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NAME

       w3m - a text based Web browser and pager

SYNOPSIS

       w3m [options] [URL or filename]

       Use "w3m -h" to display a complete list of current options.

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 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)

       -B     load bookmark

       -bookmark file
	      specify bookmark file

       -T type
	      specify content-type

       -m     internet message mode

       -v     visual startup mode

       -M     monochrome display

       -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 (default 8.0) Larger values will make tables narrower.

       -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

       -no-mouse
	      don't use mouse

       -cookie
	      use cookie.

       -no-cookie
	      don't use cookie

       -pauth user:pass
	      proxy authentication

       -S     squeeze multiple blank lines

       -W     toggle wrap search mode

       -X     don't use termcap init/deinit

       -title [=TERM]
	      set buffer name to termianl 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

       -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

NOTES

       This is the w3m 0.2.1 Release.

       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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