The current link is always highlighted. | +/space - Scroll down 1 screen
I'll refer to this as the hlink. Some | -/b - Scroll up 1 screen
commands do something with the hlink. | z/^G - Stop what lynx is doing
| q - Quit (Q to avoid warning)
Highlight previous link &/or up 1 screen |
^ | CTRL-W - Refresh the screen
Back <-+-> (enter/return) Open hlink | CTRL-R - Reload current page
v | CTRL-U - Erase input line
Highlight next link &/or down 1 screen |
| d - Download page hlink points at
g - Go to web address (URL) you type in | p - Print/Save/Mail current page
a - Add current page to bookmark file | / - Search within current page
v - View your bookmark file | s - Search a database (when avail.)
[backspace] - Recently visited pages | n - Search again (next occurrence)
= - Info. about hlink & current page | ? (or h) - More help
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Glossary
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back -- Go back to where you were before the last time you hit the -> key,
return, or enter
bookmark file -- A personal page where you can store links to any web pages
you want so that you can find them again later more easily
current link (=hlink) -- The one that is highlighted when you select a command
current page -- The page that you are viewing when you select a command
link(s) -- A link is one or more words on a page that appear in bold-face, and
when activated (with the -> key, return, or enter) can *do* something. Most
links will take you to another page or another place on your current page. In
these cases, the link is associated with the URL of this other page/place, and
might be said to "point at" this page/place.
Links can also activate a search, or do many other things.
open -- When you hit the -> key, return, or enter, you activate the
highlighted link. This is sometimes called "opening" the link. See link.
page(s) -- A page is a whole document, not just whatever is on the screen
right now. Most pages are long enough that you'll have to scroll up and down
a screen at a time to see the whole thing.
URL -- stands for Uniform Resource Locator, the technical name for a web
address. URLs usually specify a particular page, and look something like
this: http://www.blah.com/directory/file.html
Caveat
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In the interest of keeping things simple, I have not been precise with
some of the finer points of the World Wide Web. Please read the WWW FAQ if
you really want to understand what's going on. Thanks!