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lynx-dev (patch) Options: help files


From: Philip Webb
Subject: lynx-dev (patch) Options: help files
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 21:26:05 -0500 (EST)

the following patch updates the files in lynx_help & keystrokes .
remember the revised files should be viewed using Lynx.

--- old/Lynx_users_guide.html   Thu Oct 21 08:56:48 1999
+++ new/Lynx_users_guide.html   Fri Nov 26 20:13:00 1999
@@ -479,13 +479,14 @@
 <h2 ID="InteractiveOptions"><A NAME="InteractiveOptions"><em>Lynx Options 
Menu</em></A></h2>
 
 The Lynx <em>Options Menu</em> may be accessed by pressing the '<em>o</em>'
-key.  The current Options Menu allows you to change options which are
-useful at runtime.  Most of these are read/saved from your .lynxrc file.
-Other options are stored in the <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file.
-
-<p>Lynx supports two styles of options menu.  The new style shown below is an 
HTML
-file generated at runtime:
-
+key. It allows you to change options at runtime, if you need to.
+Most changes are read from & saved to your .lynxrc file; those which are not
+are marked (!) in the form-based menu (as below). Many other options
+are stored in the <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file.
+
+<p>Lynx supports two styles of Options Menu, key-based & form-based.
+The form-based menu shown below is an HTML file generated at runtime,
+in which the user fills in choices as in any ordinary HTML form.
 <pre>
 
                     Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.2pre.6)
@@ -494,9 +495,10 @@
 HREF="keystrokes/option_help.html">HELP!</A>
 
                          Save options to disk: [_]
+                (options marked with (!) will not be saved)
 
   Personal Preferences
-  Cookies                          : [ask user..]
+  Cookies (!)                      : [ask user..]
   Editor                           : __________________________________________
   Emacs keys                       : [OFF]
   Keypad mode                      : [Numbers act as arrows.............]
@@ -507,14 +509,14 @@
   User mode                        : [Advanced....]
   VI keys                          : [OFF]
   Display character set            : [Western (ISO-8859-1)...........]
-  X Display                        : __________________________________________
+  X Display (!)                    : __________________________________________
 
   Document Layout
-  Assumed document character set   : [iso-8859-1......]
-  Raw 8-bit                        : [ON.]
-  HTML error recovery              : [strict (SortaSGML mode)]
+  Assumed document character set(!): [iso-8859-1......]
+  Raw 8-bit (!)                    : [ON.]
+  HTML error recovery (!)          : [strict (SortaSGML mode)]
   Popups for select fields         : [ON.]
-  Show images                      : [as labels]
+  Show images (!)                  : [as labels]
   Verbose images                   : [show filename]
 
   Bookmark Options
@@ -528,7 +530,7 @@
   Headers transferred to remote server
   Preferred document character set : _________________________________
   Preferred document language      : _________________________________
-  User-Agent header                : __________________________________________
+  User-Agent header (!)            : __________________________________________
 
   Check your lynx.cfg here
 
@@ -535,12 +537,12 @@
          Accept Changes - Reset Changes Left Arrow cancels changes
 
 </pre>
-
-<p>The old style of options menu is a fixed form.  Normally this will be
-compiled into Lynx, and is accessed by setting FORMS_OPTIONS true in your
-<A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> file.
-
+<p>The key-based menu depends on key-strokes to identify options
+which the user wants to change.  It must be compiled into Lynx
+and is accessed by setting FORMS_OPTIONS to TRUE in
+<A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A>.
 <pre>
+
              Options Menu (Lynx Version 2.8.2pre.6)
 
      (E)ditor                     : emacs
@@ -993,11 +995,13 @@
 
 <h2 ID="Bookmarks"><A NAME="Bookmarks"><em>Lynx bookmarks</em></A></h2>
 
-It is often useful to place a bookmark to aid in returning quickly to
-a document.  To use the bookmark feature you must first use the
-<em>Options Menu</em> to specify a bookmark filename.
-
-<p>To save a bookmark to the document you wish to place in the
+Bookmarks are entries in your <em>bookmark file</em>, which record
+the URL of a document you may want to return to easily, with a name
+of your choice to identify the document.  To use bookmarks
+you must first have specified a name for your bookmark file
+in <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> or via the <em>Options Menu</em>.
+<p>
+To save a bookmark to the document you wish to place in the
 bookmark file press the '<em>a</em>' key and you will be asked:
 
 <blockquote>
@@ -1091,8 +1095,7 @@
 <dd>Type '<em>c</em>' to create a new file.  New file will be empty.
 
 <dt><code>D)ownload</code>
-<dd>Type '<em>d</em>' to download selection using one of the options defined
-    by your system administrator.
+<dd>Type '<em>d</em>' to download using one of the pre-defined options.
 
 <dt><code>E)dit</code>
 <dd>Type '<em>e</em>' to spawn the editor defined in <em>Options Menu</em>
@@ -1117,8 +1120,9 @@
     performed on tagged files instead of highlighted ones.
 
 <dt><code>U)pload</code>
-<dd>Type '<em>u</em>' to upload a file to the present directory.  Upload
-    methods are defined by your system administrator.
+<dd>Type '<em>u</em>' to upload a file to the present directory.
+    An uploading method must have been pre-defined in
+    <A HREF="#lynx.cfg">lynx.cfg</A> .
 </dl>
 [<A HREF="#ToC-DirEd">ToC</A>]
 
@@ -1294,13 +1298,10 @@
             before the interrupt, it will be displayed.
    <dt><em>numbers</em>
         <dd>Lynx offers other, advanced navigation features when numbers
-            are used to invoke the <a
-            href="keystrokes/follow_help.html"
-            >Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</a> or<br>
-            &nbsp;&nbsp;<a
-            href="keystrokes/follow_help.html#select-option"
-            >Select option (or page) number:</a><br>
-            prompts.
+            are used to invoke the <a href="keystrokes/follow_help.html">
+           Follow Link (or goto link or page) number:</a>
+           or <a href="keystrokes/follow_help.html#select-option">
+           Select Pop-up Option Number:</a> prompts.
             [<A HREF="#ToC-MiscKeys">ToC</A>]
 </dl>
 
@@ -1587,19 +1588,19 @@
      MAKE_PSEUDO_ALTS_FOR_INLINES     [  INLINE_TOGGLE
      VERBOSE_IMAGES                   no corresponding key
 </pre><p>
-You can also use the Options Menu, as outlined below:
+You can also use the <em>Options Menu</em>, as outlined below:
 <pre>
-     key  lynx.cfg       FM LM .lynxrc    variable in source
+     key  lynx.cfg       FM KM .lynxrc    variable in source
 
        *  MAKE_LINKS_     Y  N       N    clickable_images
        [  MAKE_PSEUDO_    Y  N       N    pseudo_inline_alts
           VERBOSE_        Y  Y       Y    verbose_img
 
-FM = new Form Menu ; LM = old List Menu ;
+FM = Form-based Menu ; KM = Key-based Menu ;
 in  .lynxrc ,  VERBOSE_IMAGES  is called `verbose_images':
 the other two cannot be saved between sessions.
 </pre><p>
-In the Forms Menu, the 3-way `Show images' selection
+In the Form-based Menu, the 3-way `Show images' selection
 combines the effects of the `*' &amp; `[' keys, as follows:
 <pre>
      Ignore      clickable_images = FALSE, pseudo_inline_alts = FALSE
      
--- old/bookmark_help.html      Mon Feb 24 18:10:14 1997
+++ new/bookmark_help.html      Fri Nov 26 20:26:12 1999
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 enabled.  The remove feature, invoked by pressing an '<em>r</em>' when
 a <em>Bookmark file</em> is being displayed, will remove the currently
 highlighted link.  You may set and modify the paths and names of your
-<em>Bookmark files</em>, and enable or disable multiple bookmarks, in
-the <A HREF="option_help.html">options screen.</A>
+<em>Bookmark files</em> and enable or disable multiple bookmarks
+in the <A HREF="option_help.html">Options Menu</A>.
 </BODY>
 </HTML>
 
--- old/dired_help.html Wed Sep 29 05:40:40 1999
+++ new/dired_help.html Fri Nov 26 20:45:23 1999
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 <em>file://localhost/path/</em>.  While in Dired mode, some keys are
 remapped to do the following functions:
 <pre>
+
         C)reate       - Create a new, empty file in the current
                         directory.  You will be prompted to enter
                         a name for the file.
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
                         the download options screen.
 
         E)dit         - Spawn the editor defined in the <a
-                        href="option_help.html">options screen</a>
+                        href="option_help.html">Options Menu</a>
                         and load selection for editing.
 
         F)ull menu    - Show a full menu of commands for currently
@@ -40,12 +41,11 @@
                         a file.
 
         U)pload       - Upload a file to the current directory using
-                        one of the options listed in the upload
-                        options screen.
+                        one of the options listed in the upload screen.
 </pre>
 
-<em>Note:</em> Dired mode must be activated at compile time by the
-system administrator.  Otherwise, the above commands will not be available
-and lynx will treat a directory listing as a HTML file.
+<em>Note:</em> Dired mode must be activated at compile time.
+Otherwise, the above commands will not be available
+and Lynx will treat a directory listing as an HTML file.
 </body>
 </html>
 
--- old/option_help.html        Thu Aug 26 05:31:20 1999
+++ new/option_help.html        Fri Nov 26 20:59:11 1999
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html public "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN">
 <HTML>
 <HEAD>
-<TITLE>Options Screen Help</TITLE>
+<TITLE>Form-based Options Menu : Help</TITLE>
 <LINK rev="made" href="mailto:address@hidden";>
 </HEAD>
 <BODY>
-<h1>OPTIONS SCREEN HELP</h1>
+<h1>FORM-BASED OPTIONS MENU : HELP</h1>
 
-The Options Screen allows you to set and modify many Lynx features.<BR>
+The Options Menu allows you to set and modify many Lynx features.<BR>
 Note: some options appear on the screen only if they have been
 compiled in or chosen in `lynx.cfg':<P>
 
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