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Using the Edith info browser

Using 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.

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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