VIEWHTML 2.5

This utility helps you view HTML files and convert them into ASCII text.

Description: This is a quickie HTML viewer and converter, a very useful tool for viewing web documents off-line, with hypertext linking and colours. You can also use this program to easily convert HTML documents to standard text files. This program can also be used for viewing standard text files. Copies text to the Windows clipboard and comes with the RUNBROWS.EXE program for linking to your main web browser (works only in Windows 95).

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Starting VIEWHTML

Usage: VH [/b] [filename or search pattern]

For example:

     VH		  (to be prompted for file to view)
     VH filename[.htm]   (to view file)
     VH /b filename.htm  (to convert to .txt)
     VH /b *.htm	 (to convert all .htm files to .txt)
     VH /?	       (for help)

Note: Entries in brackets ([...]) are optional.

The Mouse

Left Click
- On a highlighted link to make the jump, or view a graphic.
- On keywords at the bottom of the screen.
- On the right edge of the screen, above and below the marker to page up and page down. You can also drag the marker for moving quickly through a document.
- On the left edge of the screen to move backwards and forwards through recently visited links. Click in the top half of the left edge to go back, and in the bottom half to go forwards.
- At top left corner to turn the top title bar on and off.
- At bottom left corner to turn the bottom prompt line on and off.
Right click
- Anywhere on the screen to bring up a menu for copying text to the Windows clipboard.
- On a highlighted link to copy the link URL to the clipboard (from where you can paste it into Netscape if you want to go there). From here you can also open the link in your main web browser (in Windows 95), either to view a file which is already on your hard disk, or connect directly to a site on the Internet if you are currently online.

The Keyboard

If no mouse is installed then:

Tab and Shift-Tab to select a link.
Enter to load the linked file.

Standard keyboard assignments:

"F" to find text in the current document.

"R" to repeat the last find operation.

"B" to open the current file in your main web browser. You must be running Windows 95 to use this feature.

"L" to switch between different screen line modes. You can display 25 lines, 28, 30, or 50 on a VGA monitor.

"U" to use underlined hypertext links (not always possible)

"O" to open another file.

"C" to bring up a menu for copying text to the clipboard. (Requires Windows 95 to be running, otherwise it is inactive.)

"I" to display basic information about this program

"Q" to quit the program altogether.

Esc to quit the program altogether.

Enter to repeat the last find operation. Note: If a mouse is not installed then Enter loads the selected link.

Ctrl-L to repeat the last find operation.

Alt-C to toggle between different display color sets.

Alt-P to toggle bottom prompt line on and off.

Alt-T to toggle top title bar on and off.

Alt-S to see the HTML source.

Alt-X to quit the program altogether.

Left arrow or Alt-left arrow to move back to a recently visited link.

Right arrow or Alt-right arrow to move forward to a recently visited link.

Spacebar to scroll line down or page down, depending on your configuration. Default is to scroll line down.

PgUp / PgDn, Home / End.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

Changes to configuration are made in the VH.INI file. It is located in the same directory as the VH.EXE application program. Use a text editor (for example, EDIT in DOS, NOTEPAD in Windows 3.x, WORDPAD in Windows 95, etc.) to make changes to it. Click here and press Alt-S to view your current VH.INI file.

Enter the full path and file name for your main web browser where it says "Browser=" in the VH.INI file. This will enable you to view files in a full graphical environment or visit links on the Internet should you want to. The program RUNBROWS.EXE needs to be in the same directory as VH.EXE. You must be running Windows 95 to use this feature.
Graphic images are represented by the text "[i]". Edit the VH.INI file to specify the graphics viewer you want to use for viewing graphics. If you dont want the graphics image links to be displayed at all you can turn the "showpicturelinks" option off (set to "0").
For full screen viewing you can turn off the title bar (set showtitlebar to "0") and the prompt bar (showpromptbar).
You can select different color sets (colorset): 0=B/W, 1=Blue, 2=Light Blue, 3=Dark Blue and 4=Black with color highlighting.
On a VGA or SVGA monitor you can also set the number of screen lines to be displayed (screenline). Valid options are: 25, 28, 30 and 50 lines.
If you want the Spacebar to execute a PgDn command set "spaceispgdn" to "1" in the VH.INI file. Otherwise, set it to "0" to scroll down one line at a time.
You can turn off the Save file option and the Open file option by changing these settings to zero in the .INI file. This is suitable if you want to use the program as a viewer only.

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