retawq Documentation
Keyboard Handling

(This documentation file is only relevant in curses-like runmode.)

Introduction

You use retawq by entering keyboard commands. Most commands consist of a single key. The keys usually have been chosen so that you can remember them easily, e.g. "n" for "new window", "h" for "home URL" and "l" for "scroll down one line".

Some commands require additional input like a URL you want to visit or an explicit confirmation for a possibly "dangerous" command. This is explained in the section "Line Input" below.

The Escape key can be used to cancel several operations, e.g. all commands which require additional input and all menus.

Certain special keys like "Home" or "Page Up" don't work on all kinds of terminals. If you encounter this problem, please read about the run-time configuration option "keymap" which makes it possible to use different keys.

Some rather special commands have not been bound to keys by default because retawq is slowly "running out of keys" already due to the high number of commands. If you miss a command here, take a look at the full list of available actions, especially those which are marked "no default key".

Commands

Window Handling:

Document Handling:

Web Browsing:

Other Commands:

Line Input

Sometimes you are asked for additional information for a command: a message is displayed at the bottom line of the screen, and you have to input something there (or cancel). This is called "line input mode". There are basically two cases:

There's one special case: when you are asked for a login password and suddenly realize that the username was wrong, you can use the key "ctrl-u" ("u" as in "username") to go one step back and enter a new username first.


This documentation file is part of version 0.2.6c of retawq, a network client created by Arne Thomaßen. retawq is basically released under certain versions of the GNU General Public License and WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Arne Thomaßen.