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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>
- <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 `*' & `[' 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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