diff --git a/doc/faq.txt b/doc/faq.txt index ba6bac655..34d0532e2 100644 --- a/doc/faq.txt +++ b/doc/faq.txt @@ -7,60 +7,60 @@ while on the mailing list. [[instances]] -I rebuilt/upgraded/reconfigured my ELinks, restarted it, but it looks nothing has changed! +I rebuilt/upgraded/reconfigured ELinks and restarted it, but it looks like nothing has changed! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ELinks instances connect together so that they share the cache, bookmarks, -cookies, configuration, etc. Only the "master" ELinks instance does any real -work and any other ELinkses you run will only connect to this instance. So -when you want to restart ELinks, make sure you have no other ELinks instances -running at the time. +cookies, configuration, etc. Only the "master" ELinks instance does any real +work and any other ELinkses you run will only connect to this instance. So when +you want to restart ELinks, make sure you have no other ELinks instances +running. -Alternatively, you can use the `-no-connect` parameter to make the ELinks -always run standalone, or create a parallel group of ELinks instances by the -`-session-ring N` parameter (where `N` is a number larger than zero); however, -be aware of the fact that in those cases ELinks won't touch any configuration, -bookmark, cookies, etc files - you can force that by the `-touch-files` -parameter, however beware - this can result in a data loss! (E.g., when two -master ELinks instances will try to save their bookmarks and you add a -bookmark to each of those, only one of the bookmarks survives.) +Alternatively, you can use the `-no-connect` parameter to make ELinks always run +standalone, or create a parallel group of ELinks instances with the +`-session-ring N` parameter (where `N` is a number larger than zero). Be aware +of that in those cases ELinks won't touch any configuration, bookmark, cookies, +etc. files. You can force that with the `-touch-files` parameter, but beware +that this can result in data loss! (For example, when two master ELinks +instances try to save the bookmarks, and you add a bookmark to each of those, +only one of the bookmarks survives.) [[cutnpaste]] How does cutting and pasting work? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The reason why normal cut and pasting does not work is that ELinks requests to -receive any mouse event info even if it is compiled without GPM. Therefore it -is necessary to also hold down the Shift key when cutting or pasting text. If -you do not need to use the mouse for navigation you can disable mouse support -by passing `--disable-mouse` to configure. +The reason why normal cut and paste does not work is that ELinks requests all +mouse event info even if it is compiled without GPM. Therefore it is necessary +to hold down the Shift key when cutting or pasting text. If you do not need to +use the mouse for navigation you can disable mouse support by passing +`--disable-mouse` to configure. [[move]] How does the "Move" button on the bookmark manager work? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -First you need to mark all the bookmarks (or even folders) you want to move. -This can be done with the Insert key if you're using the default keybindings. -Asterisk will appear near of all marked bookmarks. Next move to where you want -to have the stuff moved to, and press the "Move" button. +First you need to mark all the bookmarks (or folders) you want to move. This +can be done with the Insert key if you're using the default key-bindings. An +asterisk will appear near all marked bookmarks. Now move to where you want to +have the stuff moved to, and press the "Move" button. [[navigation]] What's up with the navigation in the various managers? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The managers use list boxes. To navigate (assuming you're using a default -keybinding configuration) use Space to open and close the folders. +The managers use list boxes. To navigate (assuming you're using a default +key-binding configuration) use Space to open and close the folders. -[[flavours]] +[[flavors]] Why are there so many Links flavors? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Please refer to the link:http://elinks.or.cz/history.html[history page] to -read about the various flavors and the differences between them. +Please refer to the link:http://elinks.or.cz/history.html[history page] to read +about the various flavors and the differences between them. [[which-one]] @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ Which one to use? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want a fast, stable, and feature-thin text browser, use -link:http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links[Links-0.99]. Main -drawbacks include: No HTTP-auth support and no persistent cookies (i.e. they -die when all instances of Links are closed). +link:http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links[Links-0.99]. Main drawbacks +include: No HTTP-auth support and no persistent cookies (i.e. they die when all +instances of Links are closed). If you want additional features, including HTTP-auth, persistent cookies, and on-the-fly compression, try ELinks. (Note: links-0.9x and ELinks versions > @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ these on the same machine.) If you want the option of graphics mode, use link:http://links.twibright.com[Links2] or -link:http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/[Hacked Links]. Be aware -that some people have reported the latter as hard to configure/compile. You -cannot run either of these with Links-0.9x on the same system without hacking -the compile-time configuration. +link:http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~karpov/links-hacked/[Hacked Links]. Be aware that +some people have reported the latter as hard to configure/compile. You cannot +run either of these with Links-0.9x on the same system without hacking the +compile-time configuration. [[kibi-and-mebi]] @@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ One mebibyte 1 MiB = 2^20 B = 1 048 576 B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -[[christmas]] -Why are stable releases made at christmas? +[[Christmas]] +Why are stable releases made at Christmas? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This yearly present has become a tradition suspectedly because pasky worships -the christmas spirit. ;-) +It is suspected that this yearly present has become a tradition because pasky +worships the Christmas spirit. ;-) [[get-256-colours]] -How can I get 256 colours? +How can I get 256 colors? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First, you must enable it in the `feature.conf` file before compiling. @@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ before running ELinks. [NOTE] .Only 16 colors on The Linux console =============================================================================== -Altho the Linux framebuffer supports 256 (or more) colours, the Linux console +Although the Linux frame-buffer supports 256 (or more) colors, the Linux console driver does not; therefore, console applications are still limited to 16 -colours on the Linux console, framebuffer or not. +colors on the Linux console, frame-buffer or not. =============================================================================== @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ The new ELinks versions (from 0.9.0 on) send: ELinks/$version (textmode; $osinfo; $textmode_dimensions) You should therefore check against something like /^ELinks[\/ ]/, since more -fields can be added inside the parenthesis in the next versions. Note that +fields can be added inside the parenthesis in subsequent versions. Note that users can change their User-Agent through the options system.