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Started by CBFalconer October 14, 2006
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Usenet Beavis writes:

> The only psychotherapist I use these days is Dr. Sigmund Von Headshrinker,
You should demand your money back.
> and everyone else drives me nuts.
Too late.
> I highly recommend smacking my bitch up. It just displays why I'm > Usenet's favorite Village Idiot.
Right.
> Takes the bullshit out of the Beavis.
Right again.
> <snip> > > Beavis > > -- > http://www.geocities.com/suhatrasabib > http://www.pearlgates.net/nanae/kooks/ac/ > http://tinyurl.com/23r3f
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On comp.os.linux.misc, in
<slrnejrvtp.4ir.i3x9mdw@b29x3m.invalid>, "Alan Connor" wrote:

Post-postscript: :-)

> On comp.os.linux.misc, in > <slrnejrtvs.4ca.i3x9mdw@b29x3m.invalid>, "Alan Connor" wrote: > ><snip> > > Postscript: > >>> 1. Lack of keyboard alternatives for routine operations. >>> I can't get to the master menus without using the mouse >>> equivalent. > > The only graphical app I use these days is a browser, and the > IE clones like mozilla drive me nuts. > > I highly recommend w3m-img with ssl. It just displays the > images in place, along with plain text. Does frames but not > javascript. > > Takes the bullshit out the Web. > > I call it aliased to "www='w3m -o auto_image=0" > > (Set to "1" [yes] in the config file.) > > That makes it pure textmode. If I want to see the images, I hit > "!" and enter "img" and it brings up the same page with images. > > "img" is a script in my $PATH: > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/w3m `tail -1 /home/me/.w3m/history`
You can also put the cursor on an individual image to view just it. Hit "i". That image file will be brought down and displayed where it belongs on the webpage. That way you don't have to bring down all the irrelevant image files that most webpages have.
> > W3m doesn't need a mouse at all. (I think it _can_ use them, > though.)
It uses "vi" keybindings for the most part.
> > The image capability is still new for w3m, so it's a little > buggy, but quite usable. > ><snip> >
Alan -- http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/contact.html http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/survival/index.html http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/linux-unix/index.html
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Usenet Beavis writes:

> On comp.os.linux.misc, in > <slrnejrvtp.4ir.i3x9mdw@b29x3m.invalid>, "Usenet Beavis" wrote: > > Post-postscript: :-) > >> On comp.os.linux.misc, in >> <slrnejrtvs.4ca.i3x9mdw@b29x3m.invalid>, "Usenet Beavis" wrote: >>
Stop it, Beavis, or you'll go blind.
> You can also go to Google and do a search on "Usenet Beavis". That > search will bring down everything you need to know about me.
And then some.
> That way you don't have to take anyone's word that I'm a certified > nutcase. You can see for yourself.
A prudent course of action.
> Beavis > > -- > http://www.geocities.com/suhatrasabib > http://www.pearlgates.net/nanae/kooks/ac/ > http://tinyurl.com/23r3f
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