1. NAME

w3m - a text based Web browser and pager

2. SYNOPSIS

w3m [options] [URL or filename]

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

3. DESCRIPTION

.I 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 manner as "more" or "less". Current versions of .I w3m run on Unix (Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX, Linux, FreeBSD, and EWS4800) and on Microsoft Windows 9x/NT.

4. 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 running 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

-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

-debug

    DO NOT USE

5. 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

6. NOTES

This is the .I w3m 0.2.1 Release.

Additional information about .I 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

7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

.I 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.

8. AUTHOR

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