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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) docu-
       ments 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 man-
       ner 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  run-
       ning 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

       -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

       -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

       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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