W3M(1) W3M(1)
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) 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)
-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
+ goto 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
4th Berkeley Distribution Local W3M(1)
