APPENDIX B3
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* CREATING YOUR OWN HTML DOCUMENTS *
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Here is a quick tutorial on how to prepare your HTML
documents:
* preparing pre-formatted documents
* creating simple menus
* linking your documents
* converting special characters
* running LYNX with your own documents
A) PREFORMATTED DOCUMENT
To use a document as it is, begin the document with:
<PRE>
and end the document with:
</PRE>
and don't forget to name your document with the .html
extension
B) CREATING SIMPLE MENUS
To use a document as a menu, begin the document with:
<menu>
encode each menu entry with:
<li> followed by the menu entry name.
and end the document with:
</menu>
and don't forget to name your document with the .html
extension
C) LINKING YOUR DOCUMENTS:
To create a link to another document, called for example
doc.html, start with:
<a href="doc.html"> accessing document </a>
The words: accessing document will become a hot button when
you run lynx.
D) CONVERTING SPECIAL SYMBOLS
If you want to use the '<' symbol in an HTML document,
you will need to convert it to an equivalent expression,
since the '<' symbol has a special meaning for HTML
documents.
The equivalent expression for '<' is '<'
Further explanations can be found when you are in Lynx,
if you select:
a) ? to access the help document
b) Help on HTML
c) Special characters
E) RUN LYNX WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS
To run lynx on your own document , called for example
main.html, start lynx by typing:
lynx main.html
In the account where you stored the file main.html.
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