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HTML
58 lines
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HTML
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<HTML><HEAD>
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<TITLE>TkGoodStuff WWW</TITLE>
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</HEAD><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red">
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<H1>TkGoodStuff WWW</H1>
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<b> NOTE: Netscape's remote-control functionality is disabled in
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Netscape Communicator beta versions (at least up to beta 3). We'll
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become compatible when it works.</b>
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<H2> Description </H2>
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The WWW client is a web browser launcher.
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<P> The WWW client can manage just one browser or more than one
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browser. In the preferences manager, you can specify a
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space-separated list of browsers (by default, a single browser, namely
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your main default tkgoodstuff browser, which by default is netscape).
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<UL>
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<LI><B>Single-browser mode:</b> If (as by default) the WWW client
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knows about only one browser (e.g., netscape), the WWW button
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behaves as follows. Clicking mouse button 1 on the WWW button
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launches your browser program (the button stays depressed and
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inoperative until you exit the mailer program). Button 3 is used to
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visit the URL that is the current X selection (e.g., highlighted
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with the mouse in some application). If your browser is supported
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(Netscape and lynx), then WWW starts the browser unless it's already
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running; if it's running, WWW sends the browser instructions to go
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to the selected URL. This is useful, e.g., for visiting web pages
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that are mentioned in news articles, email, etc. </LI>
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<LI><B>Multi-browser mode:</b></LI> If in the preferences manager
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you give the WWW client a list of browsers such as "netscape lynx
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mosaic chimera hippo tkwww", then you still use buttons 1 and 3 as
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above, except now you'll get a popup menu to choose your browser.
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(For instance, I like lynx for its startup speed and resource usage
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for most things, but I use netscape when I need to see graphics or a
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netscape-specific page.) </li> </ul>
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<p> The WWW client automatically knows what to do for the browsers
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lynx (using an xterm) and netscape. It
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launches others fine if they can be started by their name.
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<P> Thanks to Seth Golub for the idea of using the X selection in this
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way.
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<H2>Invocation</H2>
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To include the WWW button in your panel, include in your Configuration:
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<PRE>
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Client WWW
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</PRE>
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All parameters are adjustable in the preferences manager.
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