<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html> <head>   <style>      span.mono {        font-family:mono;      }    </style>   <meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html;charset=US-ASCII">  <title>W3M FAQ</title> </head> <body>  <h1 align="center">   Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about w3m  </h1>  <p align="right">   Akinori Ito  &lt;aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp&gt;<br>   Corrected by Tom Berger &lt;tom.be@gmx.net&gt;  </p>  <h2 id="index">   <u>    Index   </u>  </h2>  <ul>   <li>    <a href="#general">     <b>      General Questions, How to Get It, Required Environment     </b>    </a>   </li>    <ul>     <li>      <b>       How do I pronounce <q>w3m</q>?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Why is it called <q>w3m</q>?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       On which platforms does w3m work?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Where can I get more information about w3m?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Is there a mailing list for w3m?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Are there any binary distributions?      </b>     </li>    </ul>   <li>    <a href="#install">     <b>      Compile and Install     </b>    </a>   </li>   <li>    <a href="#command">     <b>      Options, Commands, Usage     </b>    </a>   </li>    <ul>     <li>      <b>       w3m quits if started without parameters. What's wrong?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       w3m starts with black characters on a black background. How do       I change this?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Does w3m support colors?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Does w3m support monochrome displays?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       How do I shift the display?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       How do I move between hyperlinks?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Graphical browsers display a word red, but w3m doesn't. Why?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>        How do I change the colors for hyperlinks, images and form fields?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       w3m doesn't seem to use the variable EDITOR. Why?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       How do I quit a search or URL text input?      </b>     </li>    </ul>   <li>    <a href="#www">     <b>      Questions about WWW usage     </b>    </a>   </li>    <ul>     <li>      <b>       How do I fill in forms with w3m?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Seems like w3m is slower than some other browsers. Why?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       Loading time doesn't decrease when loading a previously seen       page.      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       How do I download a linked file?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       How do I specify a proxy server?      </b>     </li><!-- deleted, see mail dated Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:50:27 +0900 (JST)from Tatsuya Kinoshita <tats@debian.org>     <li>      <b>       w3m freezes when I invoke an external browser.      </b>     </li>-->     <li>      <b>       How do I change the default image viewer?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       How do I enter a URL?      </b>     </li>     <li>       <b>	 w3m appends a URL to the former one even when I clear the line     with <span class="mono">CTRL-u</span>. What should I do?      </b>     </li>    </ul>   <li>    <a href="#other">     <b>      Miscellaneous     </b>    </a>   </li>    <ul>     <li>      <b>       What is w3m's configuration file?      </b>     </li>     <li>      <b>       What are these w3mxxxx files in my ~/.w3m directory for?      </b>     </li>    </ul>  </ul>  <h2 id="general">   <u>    General Questions, How to Get It, Required Environment   </u>  </h2>  <dl>   <dt>    <b>     How do I pronounce <q>w3m</q>?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     It's <q>W-three-M</q>. It doesn't rhyme with <q>pteranodon</q>.    </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Why is it called <q>w3m</q>?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     It's an abbreviation of <q>WWW-wo-Miru</q>, which is Japanese     for <q>See the WWW</q>. So in English the name of this browser     would be something like <q>stw3</q>.    </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     On which platforms does w3m work?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     It runs on various versions of Unix, since version 990226 on OS/2     and since version 990303 also on MS-Windows with Cygwin32.    </p>    <p>     More recent versions have been confirmed to run on:    </p>    <ul>     <li>      SunOS 4.1.x     </li>     <li>      HP-UX 9.x, 10.x     </li>     <li>      Solaris 2.5.x, 2.6, 8     </li>     <li>      Linux 2.0.1 to 3.17     </li>     <li>      FreeBSD 2.2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 4.6     </li>     <li>      NetBSD/macppc, m68k     </li>     <li>      EWS4800 Rel.12.2 Rev.A     </li>     <li>      Digital UNIX: v3.2D, v4.0D     </li>     <li>      IRIX 5.3, IRIX 6.5     </li>     <li>      OS/2 with emx      </li>     <li>      Windows 9x/NT with Cygwin32 b20.1     </li>     <li>      MS-DOS with DJGPP and WATT32 packet driver     </li>     <li>      MacOS X Server     </li>     <li>      MacOS X 10.1, 10.2     </li>    </ul>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Where can I get more information about w3m?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     At the     <a href="http://w3m.sourceforge.net/index.en.html">English w3m     home page</a>.    </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Is there a mailing list for w3m?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     There is a mailing list for developers (w3m-dev-en). Please see     the <a href="http://w3m.sourceforge.net/index.en.html">w3m home     page</a> for details. You may also mail your comments to     <a href="mailto:aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp">the author</a>.    </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Are there any binary distributions?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     So far there are only binaries for the win/cygnus32 version.<!--     You can get them from     <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/w3m/">here</a>.!-->     Contact <a href="mailto:aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp">the author</a> if you     want to contribute binaries for other platforms.    </p>   </dd>  </dl>  <p align="right">   <i>    Up to <a href="#index">index</a>   </i>  </p>  <h2 id="install">   <u>    Compile and Install   </u>  </h2>  <p>   No problem :-)  </p>  <h2 id="command">   <u>    Options, Commands, Usage   </u>  </h2>  <dl>   <dt>    <b>     w3m quits if started without parameters. What's wrong?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     w3m is a <b>pager</b>. Therefore it just quits when invoked     without any arguments. It keeps running     </p>    <ul>     <li>      with a filename or URL as argument     </li>     <li>      with data piped from standard input     </li>     <li>      when invoked with option -B to show the bookmark file     </li>     <li>      when invoked with option -v to welcome users with a built-in page     </li>     <li>      with specified HTTP_HOME or WWW_HOME variable     </li>    </ul>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     w3m starts with black characters on a black background. How do I     change this?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     When compiled with color support, w3m assumes a white background     and therefore displays black characters.    </p>    <p>     You may either change the background color of your terminal     (e.g. with the -bg option in a xterm) or take these steps    </p>    <ol>     <li>      invoke monochrome mode of w3m with <span class="mono">w3m -M</span>     </li>     <li>      type <q>o</q> to get to the options setting panel     </li>     <li>      mark <q>Display with color</q> as <q>YES</q> and choose an      arbitrary color     </li>     <li>      click on [OK].     </li>    </ol>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Does w3m support colors?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     Yes. Run <q>./configure</q> without <q>--disable-color</q>.    </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Does w3m support monochrome displays?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     Yes. You may either    </p>    <ul>     <li>      Invoke w3m with the -M option, or     </li>     <li>      Type <q>o</q> within w3m to enter the options setting panel and turn      off color display mode.     </li>    </ul>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     How do I shift the display?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     You can shift the display by moving the cursor to the edge of     the screen. You may also use the following commands    </p>     <ul>       <li>SHIFT_LEFT and SHIFT_RIGHT, bound to the keys <span class="mono">&gt;</span> and <span class="mono">&lt;</span></li>       <li>SHIFT_LEFT1 and SHIFT_RIGHT1, bound to the keys <span class="mono">.</span> and <span class="mono">,</span></li>     </ul>    <p>     Another idea would be adjusting the xterm with the -geometry     option e.g. something like    </p>     <pre>  xterm -geometry 110x45 -bg white -name w3m -e w3m -B</pre>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     How do I move between hyperlinks?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>       You can move to the next hyperlink     using <span class="mono">TAB</span>. <span class="mono">ESC     TAB</span> moves the cursor to the previous hyperlink. (see     Section <a href="MANUAL.html#Functions" target="_blank">     Functions and Key bindings</a> of w3m's manual)     </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     Graphical browsers display a word red, but w3m doesn't. Why?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>     w3m doesn't support the attribute COLOR="..." of HTML. It wouldn't     be impossible to implement this, but I think it would make     documents more difficult to read.    </p>   </dd>   <dt>    <b>     How do I change the colors for hyperlinks, images and form fields?    </b>   </dt>   <dd>    <p>

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