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lynx-dev doc update
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Laura Eaves |
Subject: |
lynx-dev doc update |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:32:28 -0500 (EST) |
Here are the relevant additions to follow_help.html describing the
+/- suffix feature.
The syntax is awkward and could be changed with a little effort.
Suggestions are welcome.
--le
Index: follow_help.html
--- old/follow_help.html Mon Jul 7 03:16:14 1997
+++ lynx_help/keystrokes/follow_help.html Sat Feb 27 15:28:01 1999
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@
<em>Follow link (or goto link or page) number:</em> feature to an advanced
navigation aid.
+<p>Finally, a user may add a <em>+</em> or <em>-</em> suffix to a number
+command just before the g or p suffix to indicate jumping forward or back
+a specified number of links or pages. For example,
+typing <em>1+g</em> followed by RETURN will move the current
+link to the next numbered link, skipping any intervening
+pages or unnumbered links. <em>1-g</em> goes to the preceeding
+numbered link. <em>5+p</em> skips ahead 5 pages, and so on.
+Note that typing 1+g is different from typing a down arrow
+in that <em>1+g</em> may skip pages containing no links, or
+intervening non-numbered links, such as form fields when
+form fields are not numbered.
+
<p>If the user has set <em>Keypad mode</em> to <em>Numbers act as arrows</em>,
then only '<em>0</em>', rather than every number, will be treated as an
<em>F_LINK_NUM</em> command for invoking the <em>Follow link (or goto link or
page)
@@ -74,6 +86,11 @@
conjunction with the '<em>p</em>' suffix), a <em>page</em> is defined as
the number of OPTIONs displayed within the vertical dimension of the popup
window.
+Finally, the <em>+</em> and <em>-</em> suffixes can be used inside popup
+menus to move from option to option or page to page within the popup window
+similarly to the way they are used fro links For example,
+while viewing a popup window, the user can type 3+p to skip ahead 3 pages,
+or 5-g to back up 5 options.
<p>Note that HTML can be structured so that it includes <em>hidden
links</em>, i.e., without a visible link name intended for ACTIVATE-ing
@@ -113,7 +130,7 @@
ACTIVATE-ed via that menu. Also, if a link was hidden due to an ALT
attribute in an IMG element, it will be converted to a <em>visible link</em>
whenever the IMAGE_TOGGLE ('<em>*</em>') command is used to create links
-for SRC attritute values of IMG elements, because this indicates that the
+for SRC attribute values of IMG elements, because this indicates that the
user does have some form of image handling enabled via a helper application,
or wishes to download files for subsequent use with a graphic browsers or
other suitable software.
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