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LYNX-DEV Requested man page patch for env variables


From: Eli's redistribution point
Subject: LYNX-DEV Requested man page patch for env variables
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 15:53 EST

Someone asked for a patch to the man page documenting the environment
variables used by Lynx. Here is one (it assumes that my mail patches
of today have been applied). If you man macros handle .RS/.RE
differently than .TP, then the section on the proxy variables may
look odd.

The patch is below.

diff -c ../lynx2.6FM-original/lynx.man ./lynx.man
*** ../lynx2.6FM-original/lynx.man      Mon Jan 27 14:35:11 1997
--- ./lynx.man  Mon Jan 27 15:47:31 1997
***************
*** 425,430 ****
--- 425,498 ----
  .br
  o Type \fB"k"\fR for a complete list of the current key-stroke 
  command mappings.
+ .SH ENVIRONMENT
+ \fILynx\fR uses some environment variables and sets some for subprocesses.
+ .PP
+ .TP 8
+ .B DISPLAY
+ Used to determine if \fILynx\fR is running in a X11 environment. Helper
+ apps such as \fIxv\fR and \fIghostview\fR are assumed to be availible in X11.
+ .TP 8
+ .B HOME
+ The user's home directory has his/her .lynxrc and bookmark files.
+ .TP 8
+ .B LYNX_CFG
+ Points to a configuration file to override the compiled in default.
+ .TP 8
+ .B LYNX_SAVE_SPACE
+ Default directory for saves.
+ .TP 8
+ .B LYNX_TEMP_SPACE
+ This directory will be used to store \fILynx\fR's temporary files.
+ .TP 8
+ .B LYNX_VERSION
+ Set by \fILynx\fR.
+ .TP 8
+ .B MAIL
+ Used when checking for new mail is enabled.
+ .TP 8
+ .B MAILRECORD
+ If this has the name of a writable file, outgoing mail will be appended to it.
+ (Also used by the \fIrn\fR/\fItrn\fR family of newsreaders.)
+ .TP 8
+ .B NNTPSERVER
+ Name of the newsserver to use.
+ .TP 8
+ .B TERM
+ Used (and possibly set) by \fILynx\fR to get access to terminal
+ capibilities.
+ .TP 8
+ .B USER
+ Checked while determining if anonymous restrictions should be used.
+ .TP 8
+ .B WWW_HOME
+ Points to a start file to use.
+ .PP
+ .B cso_proxy
+ .br
+ .B finger_proxy
+ .br
+ .B ftp_proxy
+ .br
+ .B gopher_proxy
+ .br
+ .B http_proxy
+ .br
+ .B https_proxy
+ .br
+ .B news_proxy
+ .br
+ .B nntp_proxy
+ .br
+ .B no_proxy
+ .br
+ .B snews_proxy
+ .br
+ .B wais_proxy
+ .PP
+ .RS 8
+ Used to override proxy settings from the configuration file.
+ .RE
  .SH NOTES
  This is the Lynx v2.6 Release for Unix/VMS
  .PP

Elijah
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