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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 (W)  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 hyper-
     text  markup  language  (HTML) documents containing links to
     files residing on the local system, as well as files  resid-
     ing  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
     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 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



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     -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.

     -dumpsource
          dump page source into stdout

     -dumphead
          dump response of HEAD request into stdout

     -dumpboth
          dump HEAD and source into stdout

     -dumpextra
          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]



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          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 







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