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NAME
w3m - a text based Web browser and pager
SYNOPSIS
w3m [options] [URL or filename]
DESCRIPTION
w3m is a World Wide Web (WWW) text based client. It has English and
Japanese help files and an option menu and can be configured to use
either language. It will display hypertext markup language (HTML)
documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as
well as files residing on remote systems. It can display HTML tables
and frames. In addition, it can be used as a "pager" in much the same
manner as "more" or "less". Current versions of w3m run on Unix
(Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD, and EWS4800) and on Microsoft
Windows 9x/NT.
OPTIONS
At start up, w3m will load any local file or remote URL specified at
the command line. For help with runtime options, press "H" while
running w3m. Command line options are:
-t tab
set tab width
-r ignore backspace effect
-l line
# of preserved line (default 10000)
-I charset
document charset
-O charset
display/output charset
-B load bookmark
-bookmark file
specify bookmark file
-T type
specify content-type
-m internet message mode
-v visual startup mode
-M monochrome display
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-N open URL of command line on each new tab
-F automatically render frame
-dump
dump formatted page into stdout
-cols width
specify column width (used with -dump)
-ppc count
specify the number of pixels per character (4.0...32.0). Larger
values will make tables narrower. [default 8.0]
-ppl count
specify the number of pixels per line (4.0...64.0)
-dump_source
dump page source into stdout
-dump_head
dump response of HEAD request into stdout
-dump_both
dump HEAD and source into stdout
-dump_extra
dump HEAD, source, and extra information into stdout
-post file
use POST method with file content
-header string
insert string as a header
+<num>
goto <num> line
-num show line number
-no-proxy
don't use proxy
-4 IPv4 only (-o dns_order=4)
-6 IPv6 only (-o dns_order=6)
-no-mouse
don't use mouse
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-cookie
use cookie.
-no-cookie
don't use cookie
-graph
use graphic character
-no-graph
don't use graphic character
-S squeeze multiple blank lines
-W toggle wrap search mode
-X don't use termcap init/deinit
-title [=TERM]
set buffer name to terminal title string. If TERM is specified,
use the TERM style title configuration.
-o opt=value
assign value to config option
-show-option
show all available config option
-config file
specify config file
-help
show usage
-version
show w3m version
-reqlog
write request logfile
-debug
DO NOT USE
EXAMPLES
To use w3m as a pager:
$ ls | w3m
To use w3m to translate HTML files:
$ cat foo.html | w3m -T text/html
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or
$ cat foo.html | w3m -dump -T text/html >foo.txt
FILES
${HOME}/.w3m/config
configuration file
${HOME}/.w3m/keymap
key binding configuration file
${HOME}/.w3m/mouse
mouse configuration file
${HOME}/.w3m/cookie
cookie file
${HOME}/.w3m/history
history file
${HOME}/.w3m/passwd
passowrd and username file
${HOME}/.w3m/pre_form
form parameters file
${HOME}/.w3m/mailcap
external viewer configuration file
${HOME}/.w3m/mime.types
MIME types file
NOTES
This is the w3m 0.5.3 Release.
Please see the MANUAL.html file distributed with w3m for more detailed
documentation.
Additional information about w3m may be found on its Japanese language
Web site located at:
http://w3m.sourceforge.net/index.ja.html
or on its English version of the site at:
http://w3m.sourceforge.net/index.en.html
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
w3m has incorporated code from several sources. Hans J. Boehm, Alan
J. Demers, Xerox Corp. and Silicon Graphics have the copyright of the
GC library comes with w3m package. Users have contributed patches and
suggestions over time.
AUTHOR
Akinori ITO <aito@fw.ipsj.or.jp>
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