Re: [Lynx-dev] new options question?

[Mark Skilbeck]

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 01:21:34PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Hi all,
> we just got <yippee!> the dev 12 of lynx here at shellworld.
> I noticed three new items in the options menu about which I am curious.
> if there is something official documentation wise that will explain
> so I do not make extra traffic, send me to it instead of answering
> me.
> first, how would the HTML5 charset option function if turned on?
> its off by default here.

> likewise what are vi keys and <spelling> Emacs keys?
> I may have the last one misspelled.
> Thanks,
> Karen
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Hi, Karen!

You can find answers to your questions by perusing your Lynx configuration
files. The location of these may vary depending on your OS and setup. Mine is
installed at ~/local/etc/, and the interesting file is lynx.cfg. Opening this
and doing a search for your points of interest ("html5", "emacs", "vi", etc.)
will reveal all!

In case you have trouble finding the configuration files, I'll repeat the 
relevant sections here:
1. HTML5:
# HTML5_CHARSETS is an alternative to ASSUME_CHARSET and ASSUME_LOCAL_CHARSET.
# Those assume by default that the character set of an HTML document is (as is
# standard in HTML4) ISO-8859-1, in the absence of locale information.
#
# HTML5 introduces a "compatibility" (sic) feature which assumes that the
# default is Windows 1252.  In the same way, it equates ISO-8859-4 and Windows
# 1254.  Finally, it also makes recommendations which selectively reinterpret
# the locale encoding.
#
# This option currently implements only the equating of ISO-8859-1 and Windows
# 1252.

2. Emacs/Vi
# Vi or Emacs movement keys, i.e. familiar hjkl or ^N^P^F^B .
# These are defaults, which can be changed in the Options Menu or .lynxrc .

Vi and Emacs are text editors that employ different ways of moving/navigating
text. If you have used neither, the defaults will suit you just fine.

Ciao!

- mgsk.