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README.options
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Using the lynx browser [O]ptions configuration tool.
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General Usage on a unix system:
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Press "O" at any time in your lynx session to access this utility page.
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This is one of several custom "system" URLs that cause lynx to self-configure.
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Please note:
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Ensure and confirm that your [O]ptions session is flushed to disk, by selecting:
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Save options to disk: [_] before selecting "Accept Changes".
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This freshens your .lynxrc file, which is your default "personal" configuration
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for the lynx browser. Otherwise you will only affect settings for your
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individual session; they aren't remembered next time you use lynx, (since you
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actually did not tell lynx to remember them).
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This disk write to .lynxrc is not default behaviour for [O]ptions
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configurations. The lynx browser tends to tread lightly at first. Note that
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you must first have permission on your system to create, write to and read
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from a .lynxrc file in your home directory.
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Using some of the menu items:
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User mode controls the amount of "on screen" help at the bottom of the screen.
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You get the familiar view of the link target you are on when you use ADVANCED
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user mode, and this also gives you the most top to bottom screen area.
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ADVANCED user mode also allows for sub bookmark functionality (see below).
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The (for now) command line only option --nomargins provides the largest
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readable left to right screen coverage.
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Editor is for jumping to vi or whatever you prefer during local file edits
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and for textarea editing with ^Xe if you are filling out a form while browsing.
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Please see README.cookies for a brief cookie handling discussion.
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Multi-bookmarks allows several files to be your bookmarks; it will introduce
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a browse list of them if they are defined as below.
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Once the Multi-bookmarks setup on Options is done and has been written out to
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your .lynxrc (remember to Accept Changes and to Save Changes to disk),
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in .lynxrc you will see a list of 25 possible "other" bookmark files
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(26 letters minus "A") - you need to then associate some of them with
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(meaningful) filenames to get the Multi-bookmark menu.
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Note that the files must be relative to your home directory.
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The best way to create and manage them is by using the MultiBookmarkMenu (MBM)
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configuration tool selectable from the [O]ptions menu.
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The MBM allows you to describe the sub bookmark, and name a file relative
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to your home directory that will contain the html for the saved links.
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You populate one of the lettered sub bookmarks, describe it, and provide a
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filename. ">" saves the edits, and ^G cancels edits.
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The sub bookmarks will be accessible by pressing the associated key from a
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menu when invoking the bookmark choice (lynx -book, or 'V' in a session), or
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when saving new bookmarks. You can directly access your sub bookmarks by letter
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key alone by defining sub_bookmarks=ADVANCED in .lynxrc or lynx.cfg, if you
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have ADVANCED general user mode selected as well.
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The Multi-bookmark submenu can still be seen in ADVANCED by pressing "=", and
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is always seen in STANDARD mode.
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They are seen in your .lynxrc like so:
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multi_bookmarkB=cars,Cars
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multi_bookmarkC=news,News
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multi_bookmarkD=sports,Sports
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Filename precedes description in .lynxrc, whereas in the MBM configuration
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utility, the description is the left column, and the filename is in the right
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column displayed.
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Stef Caunter
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http://caunter.ca/contact.html
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http://caunter.ca/README.options
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