Browse - WIN

Browse

File: /apps/browse

A browser application. Html and plain text files can be viewed, locally or from a server. A file can also be downloaded from a server using the ftp protocol.

Browse application.

Menu
Open Ctrl+O Open a local file.
Save as
Save the current document to a local file. The format of the file will be either html or plain text, consistent with the source of the document.
Print
Print the current document.
Print BW

Print the text of the current document.
Back Ctrl+left Reload the prior document in the viewing history.
Forward Ctrl+right Reload the next document in the viewing history.
Show/Hide bar Ctrl+N Toggle the visibility of the address bar.
Quit Ctrl+Alt+X Quits the application.

Remarks
A file can be loaded by entering its address in the address field and hitting enter, or clicking the send, ">", button. Protocols http, ftp and file are supported. If no protocol is stated, http or file is used as appropriate.

Pressing the up and down arrow keys while the address field is active scrolls through the addresses of accessed files.

When a link is clicked the target page is loaded.

The file /apps/browse.ini contains settings for the network the browse application connects to. The settings in the file downloaded are the defaults used if the file is not present, but they may be altered if using a custom network. For the browse application to download pages/files a server on the same network must be running. The default settings for the browse application are also the defaults for the server program. The settings for the browse application, which are name=value pairs:
network string the network's application id (defaut "wide_area_network").
timeout number the timeout count for the connection (default 5).

An address can optionally be given as an argument on the command line of the file to open. An additional first argument of -a can be given for the address bar to be initially hidden.


See also Default applications, WIN.