default <em>Download option</em> is <em>Save to
 disk</em>, which is disabled if Lynx is running in anonymous
-mode, and any number of additional download methods such as
-kermit and zmodem may be defined in the <em>lynx.cfg</em> file by
-the system administrator.  Downloading the sources of HTML and
+mode. Additional download methods such as
+kermit and zmodem may be defined in the <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file.
+Downloading the sources of HTML and
 plain text files, instead of toggling to <a
 href="#LocalSource">display the source</a> ('<em>\</em>') and
 then using <a href="#Disposing">Printing</a> options, ensures
@@ -579,7 +580,8 @@
            yourself and will be included as the From: address in any mail
            or comments that you send.  It will also be sent as the From:
            field in HTTP or HTTPS requests if inclusion of that header
-           has been enabled via the NO_FROM_HEADER definition in lynx.cfg
+           has been enabled via the NO_FROM_HEADER definition in
+           <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>
            (the compilation default is not to send the header), or via the
            <em>-from</em> command line toggle.

@@ -858,7 +860,8 @@
 using the simple line mode input scheme, type a '<em>.</em>' (period) on
 a line by itself.  You will be asked a final time whether to send the
 message.  If you press '<em>y</em>', you will be prompted whether to
-append your signature file if one was defined in lynx.cfg and is accessible,
+append your signature file if one was defined in
+<A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> and is accessible,
 and then the message will be sent, whereas if you press '<em>n</em>' the
 message will be deleted.  Entering Control-G in response to any prompts
 also will cancel the mailing.[<A HREF="#ToC-Mail">ToC</A>]
@@ -888,7 +891,7 @@
            Once you have typed in your message, you will be asked for
            confirmation of whether to proceed with the posting, and
            whether to append your signature file if one was defined in
-           lynx.cfg and is accessible.  See <a
+           <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> and is accessible.  See <a
            href="lynx_url_support.html">Supported URLs</a> for more
            information about the URL schemes for posting or sending
            followups (replies) to nntp servers with Lynx.
@@ -965,7 +968,8 @@
 previous entries can be retrieved for re-use by pressing the
 <em>up-arrow</em> or <em>down-arrow</em> keys at the prompt.

-<p>Note to System Administrators:  Read the <em>lynx.cfg</em> file on how
+<p>Note to System Administrators:
+Read the <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file on how
 to set up the jump command for your system and how to define shortcut names.
 [<A HREF="#ToC-Jumps">ToC</A>]

@@ -1307,7 +1311,7 @@
 (<em>left-arrow</em>) command or via the <a
 href="keystrokes/history_help.html">History Page</a>.  Lynx can be
 compiled so that it resubmits the form in those cases as well, and the default
-can be changed via <em>lynx.cfg</em>, and toggled via the
+can be changed via <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>, and toggled via the
 <em>-resubmit_posts</em> command line switch.

 <p>If the form has one <em>text entry</em> field and no other fields except,
@@ -1745,7 +1749,8 @@
 Lynx-friendly sites can map 0,0 such that the server returns a
 for-text-client document homologous to the content of FIG elements (see
 below).  Inclusion of such a link for submissions to the server can be
-disabled by default via the configuration file (lynx.cfg), and the
+disabled by default via the configuration file
+(<A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>), and the
 default can be toggled via the <em>-ismap</em> command line switch.

 <p>Lynx also recognizes the <a
@@ -1815,7 +1820,8 @@
 being standardized by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).  Lynx
 supports both <em>Version 0</em> and <em>Version 1</em> cookie exchanges.
 This support can be disabled by default via the SET_COOKIES symbol in the
-compilation (<em>userdefs.h</em>) and/or run time (<em>lynx.cfg</em>)
+compilation (<em>userdefs.h</em>) and/or run time
+(<A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>)
 configuration files, and that default setting can be toggled via the
 <em>-cookies</em> command line switch.
 The SET_COOKIES symbol can be further modified by the ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES mode.
@@ -1945,7 +1951,7 @@
                <dd>enable case-sensitive string searching.
             <dt><code>-cfg=FILENAME</code>
                <dd>specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default
-                   lynx.cfg.
+                   <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>.
             <dt><code>-child</code>
                <dd>exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk.
             <dt><code>-color</code>
@@ -2079,7 +2085,8 @@
             <dt><code>-popup</code>
                <dd>toggles handling of single-choice SELECT options via
                    popup windows or as lists of radio buttons.  The default
-                   configuration can be changed in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg.
+                   configuration can be changed in userdefs.h or
+                   <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>.
                    It also can be set and saved via the 'o'ptions menu.
                    The command line switch toggles the default.
             <dt><code>-post_data</code>
@@ -2206,7 +2213,8 @@
                    corner but will instead be positioned at the start of the
                    currently selected link.  Show cursor is the default for
                    systems without FANCY_CURSES capabilities.  The default
-                   configuration can be changed in userdefs.h or lynx.cfg.
+                   configuration can be changed in userdefs.h or
+                   <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>.
                    It also can be set and saved via the 'o'ptions menu.
                    The command line switch toggles the default.
             <dt><code>-soft_dquotes</code>
@@ -2273,6 +2281,40 @@
 <p>No options are required, nor is a startfile argument required.
 White space may be substituted for any equal sign ('<em>=</em>')
 appearing in the option list above. [<A HREF="#ToC-Invoking">ToC</A>]
+
+
+<h2 ID="lynx.cfg"><A NAME="lynx.cfg">
+<em>System-wide configuration in lynx.cfg file</em></A></h2>
+
+Lynx have several levels of turning: from Options Menu (accessible on-line,
+and possibly stored in local .lynxrc file), via a command-line switches
+on startup (mainly for batch processing),
+and the most important and numerous default settings are stored
+in the Lynx configuration file <em>lynx.cfg</em>.
+
+<p>If you are on a UNIX system you should have
+an appropriate permitions to made any change there or ask your
+system administrator to turn lynx.cfg for your needs.
+This file have a global effect for any account on your system
+or may be copied to your shell account and included with -cfg command line
+switch or via an environment variable LYNX_CFG (if you have shell access).
+Starting with version 2.8.1 Lynx have include facility so you can
+load system-wide configuration file and easy add one or more settings
+from you local add-on configuration file. It is really cool to read
+lynx.cfg with all its comments for probably a couple of hundred
+options there, most of them commented out though because they are
+a built-in defaults.
+
+<p>To see the current lynx.cfg state you may press <em>'='</em> key
+for <em>Lynx Information Page</em> and follow <em>your lynx.cfg</em> link
+from there near the top.
+
+<p>However, for those who have a restricted account many Lynx features
+may be disabled by the system administrator, you probably will not see
+your lynx.cfg, you need no.
+
+
+[<A HREF="#ToC-lynx.cfg">ToC</A>]

 <h2 ID="Hist"><A NAME="Hist"><em>Lynx development history</em></A></h2>

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