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Using the Edith info browserUsing the Edith info browser
The info browser adds a flexible information system to the Edith
system. Browsers pop up when functions such as Edith info index (Edith menu, Ctrl I),
Private info index (Edith menu, Ctrl Y), System manual... (Browse menu, Ctrl M), Open location... (File menu, Ctrl L), New view on text... (Windows menu, Alt N), etc. are used.
BROWSING WITH THE MOUSE
The Edith browser windows work very much like a normal WWW browser.
- Click on a bold underlined phrase (a link) to visit
a page with information described by that phrase
- Click with the right mouse button to open a menu with
functions such as back and forward
- The Goto menu contains previously visited pages and
bookmarks.
BROWSING WITH THE KEYBOARD
Most standard key combinations will work.
- H, ?
-
Open this help page.
- B or Back (Browse menu, Alt Left)
-
Back to the previous page.
- F Forward (Browse menu, Alt Right)
-
Return to the page you were watching before you selected Back.
- D
-
Back to the info index, or when in an info page, to the
info top directory.
- Q or Close window... (File menu, Ctrl W)
-
Close browser window.
- Space
-
Page down.
- Tab, Shift Tab
-
Go to the previous/next link in info, help and HTML
pages.
- Enter
-
Open the selected link.
MAKE A PRIVATE INFO HOME PAGE!
If you know a little about HTML, you can create a personal ``hotlist'' in HTML with references to the information
you need most frequently while editing text. You can put this page full
of clickable items that open sets of files, open a file selector, go to
a frequently visited web page, open a system manual, etc.
To add such items to your personal info home page, just go to your
private page with Private info index (Edith menu, Ctrl Y), and then select Edit source... (Browse menu, Ctrl E).
A preset frame for writing your personal home page has been installed
for you in the file .edith/private_index.html
in your home
directory. You can change this default location by setting the
environment variable $PRIVATE_HOME
.
USING HTML TO CREATE NEW PAGES
The Edith browser recognizes a subset of HTML 2.0 similar to what is
supported by text-only web browsers such as lynx. The following
extra types of URL are supported (see also the file types that are recognized throughout Edith).
help:file.html
-
An Edith help file.
edit:/dir/file.txt /otherdir/otherfile.txt...
-
Open an editor on one or more text files. The file name can be
any file recognized by the file selector.
info:file
or info:file#node
-
An info page.
apropos:keyword
-
Open an index on the system manual. Leave
out keyword for the complete index.
man:name
-
Open a system manual by name.
selectfile:/path/dir/
-
Open the file selector on a local or remote directory.
www.foo.com
or ftp.foo.com
-
You are allowed to leave out
http://
or ftp://
.
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