elinkskeys
ELINKSKEYS(5) ELINKSKEYS(5)
NAME
elinkskeys - keybindings for ELinks
DESCRIPTION
Key bindings for elinks should be placed in a file called
~/.elinks/elinks.conf. Note that any information regarding their for-
mat/structure may not be up-to-date. If you will discover that,
please feed us with a patch.
Key binding statements are of the form:
bind "keymap" "keystroke" = "action"
where:
keymap
is main, edit, or menu.
keystroke
is a case sensitive key, which you can prefix with Ctrl- or
Alt-. Ctrl- must be followed by an uppercase key. See below
for a list of valid keys.
action
is what the key should do. The actions available are dependent
on the keymap, and are listed separately below.
All words/strings may all be quoted "like so". Backslashes are escape
characters, even if not between quotes. Lines beginning with a hash
character (#) are comments.
Keys can be unbound just by binding them to "none" action. It may be
of use if you accidentally type a key often.
KEYS
Valid keys are: alphanumeric characters, punctuation, Enter,
Backspace, Tab, Escape, Left, Right, Up, Down, Insert, Delete, Home,
End, PageUp, PageDown, F1 to F12.
Some keys will need to be quoted or escaped. For example, space can
be written as " " (quote space quote), and the quote itself as \"
(backslash quote). Backslash can be written as \\ (double backslash).
MAIN KEYMAP ACTIONS
The main keymap is used for general browsing.
add-bookmark
Open a dialog box to add a new bookmark.
back Return to the previous page.
bookmark-manager
Open the bookmark manager dialog.
cookies-load
Reload cookies file.
copy-clipboard
Copy the current link to the clipboard.
document-info
Show some information about the current page.
down Move cursor downwards.
download
Start downloading the current link.
end Go to the end of the page.
enter Follow the current link.
file-menu
Open the File menu.
find-next
Find the next occurrence of the current search text.
find-next-back
Find the next occurrence of the current search text, in
reverse.
goto-url
Open a "Go to URL" dialog box.
goto-url-current
Open a "Go to URL" dialog box containing the current URL.
goto-url-current-link
Open a "Go to URL" dialog box containing the current link.
header-info
Show the current page header information.
home Go to the start of the page.
link-menu
Activate the contextual link menu.
lua-console
Open a Lua Console dialog box. Only available if Lua scripting
support has been compiled in (Links-Lua and ELinks).
menu Activate the menu.
next-frame
Move to the next frame.
open-new-window
Open a new instace of ELinks in a new window.
open-link-in-new-window
Open the current link in a new instance of ELinks in a new
window.
page-down
Move downwards by a page.
page-up
Move upwards by a page.
paste-clipboard
Paste text from the clipboard.
previous-frame
Move to the previous frame.
quit Open a quit confirmation dialog box.
really-quit
Quit without confirmation.
reload
Reload the current page.
scroll-down
Scroll the viewing window downwards.
scroll-left
Scroll the viewing window to the left.
scroll-right
Scroll the viewing window to the right.
scroll-up
Scroll the viewing window upwards.
search
Search for some text.
search-back
Search for some text, in reverse.
toggle-display-images
Toggle whether to display links to images.
toggle-display-tables
Toggle whether to render tables.
toggle-html-plain
Toggles between rendering the current page as HTML or plain-
text.
unback
Go forwards in unhistory.
up Move cursor upwards.
view-image
View the image under the cursor.
zoom-frame
Show the current frame using the entire screen.
EDIT KEYMAP ACTIONS
The edit keymap is used for editing text fields.
up
down
left
right
home
end
backspace
delete
kill-to-bol
Delete text from cursor to beginning of line.
kill-to-eol
Delete text from cursor to end of line
auto-complete
enter
copy-clipboard
cut-clipboard
paste-clipboard
edit Edit the current textarea in an external text editor.
MENU KEYMAP ACTIONS
The menu keymap is used for navigating menus.
left
right
up
down
home
end
page-up
page-down
NAVIGATION KEYS
You may prefix each of these keys with a number, telling its repeat
count (how many times to do it). You can also re-bind keys, see
elinkskeys(5) for documentation and a more complete list of keys bound
by default.
PGDN page down
Space page down
PGUP page up
b page up
B page up
DOWN next link/down
UP prev link/up
^INS copy to clipboard
^C copy to clipboard
INS scroll up
^P scroll up
DEL scroll down
^N scroll down
[ scroll left
] scroll right
HOME home
END end of page
RIGHT enter link/press button
ENTER enter link/press button
LEFT go back
d download link
D download link
F4 edit textarea in external editor (broken)
^T edit textarea in external editor (broken)
/ search in the page
? search back in the page
n find next match
N find next match backwards
f zoom actual frame
F zoom actual frame
^R reload page
g go to URL
G go to the current URL
a add a new bookmark
A add a new bookmark
s bookmark manager
S bookmark manager
^K reload cookies from ~/.elinks/cookies
q quit
Q quit
= document information
| header information
\ toggle HTML source/rendered view
* toggle display of images
TAB next frame
ESC menu/escape
F9 menu
F10 file menu
EDITING KEYS
The following keys can be used while editing a line/jumping to a URL:
RIGHT move right
LEFT move left
HOME jump to the beginning
^A jump to the beginning
END jump to the end
^E jump to the end
^INS copy to clipboard
^B copy to clipboard
^X cut to clipboard
^V paste from clipboard
ENTER enter line
BACKSPACE
delete back character
^H delete back character
DEL delete character
^D delete character
^U delete from beginning of the line
^K delete to the end of the line
^W auto complete line
DEFAULT BINDINGS
The default bindings are shown below. Any bindings in elinks.conf
will override these. This list is given as an example, and may not be
up to date.
bind "main" "v" = "view-image"
bind "main" "l" = "jump-to-link"
bind "main" "L" = "link-menu"
bind "main" "F10" = "file-menu"
bind "main" "F9" = "menu"
bind "main" "Escape" = "menu"
bind "main" "Tab" = "next-frame"
bind "main" "*" = "toggle-display-images"
bind "main" "." = "toggle-numbered-links"
bind "main" "\\" = "toggle-html-plain"
bind "main" "<" = "tab-prev"
bind "main" ">" = "tab-next"
bind "main" "c" = "tab-close"
bind "main" "|" = "header-info"
bind "main" "=" = "document-info"
bind "main" "Q" = "really-quit"
bind "main" "q" = "quit"
bind "main" "Ctrl-K" = "cookies-load"
bind "main" "k" = "keybinding-manager"
bind "main" "o" = "options-manager"
bind "main" "h" = "history-manager"
bind "main" "S" = "bookmark-manager"
bind "main" "s" = "bookmark-manager"
bind "main" "A" = "add-bookmark-link"
bind "main" "a" = "add-bookmark"
bind "main" "M" = "goto-url-home"
bind "main" "m" = "goto-url-home"
bind "main" "H" = "goto-url-home"
bind "main" "G" = "goto-url-current"
bind "main" "g" = "goto-url"
bind "main" "E" = "goto-url-current-link"
bind "main" "Ctrl-R" = "reload"
bind "main" "F" = "zoom-frame"
bind "main" "f" = "zoom-frame"
bind "main" "N" = "find-next-back"
bind "main" "n" = "find-next"
bind "main" "?" = "search-back"
bind "main" "/" = "search"
bind "main" "z" = "abort-connection"
bind "main" "R" = "resume-download"
bind "main" "r" = "resume-download"
bind "main" "D" = "download"
bind "main" "d" = "download"
bind "main" "U" = "unback"
bind "main" "u" = "unback"
bind "main" "Left" = "back"
bind "main" "x" = "enter-reload"
bind "main" "Ctrl-Enter" = "enter-reload"
bind "main" "Ctrl-Right" = "enter-reload"
bind "main" "Enter" = "enter"
bind "main" "Right" = "enter"
bind "main" "Ctrl-E" = "end"
bind "main" "End" = "end"
bind "main" "Ctrl-A" = "home"
bind "main" "Home" = "home"
bind "main" "}" = "scroll-right"
bind "main" "{" = "scroll-left"
bind "main" "]" = "scroll-right"
bind "main" "[" = "scroll-left"
bind "main" "Ctrl-N" = "scroll-down"
bind "main" "Delete" = "scroll-down"
bind "main" "Ctrl-P" = "scroll-up"
bind "main" "Insert" = "scroll-up"
bind "main" "Ctrl-C" = "copy-clipboard"
bind "main" "Ctrl-Insert" = "copy-clipboard"
bind "main" "Up" = "up"
bind "main" "Down" = "down"
bind "main" "Ctrl-B" = "page-up"
bind "main" "B" = "page-up"
bind "main" "b" = "page-up"
bind "main" "PageUp" = "page-up"
bind "main" "Ctrl-F" = "page-down"
bind "main" " " = "page-down"
bind "main" "PageDown" = "page-down"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-R" = "auto-complete-unambiguous"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-W" = "auto-complete"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-K" = "kill-to-eol"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-U" = "kill-to-bol"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-D" = "delete"
bind "edit" "Delete" = "delete"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-H" = "backspace"
bind "edit" "Backspace" = "backspace"
bind "edit" "Enter" = "enter"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-V" = "paste-clipboard"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-X" = "cut-clipboard"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-C" = "copy-clipboard"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-Insert" = "copy-clipboard"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-T" = "edit"
bind "edit" "F4" = "edit"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-E" = "end"
bind "edit" "End" = "end"
bind "edit" "Down" = "down"
bind "edit" "Up" = "up"
bind "edit" "Ctrl-A" = "home"
bind "edit" "Home" = "home"
bind "edit" "Right" = "right"
bind "edit" "Left" = "left"
bind "menu" "Ctrl-B" = "page-up"
bind "menu" "PageUp" = "page-up"
bind "menu" "Ctrl-F" = "page-down"
bind "menu" "PageDown" = "page-down"
bind "menu" "Enter" = "enter"
bind "menu" "Ctrl-E" = "end"
bind "menu" "End" = "end"
bind "menu" "Down" = "down"
bind "menu" "Up" = "up"
bind "menu" "Ctrl-A" = "home"
bind "menu" "Home" = "home"
bind "menu" "Right" = "right"
bind "menu" "Left" = "left"
# ELinks with Lua support
bind "main" "," = "lua-console"
AUTHOR
This manual page was finally written by Peter Wang (one and a half
years after writing the binding code), using excerpts by David Mediav-
illa. You can thank Petr Baudis for the subtle requests for documen-
tation. Updated by Zas. Moved to docbook format and cleaned up by
Jonas.
SEE ALSO
elinks(1), elinks.conf(5)
15 June 2003 ELINKSKEYS(5)
