W3M(1)

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 (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 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)

-s  Shift_JIS

-j  JIS

-e  EUC-JP

-B  load bookmark

-T type
    specify content-type

-m  internet message 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

+<num>
    goto <num> line

-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 990604 Release.

Additional information about w3m may be found on its Japanese language Web site located at:
  http://ei5nazha.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~aito/w3m/
or on its English version of the site at:
  http://ei5nazha.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~aito/w3m/eng/

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 <aito@ei5sun.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp>